Phillip_in_NM
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- Jul 15, 2006
- 229
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Etrac, White's M6, Nokta Legend, Minelab Equinox 800, Nokta Simplex+
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
In a fit of boredom tonight, I put all the mintage numbers from www.pcgs.com into a spreadsheet. I only included walking liberty halves, Franklin halves and Kennedy halves. The numbers below are the total mintage for each series (including proofs and mint sets):
Walking Liberty (1916-1947): 485,395,040
Franklin (1948-1963): 481,731,410
Kennedy 90%(1964): 433,460,212
Kennedy 40%(1965-1970): 863,988,880
My best 'guesstimate' is that 1/2-1% of Walking Liberty's and Franklins are available to coin roll hunters - approximately 6-9 million coins. Primarily this percentage is so low because the different appearance of the coins makes them easy to spot and remove from circulation.
Again, just a semi-educated guess is that about 5-10% of 1964 Kennedy halves are still available to coin roll hunters - approximately 21.5-43 million coins. Although they are similar to current halves, many people know to look for that magic date of 1964, plus they are certainly easy to spot just looking at the edge.
I feel reasonably confident in suggesting that there are at least 10% of 1965-1970 halves still available to coin roll hunters - about 86 million coins.
If my numbers are anywhere near accurate, then I'd have to say they are indeed ... very encouraging words.
Walking Liberty (1916-1947): 485,395,040
Franklin (1948-1963): 481,731,410
Kennedy 90%(1964): 433,460,212
Kennedy 40%(1965-1970): 863,988,880
My best 'guesstimate' is that 1/2-1% of Walking Liberty's and Franklins are available to coin roll hunters - approximately 6-9 million coins. Primarily this percentage is so low because the different appearance of the coins makes them easy to spot and remove from circulation.
Again, just a semi-educated guess is that about 5-10% of 1964 Kennedy halves are still available to coin roll hunters - approximately 21.5-43 million coins. Although they are similar to current halves, many people know to look for that magic date of 1964, plus they are certainly easy to spot just looking at the edge.
I feel reasonably confident in suggesting that there are at least 10% of 1965-1970 halves still available to coin roll hunters - about 86 million coins.
If my numbers are anywhere near accurate, then I'd have to say they are indeed ... very encouraging words.
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