2009 was a great year, but I also was searching more heavily. 2013 was a disaster and I had great difficulty finding any halves at all. I think this thread has increased competition in my area and at least one fellow coin club member also searches. And I hear enough that "someone comes in every month to clean us out of halves" to know there are other silver hunters in my area.
I only focus on customer-wrapped rolls and avoid bank-rolled boxes/wrappers. I have only done one box in my lifetime and it was a complete skunk with greater than 50% 96 and 2000D BU coins (I think that posting is buried somewhere in this long thread....good luck finding it!). I do have a $500 box on order to do my 2nd box ever, but it is mainly to find BU coins and hopefully to score a few varieties. If I find silver, yeah!
Also, I never re-wrap and re-deposit- I always spend them and get them back into circulation. The reactions are always interesting and I love leaving these as tips at restaurants. many cashiers cash them out and keep them. Since I spend ALL my throw away halves, I can't do too many boxes even if I wanted to, as it ties up too much money. I firmly believe customer-wrapped halves or loose halves in the teller's trays are the way to go. But they are VERY hard to come by.
Occasionally, not often, I get someone's half box dump that, of course, is customer-wrapped, but even in those I find varieties, and some NIFC coins, as most box hunters seem to only be after the silver.
I also search for and keep really nice BU coins, especially 80s, which are exceptionally difficult to find, particularly 85, 86, 88, 89 P&D, 78 P&D, and 99 P&D. I am working on a BU roll set 1971-2000 (no 87) and after almost 10 years, I'm happy to say it is nearly complete. The mid to late 1980s are insanely tough.
It is my firm belief that the
Kennedy half set is a sleeper. People have no idea how hard it is to put together a BU set from 1971-2000. The 80s are insanely tough to find in decent shape as so many halves heavily circulated in slot machines and reed edges are worn thin. The later 90s, for not having circulated much as the half fell out of favor in commerce, are surprisingly worn as well. I have some nice BU 96 rolls created from pulling from the one box of halves I got some years ago.
2009 JFK roll searching
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2009 totals
Total searched: 7984 coins ($3992.00) all customer rolled
40% silver: 112 (1.4%)
90% silver: 12 (3 Franklin, 54, 60D AU, 63D BU)
NIFC: 100 (1.25%) (01P- 24, 02D- 1, 03P-3, 03D-1, 04P- 11, 04D- 3, 05P- 33, 05D- 16)
Proof: 3 (89S, 91S, 04S Silver)
Other: 1974D DDO- 4 (1 BU)
2010 JFK roll searching
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2010 totals
Total searched: 2159 coins ($1079.50) all but $200 customer rolled
40% silver: 42 (1.9%)
90% silver: 5 (64 & 64D; 51D Franklinx1)
NIFC: 80 (6.4%) (87Px1, 01Px15, 02Px2, 02Dx 13, 03Px 22, 03Dx13, 04Px5, 04Dx3, 05Px1, 05Dx3, 06Px1, 09Dx1)
Proof: 1 (68S Deep cameo)
Other:
2011 JFK roll searching
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2011 totals
Total searched: 1547 coins ($773.50) all customer rolled
40% silver: 47 (3.0%)
90% silver: 2 (64, 53D Franklin)
NIFC: 4 (03D-1, 09P-1, 09D-2)
Proof: 4 (68S, 71S, 79S, 88S)
Other: 1986 Liberty Half Commemorative
2012 JFK roll searching
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2012 totals
Total searched: 2504 coins ($1252.00) $130 machine rolled rest customer rolled
40% silver: 58 (2.3%)
90% silver: 2 (64Dx2)
NIFC: 18 (01Px2, 02P, 03P, 06P, 06Dx3, 08Dx2, 09Px2, 09D, 10P, 11Px3, 11D)
Proof: 1 (73S)
Other: 74D DDOx3 (1 corroded, 2 circulated)
2013 JFK roll searching
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2013 totals
Total searched: 783 coins ($391.50) all customer rolled/loose
40% silver: 0
90% silver: 0
NIFC: 6 (02D, 03P, 05D, 06P, 11P & D)
Proof: 02S
Other:
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