Quarter Roll Searching

have a hunch Ricardo does a volume of searching we would all be jealous of

Yeah, he has done over 400 boxes of pennies!

Yay, 10 pages! It only took 10 months!

I decided to try some quarters today
$150 Fed Wrapped
no silver
no proofs
5 BU coins-72, 84, and three state quarters-in pristine condition, look like they came out of someones collection.

After searching one box, I found no silver and no Canadians but not all was lost, however. I did finally find an Olympic National Park quarter to add to my set (now I'm waiting on Chicksaw and Vicksburg to finish 2011).

I own two, both are 1964. One a teller held back, and one a friend of mine found it at work for me. I was really surprised when she said she found it because it was only a day after I told here about them.

My searches through quarters have generally been unsuccessful in finding silver, until today. Today, as I went to the same bank I found two rolls of silver halves, the teller informed me she had some old dimes and quarters she wanted to get rid of. I peeked over the counter to see that they were two envelopes full of silver. I bought them at the face value of $15.75 and boy I was like a kid in a candy store when I examined them later:

*42 silver Washingtons! (Dates include 1939, 1940-S, 1941, 1942, '42-S, 44, 46, and a mix of dates from 1951-64)

But the best part was, and I can't believe I found one of these, an 1893 Barber quarter! This is my first non-Washington silver quarter from circulation!

Bought my first box today...my wells fargo bank...was like... "You want a whole box of quarters"...."Yes...yes I do"..."Do you promise not to bring them back?"...."Sure?" Haha.

Wish me luck!

I go roll by roll and skim the edge of a roll, if I see silver I pull it out immediately
if not I search the coins one by one for different things I keep
really nice AU examples of pre-state quarter quarters 65-98
then I also pull out ATB Quarters and Territory quarters
foreign stuff I keep too as long as it isn't canadian (I live so close to canada I get tons of them)
have fun and take your time. It might take a few boxes to get some silver. Keep us posted

Shavill, what you have there is a one Dirham coin from the United Arab Emirates. It is worth.....wait for it.....wait for it.....27 cent at current exchange rates. What you have there is a neat coin that has had to travel a long way to get to your hands :-)