First half 2019 search results

[CJ9]

Now that the first half of the year is in the bag - I wanted to share what my hit rate has been

In total I have searched $14,037 in coins (not counting pocket change) which amounts to 215,776 pieces.

Cents: $851.50: 1,105 wheats (about 650 or so from a large wheat dump about 6wks ago - prior post), 2 IH, 5 Canadian George VI, 34 Canadian QE2 before 1970.
hit rate of 1.30%

Nickels: $954.00: 5 buffaloes, 1938(2x), 1939D (prior post), 6 war nickels, 23 Canadian
hit rate of 0.09%

Dimes: $10,685.00: 91 silver FDRs (50 from a solid silver roll earlier in year - prior post), 6 Mercury, 1 Barber (1910D - prior post), 1 Canadian George VI (1945), 1 1987S impaired proof, and 51 Canadian, 16 British 5 pence coins
hit rate of 0.093%. Took searching $1,335 at the beginning of the year to get my first silver dime of 2019 - hit rate since then was 0.105%. 2 or 3 of the FDR silvers were found in coinstar machines. Without the luck of finding the solid silver roll, my hit rate here would have been really low IMO.

Quarters: $840: nothing but 2 Canadian quarters. Looking for W mint.

Halves: $629.50: 3 JFK 90%, 14 JFK 40%, 3 Franklin, 1 Walker, 3 impaired proof, 50 NIFC after 2002 (threw most of those back)
hit rate on silver: 1.67%
hit rate on NIFC: 3.97%

Large dollars: $77.00: 1 1978S impaired proof (prior post), 1 Peace $ that had been cut open (lower weight - prior post)


I don't search boxes and I toss back any roll without opening that I think has solid 2018 or 2019 coins and they are not included in these totals.

I am sharing to give others a sense of what my success rate has been in my area. Curious to know what others hit rate is.

HH

 

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[Uncleslick18]

Wow you keep some careful records. Very nice finds cj

 

[Diver_Down]

Curious how you are searching for the West Point mint quarters when you say that you toss back any roll that is suspected of being a solid 2018 or 2019 coins?

Also, why not just open those rolls? You have them already in your possession. It can't possibly take that long to search new rolls. There can always be an error which would carry a premium being uncirculated.

 

[CJ9]

Curious how you are searching for the West Point mint quarters when you say that you toss back any roll that is suspected of being a solid 2018 or 2019 coins?

Also, why not just open those rolls? You have them already in your possession. It can't possibly take that long to search new rolls. There can always be an error which would carry a premium being uncirculated.

You have a good point there.

So for the quarters, I do search the rolls if I think they are all 2019 quarters to look for Ws. Although I have only come across 2 solid 2019 rolls of quarters this year. Those quarter rolls are counted in the $840 that I have searched this year.

I don't open new rolls because 1) I don't want to re-roll them - I don't have a free coin counting machine that I can dump at 2) Error collecting is just not my thing, so I just don't want to spend the time looking for a needle in a haystack of all new coins.

 

[Tommybuckets]

Thats a good hit rate on the halves. It helps your rate tremendously to not mess with boxes lol. You are pretty much where I am on dimes 1: 1000 ag.

 

[A2coins]

Wow thats alot of coins to look through Well done

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats!

Those are very careful notes...Good Job!