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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bobbeth87, post: 828903, member: 18369&quot;]<b>Statistics for my first 100 boxes of halves searched</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I promised you I&#039;d bore you with Stats......well here goes:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On June 1, 2009, I started searching for silver in half dollar boxes and loose halves and rolls at banks because of this thread on this site.&nbsp; Though I haven&#039;t had the best of luck (like 100+ walkers for Gypsy or 322 Frankies by Inquisitive), I have had very good luck and never DREAMED that I would find this much silver.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had loads of fun.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Total take from partial boxes, customer wrapped rolls, and loose halves at banks:</p><p>191 total</p><p>67 or 35.08% of these were 90% silver (1 walker, 2 Franklins, 64 1964)</p><p>124 were 40% silver</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This came from searching $4269 worth of halves or approximately 8.5 boxes.&nbsp; If these actually came in boxes, it would work out to be 22.4 silver coins per box.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From the 100 boxes, I found 340 silver halves or 3.4 per box.</p><p>Of these, 73 (or 21.47%) were 90% silver including 7 walkers, 14 Frankies, and 52 64 Kennedys.&nbsp; 267 were 40%.&nbsp; Best take:&nbsp; One bank had 2 rolls and all 40 coins were UNC 1964d Kennedys.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I divided my boxes into 6 different catagories (percentages to the left):</p><p>50%&nbsp; Shutouts </p><p>16%&nbsp; Poor (1 silver coin)</p><p>15%&nbsp; Fair (2-4)</p><p>10%&nbsp; Good (5-9)</p><p>4%&nbsp; &nbsp; Excellent (10-24)</p><p>5%&nbsp; &nbsp; Outstanding (25+)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Meaning 66% or 2 out of every 3 boxes I was either shutout or had only one....wow....that doesn&#039;t seem so good, but when you find those outstanding boxes....it is quite sweet!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Longest consecutive string of shutouts:&nbsp; 9 boxes</p><p>Longest consecutive string of non-shutouts:&nbsp; 6 boxes (twice)</p><p>Most in one box:&nbsp; 42</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>GRAND TOTALS since June 1, 2009:</p><p>531 silver halves including</p><p>140 90% (26.37% of the total)</p><ul> <li>8 WL</li> <li>16 Franklins</li> <li>116 1964 Kennedys</li> <li>25 1965</li> <li>50 1966</li> <li>132 1967</li> <li>120 1968</li> <li>60 1969</li> <li>3 1970</li> <li>1 1976 silver clad</li> </ul><p>Other finds</p><ul> <li>69 Proofs including 14 1979 Type II (clear s)</li> <li>3 Media Balboa including one of them silver</li> <li>12 1974 DDO</li> <li>6 1982 &#039;no FG&#039; errors</li> <li>1 1983 &#039;no FG&#039; error</li> <li>3 1987</li> <li>bunches of 2002 - 2009 coins</li> </ul><p>:loud:&nbsp; Have I bored you yet?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve had a lot of fun, and again, never dreamed I would find so much silver.&nbsp; I never would have thought of it without this thread on this site.&nbsp; THANKS Coin Talk!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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