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<p>[QUOTE="RomaniGypsy, post: 7950931, member: 49234"]Perhaps, but you being here means you are 99.99999% likely to spend only "rejects". That would still make every roll that consists of what you spent turn out to be equivalent to a "searched roll".</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course it's possible, and it doesn't disappoint me, but I've never seen this happen. I've literally never seen anyone else spend a dollar or a half, except my wife, the exact change queen, who is the occasional recipient of some of my rejects when her supply needs replenishing. I spent three halves the other day as part of a small cash purchase but again, they were common 1970's date rejects. Last box of halves I searched didn't have a single silver or NIFC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I'm trying to get a bead on whether or not it's basically a waste of time to continue searching halves, and how I end up finding so many NIFCs in dollars when I hardly ever see them being spent. Do people literally order them from the Mint at a premium and then get to the point of, "meh, guess that was a waste, I'll spend 'em on my next case of beer"?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RomaniGypsy, post: 7950931, member: 49234"]Perhaps, but you being here means you are 99.99999% likely to spend only "rejects". That would still make every roll that consists of what you spent turn out to be equivalent to a "searched roll". Of course it's possible, and it doesn't disappoint me, but I've never seen this happen. I've literally never seen anyone else spend a dollar or a half, except my wife, the exact change queen, who is the occasional recipient of some of my rejects when her supply needs replenishing. I spent three halves the other day as part of a small cash purchase but again, they were common 1970's date rejects. Last box of halves I searched didn't have a single silver or NIFC. I guess I'm trying to get a bead on whether or not it's basically a waste of time to continue searching halves, and how I end up finding so many NIFCs in dollars when I hardly ever see them being spent. Do people literally order them from the Mint at a premium and then get to the point of, "meh, guess that was a waste, I'll spend 'em on my next case of beer"?[/QUOTE]
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