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New Member
United States
46 Posts |
Tell your best score on silver coins in 1 roll or 1 box.
I have yet to get more than 1 silver dime in a roll. The best I have done on a box was 9 silvers (3 were mercurys)
I just recently started doing half dollars. My best is 3x 40% kennedys in 1 box
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
My best was back in the early 70s when you could get entire rolls of 40% and sometimes entire rolls of 90% (found a couple walker rolls and Franklins back then). It was just a given that almost all rolls had at least 2 or 30 40%.
Modern times my best was two 90% and two 40% out of 2 boxes of halves.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
979 Posts |
I got 9 40%er from searching a tellers tray on day. They sprawled them out and let me look. That was my second time getting any halves, my first time was 2 rolls and I got one 40%. After getting those and looking up their value I though "there is no way this secret money is hiding from everyone and I can just get rich by buying all these!!!!" Then I realized that beginners luck was all it was :) Fun start though!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3276 Posts |
my best box of dimes had 7 silvers. It was exciting when 1 roll had 3 in it. thought it was gonna be a monster box.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
My coolest was 6 Barber dimes, and mercs and rosies in a S/s 12-box order, 3 years ago. Best cwr dime roll held 27 silvers, last year. Half-dozen solid 40% halves rolls last two years.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors... Roll hunting since '77 Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2130 Posts |
My best find was 1 year ago. I picked up 10 customer rolled halves. I found 2 90% coins & 8 rolls were filled w/ 40% coins.
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Valued Member
Canada
271 Posts |
I've never found any silver, but I did find a $25 wheatie (can't remember the date, it was early though) in a roll of pennies.
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Valued Member
United States
359 Posts |
Last nickel box had 4 War Nickels in it. 2 back tp back in the same roll.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
619 Posts |
A few months back, I found 12 40% and 3 90% in one roll. A week later, I found some really old rolls; the coins had turned black and even green. 53 40% and 16 90% in 6 rolls! I haven't found much since.
Edited by CPC24 09/28/2012 3:55 pm
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New Member
 United States
46 Posts |
Wow. A lot of cool stories. I hope I will have some great luck like some of you have had. Thanks all who have posted so far. :)
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Valued Member
United States
300 Posts |
I haven't searched for silver but I do hunt for copper/wheat cents. Some of my best finds are: 1905 IHC in fine Wheats 1911S VG 1918S XF 1920 AU+ 1925 XF-AU 1944 MS62 (ish) 1955 MS63+ 1958 MS63+ And a bunch of choice, BU memorials from the 60's and 70's
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Valued Member
United States
209 Posts |
I just started last spring but my best has been one solid roll of 40% and twice I have gotten two walkers in one roll. As for dimes I do not think I have ever gotten more then one silver in a roll.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
556 Posts |
My absolute best score has got to be the 1909 V nickel I found when I got $20 in nickels. 2nd best was 4 silver dimes from $40 in machine wrapped rolls. There were 3 of them in 1 roll. 3rd best was the War Nickel streak I was on a few weeks ago. Every time I got $20 or $30 from the bank, I'd get a War Nickel. Got 7 War Nickels that way.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
I found 5 90% halves and 17 40% halves in 2 rolls of CWR halves.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
622 Posts |
My most valuable box was 302 or 303 40% halves and 1 90%er. My favorite dime box find is a 1917 Netherlands sterling silver. Best Nickel box find was an 1883 V, but it was in bad condition. Best penny find is a 1909VDB. All were bwr's, though some from a regional bank that rolls their own coin. I've looked through a lot of coin in a relatively short amount of time, but I've been very fortunate.
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New Member
 United States
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:D nice everyone. I just scored my first double silver roll (2 silvers in 1 roll) yesterday. This thread must have given me good luck :)
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