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Valued Member
United States
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Any 1930s quarter is a great find. I think I've found three in 750+ boxes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks, all!
And, TomM, finding quarters in the '30s is indeed quite a rare thing... and I was especially fortunate as the 1938 is one of only three Philly coins in the series with a sub-10 million mintage (1932, 1949 are the others)... in terms of years and combined mintages, only 1932 is a harder year to find.
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't normally hunt quarter boxes. I decided to give it a shot and look for the privy mark. First 2 boxes solid Mayflower. Second 2 boxes same thing. Next 2 boxes regular mix of coins. I'm sure this was beginners luck picked 5 silver from those 2 boxes very very surprised.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Fantastic!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice, cabowabo. I average one silver every four to five boxes, so that would be a great score for me.
Definitely watch for W mintmarks as well, they are worth about 1.5x as much as a silver quarter.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Excellent! My last silver quarter find from rolls was several years ago.
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Definitely watch for W mintmarks as well, they are worth about 1.5x as much as a silver quarter.  |
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Valued Member
United States
152 Posts |
It's been a while since my last quarter searching update. To be precise, it's been 100 boxes, each box being $500, or 2000 coins. In my most recent one hundred boxes of quarters, I've found 57 West Point mintmarks, 15 silver Washington quarters, and one 1963 Canadian silver quarter. I had a bad streak of ten boxes with just one W found, but also streaks of ten boxes or more with at least one W or silver in each box. This does not include the three of four boxes of solid new DOI quarters that I searched (in vain) for July 4th privy marks back in July and August. Quarter searching is productive - especially for W mintmarks - but it is not for the faint of heart! I find much more silver in dimes, and more interesting dates and mintmarks in nickels. |
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Nice results! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice results, TomM. Errers and Varietys.
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very nice quarter finds! |
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