One Down – Five To GO! (With Photograph)

[Half-Hound]

March 5th, 2011
Los Angeles, California

I visited my regular supply bank today (Saturday) and asked if they had any boxes of halves. They have been keeping boxes of halves available to me ever since I first asked about them six months ago – they are great people. I was told they had inadvertently ordered $3,000 worth of halves instead of quarters. So I plan to continue to buy one box each week until I have solved their problem!

This week’s box was a bit unusual – I found 8 40% halves and 8 Impaired Proof halves. I have never before recovered this many “S” mintmark coins from a single box. I know I found part of someone’s collection, and I am hoping the rest of it is in those other five boxes of halves.

My total silver coin find for this week amounts to 13 40% halves. That’s good for me, but I do wish several of them had been the 90% variety. I deliberately picked a black background for the accompanying photograph. I like the visual contrast of silver and black.

Half-Hound

2011 Silver Coin Totals: 16 90% halves, 62 40% halves and stuck on 11 silver dimes.

 

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[mlayers]

Good score. But I would try and do 3 or 4 boxes this week why drag it out to only 1 box a week. Someone else could go in there and get the halfs before you get back......Matt

 

[ArkieBassMan]

Good score. But I would try and do 3 or 4 boxes this week why drag it out to only 1 box a week. Someone else could go in there and get the halfs before you get back......Matt

Absolutely!! You already know the boxes have a very good chance of being above average at least. Better go get 'em before someone else does.

 

[mrbelvetron]

I might have missed it in the post, but did you edge check the Bicentinnial halves? San Francisco minted both clad and 40% silver proof kens that year.

 

[Rich Hartford]

 

[legend76]

Nice older proofs, too

 

[CHAINCHOMP]

awesome finds! good luck on the other boxes! also, are the bicent proofs 40% silver too? keep it up and hh!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Hello,

The 2nd coin from the bottom 2nd row in from the right. That Bicentennial is that a silver proof Bicentennial ??

Great finds !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[CHAINCHOMP]

Hello,

The 2nd coin from the bottom 2nd row in from the right. That Bicentennial is that a silver proof Bicentennial ??

Great finds !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

i agree...looks like silver to me...