Tough to find a new variety at this point...but I did!

[DrDetector]

At this point in 'the game' it's getting harder and harder to find a half dollar variety that I don't have an example of. However today I picked up my two boxes and peeked in. One box had what I thought was 2 or 3 silvers showing...always a good sign. Well turns out only one of them was a 40%. Dang. Still...I did that box and pulled 2 1964s, 5 67-68s, and a 1970S. That would be the new coin for me! I have found one 1970D but not an S. Also, this marks my first 40% silver proof found. I got a 1996S last year and a 1962 Franklin proof this year but those are both 90% silver proofs. So now I can mark that one off! Unfortunately the obverse has some pretty bad gouging from being pried out of the proof set I reckon. I'll post a pic later once I get the camera.

 

[Silver_Fox]

I have gotten 2 of those mid-60's s coins. They are sweet. Nice find.

 

[DrDetector]

A couple weeks ago I had been finding a few 1965s and 1966s with very thick bright edges very similar to the edge of this one, and I figured it was going to be another one of them, but when I saw the reverse of this coin I knew it was a 40% proof, turned it over and sure enough, 1970S.

 

[LJ]

Congrats on that 70. As you know those are hard to come by and are always fun to find.

 

[Scalper]

Nice score those silver proofs are neat coins