Week #3 Ending 1-24-10

[Daniel964]

Dimes 7 boxes
Skunk

Halves 12 boxes
40% X 50
90% X 8 Kens x 4, Walkers x 2, Franklin's x 2

Also got a gold plated half.
Two clad proofs.
Two bicentennial halves that look like silver. They have a silver edge and sound like silver and have a S mintmark. Are they silver?

Also got a 1905 Farthing in one of the half rolls.

A pretty good week. Hope next week is just as good for me.

 

[enamel7]

Good finds! that sucks about the dimes. Yes the bi's are silver if they look that way. 40%.
HH
Gilbert

 

[SFBayArea]

Yes .. certain "S" mint halves for 1976 are 40% silver.. There are both proof and non-proof issues for this.

 

[thurmownator]

Also got a 1905 Farthing in one of the half rolls.

Was that a UK farthing ? At 22 mm in diameter, that's roughly 2/3 of the size of a modern day US half. Interesting....but nice find.

 

[Rich Hartford]

Good grab on the boxes . Was the Farthing silver ?
I've had some spectacular skunk boxes,but not that many on dimes. Better luck next time on them.
HH
Rich

 

[silvercop]

 

[timbobwey]

Nice work, I would say those bi-cents are for sure silver. I found a 76 proof a few weeks ago, but it was clad.. still a keeper though.