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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cvicisso, post: 1257530, member: 29382&quot;]Tried my first box of halves yesteday: 1 &#039;68 40%. I filled, and then I think - <i>broke <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </i>- the bank&#039;s coin machine returning them (no - not the same bank). After the girl opened it the second time, the coins were burning hot and really chewed up (the edges and high points on the obverse were severely marred). I got another &#039;68 from a teller tray three weeks ago. Have gotten a pre-64 quarter and dime this year in pocket change. Oh, also from the box of halves I got a few AU Kennedys to help fill up my album. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m happy about the 40% Kennedy I got from the box, but judging from the results I see posted (and now my own), I&#039;m thinking of shifting to dime boxes. Less &#039;conspicuous&#039; (for lack of a better term) to the bank (b/c they are - unlike halves - still in circulation) and the silver content of two pre-64 dimes is about equal to one 40% half! </p><p><br /></p><p>$500 for a box of halves = 1000 coins.</p><p>$250 for a box of dimes = 2500 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, for the cost of a box of halves ($500), I can get 5,000 dimes. If the chances of finding 2 pre-64 dimes per 5,000 (2 boxes) is greater than finding 1 40% half per 1,000 (one box) - it might be worth it. <span style="color: #0000cd"><i>Obviously, I have completely given up hope of finding any Walkers, Franklins or &#039;64 Kennedys: those would be AWESOME <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but would obviously throw this entire calculation out the window.</i></span> Also, it takes a heck of a lot longer to search 5,000 dimes than it does for 1,000 half dollars (especially since the bicentennials are so abundant but quick/easy to pick out). </p><p><br /></p><p>So far, my roll-searching statistics (and I will be punching everything into Excel because I&#039;m a nerd like that!) are:</p><p><br /></p><p>40% half dollars: <b>1 in 1,000 or <span style="color: #ff0000">0.1%</span></b> (with only one box searched - I&#039;m not counting pocket change or teller drawer finds).</p><p><br /></p><p>What are your thoughts/observations? Anyone keeping stats?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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