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Four Enders In A Loomis Box. How Many More Silver Coins Did I Find?

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Today I picked up the two $500 Loomis boxes that I asked a bank manager to order two weeks ago after I found part of a collection dump -- including five Walking Liberty half dollars -- in a partial box that the bank already had on hand. One box contained no silver coins (the usual outcome). But I found four enders(!) in the other box (including a 1964 Kennedy half dollar). From a statistical perspective (finding four silver coins out of 100 total enders I had examined), I anticipated that I reasonably should expect to find ~40 silver coins in this box.

I eventually found five 90% silver Kennedy half dollars and 36 40% silver half dollars: i.e., 7.1+ troy ounces of silver (one of my best CRH results). Most rolls in this box contained one silver coin, but two rolls each contained three silver coins. I also found two proof half dollars. I wonder if these coins are part of the same "dump" that I acquired at this bank two weeks ago?

I've ordered two more Loomis boxes from the bank.

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That doesn't happen every day...very cool!
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That's fantastic!
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Great scores, congratulations!
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Wow...great score......

FYI,...I'm packing my bags and movin to Massachusetts, competition is on the way.....
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An excellent hunt, congrats! =)
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I don't do anything like this and I'm curious, what do you do with the remaining coins? I'm guessing the bank wouldn't be very happy to have them back. Do tell.
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howell1018: I use a "dump bank" to cash half dollars with no intrinsic value. Three branches of this bank located in adjacent towns have coin-counting machines that don't charge a fee to customers. (I opened a small savings account to qualify.) I have established and maintain a good relationship with the tellers at these branches by showing them how to identify silver coins, and by offering to lift onto a dolly the heavy bags filled with 2,000 coins if I've inserted so many half dollars that I finish filling a bag. Most of the tellers are bemused by my CRH hobby. One of them even gave me the rejected coins, tokens, and paper clips present in the "junk bin" inside the machine. None of those coins contained silver.

I have asked a few tellers if I can purchase one of the half dollar bags so I can search for silver coins cashed by other customers. Unfortunately, none of the branches allow me to do that.
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