blueberra
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After a long skunk and near-skunk stretch with (Loomis) half-dollar boxes, this week's box was finally a good one.
Bad news : no 90% silver
Good news : 26 40% silver (8 '66, 6 '67, 10 '68D, 2 '69D)
That's the most silver coins I've found so far in a box.
It's the 40% silver dynamic that distinguishes halves from dimes and quarters -- it appears someone who had been hording halves was ignorant of the 40% ones and just dumped them all.
BTW, I also found an impaired proof clad bicentennial half and I 'caught' and released a 1987P half.
Bad news : no 90% silver
Good news : 26 40% silver (8 '66, 6 '67, 10 '68D, 2 '69D)
That's the most silver coins I've found so far in a box.
It's the 40% silver dynamic that distinguishes halves from dimes and quarters -- it appears someone who had been hording halves was ignorant of the 40% ones and just dumped them all.
BTW, I also found an impaired proof clad bicentennial half and I 'caught' and released a 1987P half.
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