Box of Half dollars, what to expect

I recently got 32 walking liberty halves from a cashier's tray, so it motivated me to try half dollars, I have probably done $80,000 in dimes over the past year, but want to try something new.

I got the box today and have not noticed single marked coin on the end of a roll (when Coin roll hunters mark coins with marker to show that they have checked it), the only other box I searched had 25 percent of the coins marked. Also, there is a proof half dollar on the end. I can not open it until tomorrow, so what can I expect, any silver?

 

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Your guess is as good as mine. My last box had a ton of marked coins but I still ended up with 2-64's, 8-40%, 3 proofs, and several NIFC.
You could get lucky. Or you could end up with a single proof. It's all part of the game

 

I buy $5,000 worth of halves every week. Tomorrow is delivery day!! My historical average is 1 piece of silver per box, maybe 1.5, Mostly 40%'ers but I'm happy. All time record to date was last week I had a single box with 26 silvers in a box and one was a franklin.

I'll keep doing them until it dries up, I still gotta dump last weeks. Along with 25 boxes of dimes and 20-30 boxes of pennies each week.

 

LOL, knowing my luck it will be the single proof, but compared to my first box (this is going to be my second), that would be good. Well, it's better than 5 straight boxes of skunk dimes.

 

I wish you the best of luck!
I think all you roll-searchers are doing a valuable community service by pulling all this 90 & 40% out of circ.
Might as well get it into the hands of dealers, collectors, investors, and silver bugs.

 

Are you guys pulling all the nifc you find in halves?
I haven't been but considered doing it?

 

That's a lot of coins man.

 

I did, but I am thinking of dumping them in the coin machine. Wonder why I am bothering to keep them. Also have a pile of circulated proofs that I may dump.

 

nifc?

 

Not Intended For Circulation, 2002 and newer halves

 

Not intended for circulation. For example proofs, and 2002-present half dollars (only issued in sets)

 

Yes


NIFC - Not intended for Circulation 2002>today plus 1987.....

 

I had a box last week chocked full of 2009 and 2010

 

ah, I had a bunch of 2008 halves but nobody wanted them. So they went back in the roll and off to the bank. I don't think it is worth hoarding these NIFC Halves.

 

OK, Here are the results. I did edge hunting, but pulled out the proof-looking/bright edges just in case there was a proof. I only found one silver, a 1966 40% silver half dollar. But I did find two proofs (1989S,1980S)

 

This sounds like about ten cents an hour, way below minimum wage. Why not do some work and buy coins?

 

Who says he's trying to make money?

 

The reward seems too trivial even for the thrill of the chase. Metal detecting or even walking the streets looking in the gutters for change might be more rewarding in terms of items found per search hour.

 

I do it for fun....

 

To each their own.