Roll Hunting Family
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- Apr 14, 2020
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So, my 5-year-old son has been coin roll hunting during quarantine. He goes through nickels like nobody's business... A box per day sometimes. But tonight, he wanted to do quarters with me.
I've got a few boxes that have a high ratio of 2019 quarters in them, so I wanted to hunt those for Ws. I gave my son a different box, which I had actually almost decided to take back to the bank this week with 45 rolls unhunted.
About 15 minutes into the search, he says "Daddy, I think I found a silver!" Of course, I doubted it. Silver edges are usually foreigns, and half the time a silver-edged US quarter is just some silver-plated state quarter. I've gone through around 20 boxes of quarters since quarantine started, and found only 6 silvers.
Well, he holds it up, I glance down and say "No, that's a proof quarter! Cool!" Sure enough, it's a 1994-S, with plenty of proof luster. But then I look at the edge, and there's no copper showing at all! I knew that silver proof sets started in 1992, so I figure there's a chance it could actually be one of those, but even the silver edge isn't enough evidence for me to say it's silver. So, I couldn't help myself, I had to do a sound test. Sure enough, it's got that silver clank!
No idea why someone would've taken a silver proof quarter out of the lens, and then spent it, but we're not complaining! Definitely my favorite CRH find to date!
I've got a few boxes that have a high ratio of 2019 quarters in them, so I wanted to hunt those for Ws. I gave my son a different box, which I had actually almost decided to take back to the bank this week with 45 rolls unhunted.
About 15 minutes into the search, he says "Daddy, I think I found a silver!" Of course, I doubted it. Silver edges are usually foreigns, and half the time a silver-edged US quarter is just some silver-plated state quarter. I've gone through around 20 boxes of quarters since quarantine started, and found only 6 silvers.
Well, he holds it up, I glance down and say "No, that's a proof quarter! Cool!" Sure enough, it's a 1994-S, with plenty of proof luster. But then I look at the edge, and there's no copper showing at all! I knew that silver proof sets started in 1992, so I figure there's a chance it could actually be one of those, but even the silver edge isn't enough evidence for me to say it's silver. So, I couldn't help myself, I had to do a sound test. Sure enough, it's got that silver clank!
No idea why someone would've taken a silver proof quarter out of the lens, and then spent it, but we're not complaining! Definitely my favorite CRH find to date!
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