definition of a skunk?

[FormerTeller]

I got my first whole box of halves today. 3/4 of the way through it with no silver, but did find a 1990 proof and a 2003 NIFC. This got me wondering what people consider to be a skunk box. No silver? Nothing of value/collectible at all? I figure a proof is better than nothing, so personally I wouldn't have called the box a skunk.

Fortunately, I did end up finding a 1965 40%'er, so I feel somewhat better.

What do you all consider to be skunk boxes?

 

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[clovis97]

To me, a skunk box is a box that contains no silver....which is most of my boxes.

 

[dpy52081]

Skunk = No Silver

Finding a proof makes it sting less, but finding a proof in a skunk box is like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound

 

[db23]

To me, a skunk box is a box that contains no silver....

+1

I find way too many proofs to make them count for anything. I already started throwing them back instead of keeping them.

 

[Diver_Down]

If all you hunt for is silver, than a box with no silver is a skunk. However, there is way more to look for than silver. With the meteoric rise in silver, you have more hunters that aren't coin collectors but rather silver speculators. A coin collector knows that some errors (high grades, of course) are worth way more than silver content of others. Impaired proofs have no numismatic value for modern issues.

 

[Demon_Wolf]

Skunk = No Silver

Finding a proof makes it sting less, but finding a proof in a skunk box is like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound

LMAO!!!