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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bilboleslie, post: 903482, member: 24821&quot;]Bought $136 in halves yesterday. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I found:</p><p><br /></p><p>two quarters</p><p>two dimes</p><p>one penny </p><p>four&nbsp; car wash tokens </p><p>one&nbsp;&nbsp; game token</p><p>one&nbsp;&nbsp; 10 peso Mexico coin (modern vintage)</p><p>one&nbsp;&nbsp; penny that visited the railroad tracks.&nbsp; No markings of any kind left.&nbsp; </p><p>one&nbsp;&nbsp; Toonie, a two dollar Canada coin</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; These all cost me 50 cents each.</p><p><br /></p><p>1&nbsp;&nbsp; 1967 P Kennedy half</p><p>2&nbsp;&nbsp; 1968 D Kennedy halves</p><p>2&nbsp;&nbsp; 1969 D Kennedy halves</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &amp;</p><p>2&nbsp;&nbsp; 1963 D Franklin halves</p><p><br /></p><p>So, silver was 7 coins out of 255 half dollars (ignoring the junk and foreign stuff), or 2.7 % silver.&nbsp; This is a little above average, but not by much.&nbsp; Silver halves seems to generally run a little over 2 %.&nbsp; Of course, this is from machines, not from true &quot;circulation,&quot; which I suspect runs much lower, probably less than half what I get in bags.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I was annoyed at the slippage (missing half dollars) and at the garbage, but still came out way ahead, and I enjoyed myself for a few minutes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Observation:&nbsp; The amount of junk, foreign, and silver halves in half dollar bags seems to be increasing. </p><p><br /></p><p>My best coin in a bag of halves is still the 1851 Large Cent that I found two weeks ago.&nbsp; It will probably be the best forever. </p><p><br /></p><p>The oldest is still the old Great Britain farthing, from the early 1700&#039;s.&nbsp; So worn that I could barely identify it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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