First Timer!

[bamiddle]

Been reading a lot of forums and watching some YouTube video and finally decided to give this a try. This past Monday i ordered my first box of half and finally got it Thursday. Seems I had pretty decent luck also here is my bounty!


But before that quick question for some of you who have been doing this for a while! How frequent do you find Bicentennials in your rolls? I ask because I was seeing a lot. I started tossing them off to the side to count at the end. In the end i had $60.00 in Bicentennials Halves. Is this common?

Now to figure out how to dump all these and do this again!

(1) 1965
(4) 1966
(3) 1967
(2) 1968
(1) 1960 -Ben
(1) 1976S Bicentennial Silver

 

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[Chizzy]

Average (more or less) mintage for the early 70's by year including mint marks..............300 million. Late 70's...............75 to 80 million..........
For 1976...........520 million..............

Great haul for your first box.............!!!

 

[Dozer D]

For a first-timer, I would say you had fantastic luck on box one. YOU ARE HOOKED, welcome to the club.

 

[bamiddle]

I think i am! The picture doesn't do the 76 bicentennial justice at all its an extremely good looking coin, it's astonishing.

I been researching places that may have free coin machines for account holders. Best I've found so far was one that had 5% for account holders.

For now I re roll and cash in till I can find a better solution.

Does anyone recommend one book over another? I been looking at the following two debating what one.

The Official Red Book: A Guide of Book of U.S. Coins 2016 69th Edition (Whitman)

and

A Guide Book of United States Coins Deluxe Edition

 

[CoinFetcher]

Get that new deluxe red book! And then you'll be set on the red book for a few years.

 

[Liu21]

Why not just google? Cointrackers.com

 

[Iamrussell]

Bicentennials are a dime a dozen throw em back unless BU- great box by the way for #1-
And if you decide to hunt for more than just ag get cherry pickers guide vol1 &vol2

 

[abolton]

Actually bicentennials are $6 a dozen

 

[baddbluff]

Awesome first box! And a Ben too - that's great. I think I got skunked on my first three boxes. Welcome to your new addiction!

 

[enamel7]

Actually bicentennials are $6 a dozen

Lol!!!!!

 

[Jon(SW WASH)]

Great finds!! Congrats! What's a box of halves cost?

 

[norcalsteve]

Great finds!! Congrats! What's a box of halves cost?

Box of halves cost $500.00

 

[bamiddle]

Welp stopped by a bank on the way home got $240 CRW skunko. Think i may have been someones dump, they all were freshly rolled and all the heads facing the same way.

However i did stop @ to more banks on the way home and got $5 in loose halves from a teller... and 3 67s! Also was told one the tellers on vacation had a half dozen or so Ikes to come back later in the week for!

 

[bamiddle]

Well another $500 box this week and 15.5 in loose from a few banks, nothing. I did pickup 100 in $2 to take a look at though.

 

[GlenDronach]

Why not just google? Cointrackers.com

Their values are ridiculously overestimated.

 

[bamiddle]

Well i think im hooked! Since my first box almost a month ago ive searched the following:

Loose $210.00
CWR $920.00
MWR $3,000.00
Totals: $4,130.00

Currently on a 4 Box skunk roll. However tonight i went through 2 boxes and found my first proofs! One was a 71 and the other was a 05!

 

[Greastart]

Just like watching a good fishing show. Hookset, fish on!!

Ah, the allure of beginner's luck. No turning back now. Nice haul.