Small Milestone Reached

[Poor Mans Gold]

I have been collecting coins for over 50 years. I years past, the banks would give me canvas bags of coin to search. There was no coin counting machines. (I’m glad there are now when I go to dump.) I search cents, nickels, dimes and halves. I usually do over $3000 a week. I first ordered halves on a continuous basis in December, 2010. I have kept a record of what these boxes have produced along with CWR’s I obtain. This weekend I reached the $250,000 mark. ($250663.00.) I know some of you will do this amount in one year.
The following are my results: TOTALS – Barber - 1
Walking Liberty’s - 17
Franklin’s - 65
90% Kennedy’s –267
90% Commemorative – 2
Clad Commemorative - 3
40% Kennedy’s – 996
1970 D Kennedy’s - 4
Proof Kennedy’s – 104
(S) Proof Kennedy’s - 2
1987 Kennedy – 10
1972 D Kennedy (No FG) – 5
1982 P Kennedy (No FG) – 12
1928 E. Africa 10 cents
1967 British One Penny
1913 British One Penny
1966 British One Penny

 

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[Yinzi50]

Congrats! Pretty good ratio of silver. Any treasures from cent and nickel?

 

[BuffaloBoy]

very nice, what are the silver commemorative halves?

 

[Poor Mans Gold]

Congrats! Pretty good ratio of silver. Any treasures from cent and nickel?

In cents, I average about 12 Wheaties to a box. One box actually had over 80. Probably someone's collection got dumped. Back in the "good ole days", I was on vacation in upstate New Hampshire, went to the local bank and asked for cents. You didn't need an account. They sold me a $50 bag. Upon searching it, I found $35 in Wheaties. Back to the present, I have put away $2,000 in copper cents. As for Indian Head's, I've found about 15, the oldest being 1860. I did find a Flying Eagle cent in a CWR, but it was so worn you had to turn it on it's side to see the image.

As for nickels, I usually find at least 1 war per box. Buffaloes show up all the time. Just last week I found two, a 1935 and 1928S. If I find a Jefferson minted prior to 1959 in close to AU condition, I put it in a 2x2. I'm attempting a Whitman blue folder set from circulation and am down to 2, 1939D and 1950D. I have found 2 Liberty's in CWR's.

 

[Poor Mans Gold]

very nice, what are the silver commemorative halves?

(1) 1982 S Proof G. Washington Commemorative (found 10/15/11)

(1) 1952 GW Carver/BT Washington Commemorative (found 6/10/12)