90%/40% ratio went up last night

[silveraddict]

Great box last night! Definitely boosted my already great 90/40 ratio.
Only one (1964) ender in the box.
Total for box:
(4) Bens
(13) 1964
(4) 40%
One of my best boxes this year.

 

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[Dozer D]

All I can say is G R E A T J O B

 

[fistfulladirt]

Niceness!

 

[Oquario79]

Great box last night! Definitely boosted my already great 90/40 ratio.
Only one (1964) ender in the box.
Total for box:
(4) Bens
(13) 1964
(4) 40%
One of my best boxes this year.
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Could it be... Christmas silver already? Nice finds!!!

 

[weighit]

Love seeing others find such good silver! Gives us all hope that we too might be lucky someday.

 

[silveraddict]

Could it be... Christmas silver already? Nice finds!!!

I hope it starts showing up for everyone!!

 

[Megalodon]

Great box last night! Definitely boosted my already great 90/40 ratio.
Only one (1964) ender in the box.
Total for box:
(4) Bens
(13) 1964
(4) 40%
One of my best boxes this year.
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That 40%er on the right top (1967) appears to be marked. Did someone actually mark a 1967 half and then dump it?

 

[silveraddict]

That 40%er on the right top (1967) appears to be marked. Did someone actually mark a 1967 half and then dump it?

It kinda looks that way

 

[Megalodon]

Marking a silver coin is likely a mistake, possibly by someone not recognizing the 40% content for a variety of reasons (such as dark rims). But biologists often do mark & recapture studies to estimate populations. Marked critters are released and then recaptured. The ratio of marked:unmarked can be used to calculate estimates of the total population. I just can't imagine that anyone would do such an experiment to get an estimate of the number of silver coins in a total population. Considering that unknown quantities of unmarked silver coins are constantly, but irregularly, added to the total population, some of the assumptions for mark & release studies are not being met anyway.

 

[fistfulladirt]

40% halves are dirty. Goes back to the Hunt Bros. But hey, they have silver in ‘em!