silver in rolls

Discussion in 'Coin Roll Hunting' started by firefli, May 2, 2014.

  1. firefli

    firefli New Member

    Can anybody give a real guesstimate, as to how often you really find silver in circulated rolls.
    lets say I get 100 boxes of coin, what % realistically would have silver 10, 50, 75% ?
    Which coin is still has the most silver in circulation?
     
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  3. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    most will say 50 cent pieces. i search dimes. I usually find 1 or 2 in 1 $250 box.
     
  4. josh's coins

    josh's coins Well-Known Member

    I say it is a waste of time. It will take hours to go through a box of $250 only to find a value of about 2 bucks... then you have to reroll all the coins and drop them off at another bank.
     
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  5. josh's coins

    josh's coins Well-Known Member

    you have roughly a .3% chance of finding silver in rolls these days. unless you are extremely lucky.
     
  6. hcmusicguy

    hcmusicguy Member

    I agree that it's a waste of one's own time, not to mention a waste of your bank's time, money, and resources.
     
  7. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Unless you edge search and dump the coin in a coin machine. Takes me 10 minutes to do a box of dimes.
     
  8. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Just curious, where did you get that number from?
     
  9. Ethan

    Ethan Collector of Kennedy's

    I search halves...it comes and goes but when it comes it sure is fun. Found 6 Oz the other week with $1000 worth. Then again, that was the 2nd best day in two years. I usually hit at least one every month but when you find them, they can be a blast.
     
  10. josh's coins

    josh's coins Well-Known Member

    that is a .3% chance. also the coinstar machines take a percentage so you lose money that way
     
  11. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    I have accounts with several banks that have coin machines that are free for members. Costs me nothing. The banks are on the way to and from worth so there is no extra gas. The only thing it takes me is time to search. No loss of money besides what I pull from rolls.
     
  12. Ethan

    Ethan Collector of Kennedy's

    Hehe...I know but sometimes I do not mind!
     
  13. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    ? I think I missed something...
     
  14. Ethan

    Ethan Collector of Kennedy's

    I do not loose money either when I pull from rolls if you know what I mean..
     
  15. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

  16. scottishmoney

    scottishmoney Buh bye

    Oh you sheeple that use those fee machines. Get a credit union. Cuter and friendlier tellers, free coin machines and they save me all the goodies they see.
     
  17. scottishmoney

    scottishmoney Buh bye

    Even BWR only take about 15 - 20 minutes.
     
  18. firefli

    firefli New Member

    Thanx for all the comments.
    If you all are up for it lets see if we can post what we really find and maybe figure out what the real % of silver coins in rolls mite be.
    Please post the type of coin searched, the total # of coins looked through and the # of silver's found not important the % of silver just total quantity USA coins only please.

    I will start: Kennedy half's, 4000 looked through, 67 silvers found.
    that gives me a 1.675% "silver" find rate, so far.
     
  19. firefli

    firefli New Member

    I decided to start a separate tread so Everyone would see it.
    Title: Amount of silver in rolls
    Please post data there
    thanx
     
  20. sergeant

    sergeant Not a Member

    Super rare. More common than proofs.
     
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