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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 8623495, member: 15588&quot;]A few of my older relatives passed away some years ago, and I thought all of the coins that they had scuttled away over the years had already surfaced. But, just today, this little box full of silver quarters and dimes (with 3 exceptions) came my way. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was told the relative, who had lived through the Great Depression, had put these away around the time that the US government announced the pulling of silver from circulation. This box then arguably represents one reason why the government pulled silver coins from circulation: people were hoarding them. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1515740[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For the curious, here is a rundown of what the box contained, which might give a small snapshot of what date varieties circulated at the time, probably in the early-mid 1960s. The lists show year and mint mark followed by total number in parentheses.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Quarters</b></p><p>1935(1), 1938(1), 1939(1), 1940(1), 1941(4), 1941D(1), 1942(3), 1942D(1), 1943(1), 1943S(1), 1944(4), 1944D(1), 1945(2), 1945D(1), 1946(3), 1947(1), 1950S(1), 1951(1), 1951D(2), 1952 (5), 1952D(1), 1953(1), 1953D(4), 1954D(5), 1955(1), 1956D(2), 1957D(5), 1958D(3), 1959D(2), 1960D(4), 1961D(3), 1962D(8), 1963(3), 1963D(7), 1964(8), 1964D(35), SLQ T2 no dates(3), non-silver(3)</p><p>Total Quarters: 134</p><p>Face Value (134 x .25): $33.50</p><p>Silver weight (131 x .18084oz = 23.69004): 23.6oz</p><p><br /></p><p>Not surprisingly, the older quarters show considerably more wear than the later ones. This might suggest that they were all pulled out of circulation at roughly the same time. Some of the 1964 examples look absolutely pristine, while the 1930s examples look heavily used. The box also included 3 no-date T2 SLQs and 3 non-silver coins: 1970D, 1974, and 1981D.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Dimes</b></p><p>1937(1), 1941(1), 1941D(1), 1942(1), 1942S(1), 1943S(1), 1944D(1), 1945(1), 1945D(1), 1946(1), 1946D(1), 1948D(3), 1951(1), 1951D(1), 1953D(1), 1956D(1),</p><p>1957(1), 1957D(2), 1959D(1), 1960D(4), 1961D(2), 1962D(1), 1963(2), 1963D(5), </p><p>1964(6), 1964D(10)</p><p>Total Dimes: 52</p><p>Face Value (52 x .10): $5.20</p><p>Silver Weight: (52 x .07234oz = 3.76168): 3.7oz</p><p><br /></p><p>The dimes generally follow the same condition pattern as the quarters, but the earlier dimes show considerably less wear than the earlier quarters. Overall, the dimes look far better, regardless of date.</p><p><br /></p><p>The box had sat in a closet for over 20 years, then presumably in another closet, possibly for a few decades before that. In any case, a nice little surprise on this freakishly warm autumn day (at least for my part of the country).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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