1,301,399,874...

[joad]

= the total number of Kennedys minted through 1970. Don't know how many have been melted, but even if only 10% still exist thats still over 130 million. This doesn't even include Franklins, Walkers etc. I say we set a collective goal of finding all of them!

 

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[Rich Hartford]

I'll bet there are a couple of dozen out of that lot left in my State. I'm determined to find them

 

[Shake-N-Bake]

add another 12 million for the proofs, we find them also.... WELL you guys do I cant find silver halves!!! LOL!!!

Jason

 

[Ju8vP3t]

433,460,212 ....the number of 1964 Kennedys (including Proofs) minted....I'd like to find some of them..

 

[golden silver]

They are all sitting in a well hidden bank in BFE Iowa. I mean it is always the last place you look you know. Besides has anyone ever heard of a CRHunter in Iowa? Didn't think so.

Golden Silver

 

[jonhls]

Daveiniowa I think was his handle...he was from the cedar falls are.He started out pretty well then things dried up for him.He still posts in the md forum but i think he gave up crhing.My girlfriends family is in iowa and they bpick up a few here and ther.they dont order boxes but get halves wherever they go.And i occasionally gp with her when she visits so i get a few to.Nothing great but its a lot better than anything in ohio lol...nothing but skunks here for the most part.hh jon

 

[Silver Stripe]

Let the games begin. Race ya, Mark

 

[jrf30]

You forgot to factor in the fact that LJ has been doing this for a few years already. That probably accounts for 20% of all the non-melted halves that were ever made. Those halves are CLAIMED already.

:-)

 

[packfan_1982]

I venture over into Iowa on my occasional road trips. Haven't found much there, much better luck in Nebraska.

 

[Rich Hartford]

I read an article that someone posted here a year ago that estimated that at least 75% of silver coins were melted down in 1979-80. Only cull Morgans and Peace dollars were melted.

 

[golden silver]

Rich are you saying that in 1980 only morgans and peace were melted? Not other types of coin? I would hope so. I would believe that silver quarters and dimes were melted on a large scale. There is just so few of them now. Maybe they are in private collections.

Golden Silver

 

[qwerty]

It seems like because of the Pittman Act in 1918 and the Silver Act of 1942, only 20% of all Morgan Dollars ever minted still exist.
http://silver-dollar-finder.com/SilverDollarFinder-Melting.htm

Then in 1979-1980, 75% of cull silver dollar coins were melted and 98% of other silver coins were melted.
http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article496.chtml

 

[Silver Stripe]

It seems like because of the Pittman Act in 1918 and the Silver Act of 1942, only 20% of all Morgan Dollars ever minted still exist.
http://silver-dollar-finder.com/SilverDollarFinder-Melting.htm

Then in 1979-1980, 75% of cull silver dollar coins were melted and 98% of other silver coins were melted.
http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article496.chtml

Well if thats the case I've already got the other 2% so we can all quit not. HH all, Mark

 

[Rich Hartford]

GS,
what I meant to say was that 79-80 3/4 of the common silver coins were melted. The good Morgans and Peace dollars were not with the exception of the culls.
A lot of Morgans were melted down years earlier as the other poster pointed out. Some of the experts say that during the great 79-80 melt anywhere from 75% to 98% of 20th century silver coins were melted down. Then again nobody kept records so this is a guess at best in my opinion.

 

[golden silver]

Well you got to think all the stuff that was in private collections that has since been turned in to banks as well as all the stuff that has been dug up and turned in and all the new s mint silvers that get turned in.

Golden Silver