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I'm basically a nickel collector looking to expand my horizons. I tried dimes and got one silver in three boxes. I'm wondering now if half dollars would be a better bet for a back up to nickels.
Your thoughts and experiences?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Better for what--silver? My experience is yep--halves are better than nickels (or dimes).
Consider--there are 1000 coins in a box of halves. That's half as many as a box of nickels. You'll go through a box of halves more quickly. Is that "better"? Halves are easier on the eyes {grin} than are dimes or nickels, so that's "better."
box:
dollars--1000
halves--1000
quarters--2000
dimes--2500
nickels--2000
cents--2500
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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they key to roll hunting is volume, going through 1 box to 5 boxes does not give you a good enough sample size to determine if they are good or bad. do 10 to 15 boxes then determine if you are happy with the results.
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Valued Member
United States
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Practically? No.
You will waste time and money doing it. You would make more money taking up a part time job working the same hours you would CRH and could buy more silver that way.
Emotionally? Up to you.
I enjoy the hobby and the hunt and the surprise of finding interesting things in circulation.
It's one of the few hobbies you can enjoy without spending tons of money.
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Kind of like asking if my golf game is worth it >
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Indeed it is just a passion. I can assure you that the odds (value-adjusted) were not much better 50-odd years ago when I was searching bags of LWC and pure-silver coins for the scarce dates. You will think me crazy, but in the mid-1950s I could put together the entire WL Half set from circulation in 2-3 months, just for fun. But I would turn them back in and start over again because I could not afford to keep the set at its face value (around $34). Absolutely true.  |
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You will think me crazy, but in the mid-1950s I could put together the entire WL Half set from circulation in 2-3 months, just for fun. But I would turn them back in and start over again because I could not afford to keep the set at its face value (around $34).
Are you saying you found 21p, 21d, and 21s? Wow, man, I want to time-travel to the 50's! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, absolutely. All three were available with patience in '55-'57, even though worn. A typical '38-D was in F or VF conditon. But you need to look at a (say) 1955 RedBook to realize how little these were worth back then! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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PS - Rembember that in 1955 or so, the series was only 40 years old and and there were very few collectors, especially of circulated coins. We just tossed the bright coins from the '40s back into circulation without even looking at them.
We hated the new Franklins.
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Pillar of the Community
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That was awesome! Now you can only do that with Jefferson nickels. By the way, did you find a 1955-DDO back then? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Don't quit your day job if you like roll hunting halves for profit. To me it was the hunt, the unknown, and the fun of cherry picking that made it something I wish I could still do. My first ever DDO coin I still have was a CHR's JFK 1974 a couple years ago. Was it worth it? Oh yeah! |
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Coinfrog - do you have nightmares?  . That's a cool story! Jon - as noted a larger sample size will help to determine if CRH dimes, quarters or halves makes sense from the angle you pick. Typically you need 25-30 replicates to normalize the data without knowing averages. But there are plenty of CRH enthusiasts here in the forums that have that data. And I know your son does some silver hunting. He might have the data for you too. Good luck on the hunts! |
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very cool story coinfrog, thanks for sharing here. great to see insight like that.
Do I find hunting halves worth it? Well, its alot of work, but I enjoy it. I guess when I dont enjoy it anymore, I would stop.
Yes, you should try it for sure :-)
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10/22/2015 8:59 pm
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You will think me crazy, but in the mid-1950s I could put together the entire WL Half set from circulation in 2-3 months, just for fun. But I would turn them back in and start over again because I could not afford to keep the set at its face value (around $34).
Absolutely true. Not crazy at all. Just a reminder to all who think today's common series will always be common and easy to find. Sure, it make take longer than it did for the Walking Liberty half (a lot longer), but it will happen. |
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United States
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It takes me a little more than two hours to go through a box of halves. Most of the time I find multiple silver coins. That being said, I was skunked on my last two boxes. That's ok though, because I am hitting the mother load in the next box |
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