Halves, nickels, pennies 5/25/06

[HobBob]

Another week, another $20 in halves, $20 in nickels, $10 in pennies...
The results:

Halves - skunked again. Are you guys sure there's still some silver out there?

Nickels - 1946, 1949.

Wheaties - 1945, 1950D, 1953D, 1957D in excellent shape, still a little shiny.
Copper (1959-1981) - 255.

Canadian - 4 nickels (1976, 1986 x2, 1989); 28 pennies (1940, 1961, 1962, 1964,
1965 x2, 1968, 1969 x3, 1970, 1973 x2, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983 x3, 1984,
1989 x3, 1991, 1993, 2001 x2.

And yet again - 4 more penny rolls with dimes in them, now for a total of 8 dimes.

Some of the penny rolls were nasty this time. When I opened 6 or 8 rolls, I got a lot of short white animal hairs, as well as some pennies that had blotchy silver smears on them. I suspect someone had been rubbing their pennies in mercury (but for what reason I do not know). Yuck. :P

HH,
Bob

 

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[Joliet Jake]

Bob,
I agree. Here in the midwest it seems the coin rolling companies are catching the silver. Of my last 4 boxes only 1 produced any silver, 3 40%ers out of 4000 coins total. It is easier to find impaired proofs and uncirculated years now. That my have to be our new targets, the "s" mints and 2002+ years, lol.

But I like the sound of those silver coins......

 

[HobBob]

But I like the sound of those silver coins......

Yes, me too!! Nothing quite like the bell-like tone of silver falling to the table top!!