Kennedy Searching, Year Two

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by BigsWick, Sep 25, 2006.

  1. BigsWick

    BigsWick Rat Powered

    Hi guys,

    Some of you might remember last year when I posted my total number of finds from a year of searching rolls of Kennedy halves. Well, today I called it a year for year two. This time I kept better statistics. I searched more rolls but found fewer coins. Here are my totals:

    Rolls searched: 4,760

    Coins found:

    1964- 21
    1964-D- 15
    1965- 23
    1966- 40
    1967- 129
    1968- 100
    1969- 66
    2002-D- 1
    2003-P- 3, D 3
    2004-P- 4, D 2
    2005-P- 2, D 8
    2006-P- 2, D 4

    Kennedy Totals:

    90% silver- 36
    40% silver- 358

    Proofs- 7: 1977, 1979 (2), 1990, 1992, 1998, 2005

    Gold Plated Kennedy: 1974, counter-stamped

    Franklins- 12: 1951-D, 1953-D, 1954, 1954-D, 1959, 1960-D (3), 1962, 1962-D, 1963-D (2)

    Walkers- 1: 1944

    Foreign:

    2000 Ecuador 50 Centavos
    2001 Mexican 10 Peso

    My last 350 rolls searched (8/30/06-9/25/06) yielded only one 40% silver Kennedy, so that helped kill my average, in total a mere 1 coin found per 11.695 rolls searched. Last year my average was closer to 1 per 8.65 rolls searched.

    I've decided to pass on year three- for now. I might start back up at the beginning of 2007- or if I start having sleepless nights due to no more roll searching. Good luck to all of you coin hunters out there!
     
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  3. Cloudsweeper99

    Cloudsweeper99 Treasure Hunter

    That's a lot of roll searching!
     
  4. der_meister77

    der_meister77 Senior Member

    Fascinating statistics and WOW on the number of rolls you searched!
     
  5. satootoko

    satootoko Retired

    The return per hour doesn't really seem very high. :(

    But, if you have the time, banks have the rolls. :goofer:
     
  6. The_Cave_Troll

    The_Cave_Troll The Coin Troll

    I've always said, that I don't search rolls to make money, that if I wanted to make money I'd get a job.

    I guess, now I have...lol
     
  7. Jonein

    Jonein New Member

    Were you checking for any varieties when sorting through the rolls? I imagine that would take a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time when sorting 4,760 rolls.
     
  8. BigsWick

    BigsWick Rat Powered

    I wasn't looking for say '74 DDOs or anything like that. Some guys do, I don't because I don't collect them. I did examine each of the coins, up until about the last 350 rolls I sorted. I pulled anything I felt was worth keeping. My list about sums it up.
     
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