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The Mother Of All Boxes

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 Posted 06/09/2009  4:10 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add XavierOfGreen to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
So this past weekend I picked up three boxes of half dollars from my bank, and discovered that the bank had switched armoured car carriers from Gardia to Brinks. Instead of the long rectangular boxes, I got three squarish looking boxes. I brought them home opened them up and upon opening the third box I found this.
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Over 30 rolls of 90% silver.
well over half of the 90%s were franklins. I found well over a roll of bu 1964's. Several BU franklins from the 60's. More than a roll's worth of walkers, mostly ag pieces from 1917 and 1918. I even found at least one proof franklin and possibly second. Only one 40% was found in the third box a 1968d. No coin past 2001 was found.

Heres pictures of the rolls as some where opened, three of the rolls were solid silver!


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Heres a photo of the majority of the silver from the third box

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The other two boxes both yielded around 10 rolls of silver combined evenly mixed of franklins and 90% kennedies as well as a half roll of 40%s. One of these two boxes yielded a 1955. The newest coin found was a 2002 p.
I will post the totals for each date and mintmark as well as some close ups of some of the better finds later this week once I have some more free time.
Needless to say I dont think ill ever find a box as good as these for the rest of my life.
-XoG
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 Posted 06/09/2009  4:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hugemistake2003 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
WOW. I am envious. Congrats!
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 Posted 06/09/2009  4:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Desert Rat Dave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, how many times in a lifetime does this happen?
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 Posted 06/09/2009  4:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Podoprigora to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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 Posted 06/09/2009  4:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That is incredible!

You are right, you will never top this, so stop getting boxes of half dollars now!

But then again, it might be rather difficult to quit after a score like this!
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 Posted 06/09/2009  4:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KenKat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Am I doing the math right in that you have easily $6,000+ in silver content alone from this box? Not to mention the numismatic value. This has probably got to be like finding $10,000 laying around...wow!

Congrats!
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 Posted 06/09/2009  4:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wetglaswegian to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Its a fantastic snag , it got me wondering , just how does so much silver get neatly organised , somebody had to know about it ..no?
Is it finders keepers no comeback from the bank at all ?Thats well cool
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bill069's Avatar
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 Posted 06/09/2009  4:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bill069 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That was the box I was suppose to pick up! LOL great fine!
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coinmap's Avatar
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 Posted 06/09/2009  5:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinmap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
VERY nice find.

Maybe you should run out and get a lottery ticket.
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sil's Avatar
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 Posted 06/09/2009  6:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sil to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You are the luckiest person I now know
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 Posted 06/09/2009  6:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ratman4762 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sweet find! I got one squarish Brinks box like that and it was pretty good (not nearly as good as yours) and bank refused to order me anymore. Got my first 2 boxes today from new bank and gone through 1 1/2 boxes. Skunkers so far.
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 Posted 06/09/2009  6:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tampabaygrampa to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That is absolutely incredible. Congratulations. You are deserving, buying that many boxes at once. Keep looking!!
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 Posted 06/09/2009  6:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Rollhunter1994 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
wow..... And those are BANK WRAPPED ROLLS!! How does that happen! That has to be the BEST BOX EVVVERRR!
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 Posted 06/09/2009  7:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add yotie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
dude!
and I thought 5 40% in one roll was a great find

some one must have deposited grandpa's coin jar

think you can find a box of quarters that would match that?

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 Posted 06/09/2009  7:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add zeke5 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
WOW! That is an incredible box.
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 Posted 06/09/2009  7:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cole317 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I don't like you.
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