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How Many Silver Coins?

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 Posted 03/26/2011  2:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SDcoinguy to your friends list
last year totals for me was

7 rolls 90 %dimes
3 rolls 90% halves
3 rolls 40% halves
6 war nickles
10 90% quarters

not bad since last february
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 Posted 03/26/2011  3:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add upstate to your friends list
one dime
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 Posted 03/26/2011  8:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sich0015 to your friends list
105 nickels out of about 250,000 searched
2 dimes out of 7550 searched
1 quarter out of 8040 searched
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 Posted 03/26/2011  8:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add soccerdad to your friends list
When I started roll searching as a teenager in Canada 50% of all dimes were silver. I only saved the dates I needed and sent the rest to the bank. If I could only go back in time. The last time I saw a silver dime in a roll or change I can hardly remember.
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 Posted 03/26/2011  8:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Rsxtacee to your friends list
Just can't seem to pull a silver quarter from a roll. I've been paid with 2 but that's it.
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 Posted 03/28/2011  11:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add angel2004 to your friends list
during the 60s, 70s and even early 2000, I have found quite a bit. I really don't go through rolls of coins looking but I may since my son in law did work in a bank and someone deposited about 100 in 40% silver halves. I did start to keep nickels and went through the first roll and the 3 rd coin was a silver War Nickel. Well, originally I was just going to get some rolled nickels as a 'investment' but after finding a silver nickel right off, I will go through them all! Good luck to everyone! I may just get some other 'coins' to search just for the heck of it. I have asked for halves the past few times, and none at the bank.
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 Posted 03/29/2011  9:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add centsless to your friends list
I've had very little success roll hunting. All of my free silver has came out of the ground metal detecting or my wife has brought them home from working the jr. high basketball games.
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 Posted 03/30/2011  9:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Lion4Life to your friends list
3 Quarters and 9 Dimes, all before I started collecting coins full time.
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 Posted 03/31/2011  01:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add samuel tan to your friends list
Nothing. No Quarter, no Nickel, just 3 Dimes, 4 90% and 70 40% Halves.
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 Posted 03/31/2011  01:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rkrj to your friends list
9 Nickels, 5 dimes, 1 quarter and 2 40% halves.
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 Posted 03/31/2011  02:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add RollHunter to your friends list
Since Nov '09:

51 Nickels
56 Dimes (52 Roosevelts, 3 Merc, 1 Barber)
1 Quarter
46 40% Halves
13 90% Halves (8 Kennedy, 4 Franklin, 1 Franklin Proof)

From roll hunting, teller trays and 5 of the dimes are from coin counters
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 Posted 03/31/2011  02:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinMania to your friends list
From the past 6-7 years I have found from circulation:
90% Silver quarters: 2100+
Silver Proof quarters:35+
90% Silver dimes: 4500+ (2 rolls of mercs, one barber)
Silver Proof Dimes: 20
War Nickels:320+
Proof Nickel: 1
Buffalo nickels: 20
V nickels: 5-10
Walking Liberty: 70+
Franklin halves: 110+
90% Kennedy: 300+
40% Kennedy: 1800 +
Proof Kennedy: 200+
Wheat pennies: 2500+
Indian Head: 2
Morgan/Peace Dollars: 6+
Ikes-no silver ones

Plus more that coins that I can't think off the top of my head.
I know the numbers look like a typo but that is the real deal. The numbers are more of an estimate due to the large volume found from years of looking. I guess the good news is I have yet to get rid or sell any of my silver finds. :)
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03/31/2011 02:20 am
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 Posted 03/31/2011  02:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add penny man to your friends list
5 nickels
2 dimes
0 quarters
0 90% halves
5 40% halves
0 dollars
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 Posted 04/06/2011  01:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MrHolli to your friends list
I actually just created a spreadsheet to calculate the value of my silver coins (in melt value) and here are the results so far. Still have to document the rest of the coins that are locked away.

322 pre 1964 Dimes
157 pre 1964 Quarters
37 pre 1964 Half Dollars
17 1965-1970 Half Dollars (40%)
25 pre 1964 Silver Dollars
25 War Nickels
4 American Silver Eagles
1 5oz Bar
1 1oz Silver Round

My Grandfather got me started looking for coins about 23 years ago and I have not stopped since. All of my coins (with the exception of the Silver Bullion/ASE's) have been found in circulation. Its very rewarding paying face value for all of my coins! Not to mention the thrill of the hunt!

Cheers!
E
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 Posted 04/06/2011  7:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add VisigothKing to your friends list
since I started coin collecting, the silvers I have found:

3 War Nickels
1 Roosevelt dime
1 Washington quarter(from coinstar)
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