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Moderator
 Australia
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Poll Question
I've noticed that a great many CRHers on this forum seem to make finding silver one of their main goals, if not their only goal. Now, North Americans (USA and Canada) are in the rather unusual position of actually still being able to find silver in circulation, since most other countries have radically reformed their currency at least once since silver was eliminated from circulating coinage, so finding silver is impossible. Switzerland is the only other country where it's even possible. Most coin hunters in other countries have never known the joy of finding even one silver coin.
Logically, the silver coins in North America will get scarcer and scarcer with time and will all disappear one day. So, my question to you is: if you knew for certain that you'd never, ever find another silver coin, would you still coin roll hunt?
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
I answered "Yes, it's already impossible to find silver coins in the denominations I usually CRH anyway.", but that wasn't entirely true. While I do pull silver, it isn't my entire driving force behind my CRH hobby. I also don't feel it is impossible to find silver coins, just more and more 'highly unlikely'. =)
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Valued Member
United States
154 Posts |
I would switch to occasional boxes of pennies and nickels. Plenty of non silver stuff to collect!
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5172 Posts |
It's never impossible to find silver, even in countries where it's obsolete (as many Australian noodlers would easily tell you). It can be highly unlikely though.
I mean, you'd think it'll be impossible to find a gold coin by CRHing. Or an ancient. Yet people managed to do both anyway.
Mind you, in my country, I'm not sure proper CRHing is even possible - due to the complete absence (as far as I know it) of rolls themselves (though it's still possible to request coins from cashiers at stores - some comply if the store is small and there's no line behind you - and I've even found some fairly interesting stuff that way).
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Valued Member
United States
264 Posts |
I am a definitely vote because I find myself CRH for copper to pass the time while silver is above $25.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
713 Posts |
I would definitely roll hunt if there were no silver. The fun is finding a perfect specimen, or an error, or an old coin. The silver is gravy to me. Either way, the only way I see it to be impossible to find silver is: 1) a cashless monetary system; 2) Coin depots filter it all out; 3) banks will not order it or give coins over the counter.
There are lots of other possible reasons it may stop one day, but for now, lets all enjoy it!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1770 Posts |
i agree with you bernie, theres good stuff to find thats not silver (copper pennies, nickel dates, NIFC's, proofs, clad commemoratives, gold coins haha - the poll was for silver so had to through the gold remark in  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1054 Posts |
I would certainly still CRH, my main objective on these is to find varieties anyways. I've already come to terms that silver is difficult to find as it is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
556 Posts |
I would still coin roll hunt. There's some really great finds out there. Indian heads. V nickels. Wheat pennies. Steel wheat pennies. Copper pennies in general. Proofs. Buffalo nickels. Flying eagles. Varieties. Errors. etc. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1119 Posts |
Im not sure there is a category thats fits how I feel about it. I roll hunt to find intetesting and/or old coins. It just also happens that most of the halves, quarters and dimes that fit this bill are silver. I still hunt penniy rolls and love finding good stuff ther too and definetly not much silver there, unless a silver dime is mixed in the penny roll, which is not all that likely.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
917 Posts |
I hunt to fill my danscos any silver is welcome of course but I hardly ever see it anymore.
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Moderator
United States
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I used to hunt to fill my Dansco albums. Back then, silver was plentiful and filled more than a few holes.  |
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New Member
Canada
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As silver increases in value more and more common date silver coins will be sent to be melted. Likely making those common date silver coins no longer common and they will become rare. Already when silver hit $40-$45 all of a sudden millions of Canadian and American silver coins were sent to be turned into bars and sold. Not just by regular people but when the mints got them sent back. As long as silver stays high in price it will be less likely to find silver coins in rolls.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
863 Posts |
I am just gonna hoard for now while silver is still obtainable. I think one day it will be as difficult as gold to buy
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Pillar of the Community
United States
965 Posts |
I voted that I live in switzerland  (I don't) |
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Valued Member
Canada
409 Posts |
I love finding silver however it rarely happens to me. I think that being in Canada I would probably drop dimes as it's easy to get all the dimes that are not silver. Quartes in Canada are full of variety. As it seems the states have been going through this now, Canada has all kinds of quarters from 1992, 1999, 2000 and on and on...and there is always hope finding a Big Bust 1973 quarter(not likely). Nickels and pennies provide the most excitment as you can still come accross some oldies in addition to rare coinage. But that's just me...and I hope I can still find ANY silver for many years yet.
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Posted 07/31/2012 12:21 pm
