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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bobbeth87, post: 1193402, member: 18369&quot;]<b>Second Anniversary Statistics</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Two years ago, I found this thread and was shocked that silver could still be found.&nbsp; I decided to give it a shot and got my first box on or about June 1, 2009.&nbsp; Wow, I never dreamed I&#039;d be as successful as I&#039;ve been.&nbsp; For those just starting out, keep at it.&nbsp; For those who preceeded me, THANKS for posting about it as it has been a lot of fun as well as being rewarding.&nbsp; I never would have done this had I not seen it here on this thread.&nbsp; Here is what I&#039;ve found in the last two years:</p><p><br /></p><p>Nickels:&nbsp; </p><p>I&#039;ve only search 4 or 5 boxes...don&#039;t have accurate stats as to how many</p><p><br /></p><p>4 War Nickels</p><p>2 Buffalo Nickels</p><p><br /></p><p>Dimes:</p><p>19 boxes and 8 bags searched ($14,750 worth), plus various other individual rolls from banks</p><p><br /></p><p>60 Total silver dimes:</p><ul> <li>1 Mercury Dime</li> <li>59 Silver Roosies</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Halves:</p><p>341 Boxes and an additional $16,658 of loose, CWR and partial boxes ($187,158 worth)</p><p><br /></p><p>1801 total silver halves </p><ul> <li>1422 40% silver halves (78.96%)</li> <li>379 90% silver halves (21.04%)</li> <li><blockquote><p>15 Walkers<br /> [*]50 Franklin<br /> [*]311 1964<br /> [*]1 Booker T Washington Commem<br /> [*]2 Silver proofs</p></blockquote> </li> </ul><p>2 silver Foreign coins</p><ul> <li>1968 40% silver Medio Balboa (Panama)</li> <li>1958 83.5% silver 100 Lira (Italy)</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>Average silver halves found per year:&nbsp; 900.5 </p><p>Average silver halves found per box:&nbsp; 3.32</p><p>Average silver halves found per $500 in loose/CWR/BWR not in boxes:&nbsp; 20.11</p><p><br /></p><p>Other finds in Half Dollar Searches:</p><ul> <li>12 1974 D DDO</li> <li>10 1982 No FG error</li> <li>2 1983 No FG error</li> <li>6 1986 Statue of Liberty Commemorative (Clad)</li> <li>1 1989 Congress Commemorative (Clad)</li> <li>Other stuff that I can&#039;t remember off the top of my head</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>What fun it has been.&nbsp; THANKS to Coin Talk!&nbsp; Hopefully this will help those starting out with motivation to continue.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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