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[ckrakowski]

how hard is it to find a 1970 s silver proof and a 1776-1976 s silver proof?

i recently got 1 1970 s silver proof and 2 1776-1976 s silver proofs.

 

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[n8dagr8345]

I have searched 316 boxes in the last 4 months(the time I have really started keeping track of my finds)... Around box 310 I found my FIRST 1976 S Silver proof. I have yet to find a 1970s silver....

N8

 

[BillyOceansEleven]

I'm not an expert, but I just recently found my first and only 1970 S silver proof. This site is showing the mintage of the 1970-S was about 2.63 million, which is actually slightly more than the 1970-D at 2.15 million. However, considering many of the 1970-S coins are probably still in the proof sets they were released in, I'd guess you are more likely to find the 1970-D in CRH.

Kennedy Half Dollars

Myself, I have never gotten a 1970-D or 1976-S. It is just the luck of the draw.

 

[Xiao en]

Guess I was lucky an found a 1976s silver within the first 10 boxes I ever searched.

 

[Captaindoodle]

It's all luck of the draw.

Here's some of the common half dollar "clubs" (in my personal descending difficulty level to join)...no membership fee required

Seated half
Barber Half
90% silver commemorative
1955 Franklin
1970S
1970D
Foreign silver (Medio Balboa, Columbian 50C, Rupee, Canadian Half, etc)
Silver proof 40% or 90%
1976S silver proof
Clad commemoratives...including the ubiquitous Statue of Liberty Commemorative (SLC)
1976 silver circulation strike

And if you are really lucky...21D or P Walker and 38D Walker.

Good luck!

HH,
CD

 

[fistfulladirt]

'Tis hard, or 'tis not!

 

[sagittarius98]

It's all luck of the draw.

Here's some of the common half dollar "clubs" (in my personal descending difficulty level to join)...no membership fee required

Seated half
Barber Half
90% silver commemorative
1955 Franklin
1970S
1970D
Foreign silver (Medio Balboa, Columbian 50C, Rupee, Canadian Half, etc)
Silver proof 40% or 90%
1976S silver proof
Clad commemoratives...including the ubiquitous Statue of Liberty Commemorative (SLC)
1976 silver circulation strike

And if you are really lucky...21D or P Walker and 38D Walker.

Good luck!

HH,
CD

"Columbian 50 c" is American, unless you mean 50 centavos Colombia.

 

[lovelylea]

I had a box from Loomis and found IN 1 BOX, 4 - 1970 D, and 15 - 1967 almost uncerculated proof coins. We are thinking these were somehow dumped by one person and re-rollled into this box by loomis..

 

[unclehuckelberry]

I've been going through a box of halves a week since October 2011. January 21st 2012 I found a 1970 S Silver Proof.

 

[clovis97]

I've been searching boxes since October 2010, and I still haven't found either coin.

I am to the point of looking up both coins on Snopes...I am beginning to believe that they are internet myths and or urban legend.

 

[sagittarius98]

I've been searching boxes since October 2010, and I still haven't found either coin.

I am to the point of looking up both coins on Snopes...I am beginning to believe that they are internet myths and or urban legend.

I remember you saying you did that with dimes last year after no rolls produced. I think right after that, you got some silver dimes. Maybe this time, you will get both coins after you go on Snopes.

 

[SilverForBrains]

In a box a few weeks ago I found three 1976s uncirculated 40% silver kennedys. The box also contained some very nice looking 40% coins, it was obviously a collection that was dumped.