First Box Of Halves

I have a report on the results of going thru the first of two boxes of halves. (see original post: boxes & boxes)

The first thing that struck me was the sheer number of them that suffered from one armed bandit syndrome. 10% had no edge reeding left whatsoever. Fully 40% more showed at least some evidence from slight to moderate. Unfortunately, any time spent in that environment trashes the rest of the coin almost immediately. Biggest disappointment was that in that batch of slot coins was a Coneca & Wexler 1974-D DDO#1 so damaged that it's only good as a type coin.

I did find (10) 40% silvers and enough AU & BU specimens of the clads to fill most of the holes in my Dansco album. All in all not too bad. Going thru halves is not too time consuming as there isn't that much to look for. There is something fun about peeling back the wrapper and seeing a grayish silver edge nestled amongst the clads. Sorta like an Easter egg hunt. I'm sure that the abundance of slot coins can be attributed to the fact that the casinos are only an hour west of here.

I tabulated them by distribution instead of chronologically as I feel that is more interpretive. Mint mark frequency is also skewed I'm sure by the fact that I'm in Denver.

1976D 143
1971D 108
1996D 77
1972D 74
1999D 60
2000D 48
1994D 42
1983D 34
1974D 31
1972 29
1995D 29
1991D 23
1990D 18
1973D 16
1976 16
1984D 15
1985D 15
1992D 14
1993D 14
1974 13
1998D 13
1989D 12
1973 11
1997D 10
1977D 9
1978D 9
1979D 7
1981D 7
2000P 7
1979 6
1980D 6
1997P 6
1998P 6
2004D 6
1971 5
1993P 5
1994P 5
1967 4 40% silver
1978 4
1980P 4
1983P 4
1986D 4
1968D 3 40% silver
1977 3
1990P 3
1996P 3
1966 2 40% silver
1980D 2
1988P 2
1989P 2
2004P 2
1969D 1 40% silver
1982P 1
1984P 1
1986P 1
1991P 1
1992P 1
1995P 1
1999P 1
2007D 1