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My Mother Lode

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 Posted 03/24/2013  1:10 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add crazycoinguy247 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Yes, I registered just to make this post. I've been a long time lurker but never really had much to contribute.... until now.

I picked up 2, $500 boxes from my regular bank. I get home and open the first couple of rolls from the corner and nothing. "Here we go again probably another skunk box. Maybe one 40% will be in there somewhere." As I start to peel open the next roll I see white edges. My first thought is these got discolored somehow since there are so many. I check them and low and behold five 40%'s in that roll. Excitedly I open the next roll and over half the roll looks silver! Twelve 40%! I yell for my little 8 year old helper to get in here and help! She's just as excited as I am as we start to peel rolls. Silver everywhere!

Fist a few pics then a summary:



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The final tally was:

4 90%: '43 worn liberty, 2 franklin, and 1 64

AND:

8 1965
34 1966
54 1967
252! 1968
115 1969

For a total of 463, 40% silver!

There was only a total of 4 skunk rolls in the box and the best roll had 17, 40%, There were several ender rolls, but after checking ebay I thought it was better to just open them! There was also one roll with a 68 on one end and a 69 roll on the other, but I opened that too.

Out of 1000 coins in the box 467, were silver! Needless to say my biggest score ever, tripled my 40% stash!

Incidentally the next box, had only 2 40% but had 10 90%. 4 Liberty, 5 Franklins and 1 '64.

So there ya go, my mother lode!
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 Posted 03/24/2013  1:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gold panner to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
thats what we are all hoping for! good haul
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 Posted 03/24/2013  1:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FadeToBlack to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That is an amazing box.
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 Posted 03/24/2013  1:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chuckster 125 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
WTG,

Congrats on a great box!

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 Posted 03/24/2013  1:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jack jeckel to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Awesome score.

That is why I never give up because the week I take off I may miss another big score.
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 Posted 03/24/2013  2:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Iowa Wade to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
And I thought finding 33 40%ers a few weeks ago from two boxes was good. Very nice find!
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 Posted 03/24/2013  2:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Canadian-Banknotes to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Amazing! Congrats!

Welcome to CCF
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 Posted 03/24/2013  2:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mrlandpirate to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Amazing!
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 Posted 03/24/2013  2:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Colles to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
darn...

That's amazing.
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Mother lode? Thats $2000 dollars of 40% silver coinage - or £1300 of real money! Thats amazing! definitely worthy of the first post!



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 Posted 03/24/2013  3:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add WVBlueandGold to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Congrats. Awesome score.
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 Posted 03/24/2013  4:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gold panner to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
oh yeah thanks for sharing
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 Posted 03/24/2013  4:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Trent C to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
nice find.

I have a question for anyone. The bank I pick up halves from uses brinks but the rolls I get are just paper rolls that are black on the ends and just say $10 halves on the side and don't have a company name on them. I noticed in the picture that those half dollars say brinks on them. Are the halves I have brinks as well?
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 Posted 03/24/2013  4:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TrickyxMick to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I sir am sitting here wishing that that would happen to me, But congrats!!
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A sight for sore eyes! Big congrats!
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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 Posted 03/24/2013  5:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add j-win to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hopefully your luck gets passed around!
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