Weighing rolls of halves by a skeptic

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I have heard people talking about weighing the half rolls before opening them to see if they have silver. I am a big skeptic of that. So I just opened a new box and decided to weigh every roll.
Here is what I have found so far with 4 rolls opened.

Notice that of the rolls over 225.0 6 had zero silver and 3 had silver, yes the heaviest had 3 silver and the 225.4 had 2 silver BUT 2 of the 225.4 had ZERO silver.
This tells me you can isolate SOME silver by weight, but one that is 224.0 could still have silver since the difference between a clad and a 40% is .16 grams enough to keep it in the 224 range.
I will update the table as I go through all the rolls.

By the way it is a good box so far!

The weights range from 223.4 grams to 225.6

Less than 224 6 rolls
224.0 2 0 ;
224.2 7
224.3 10
224.4 5
224.5 2
224.6 2
224.7 2
224.8 3

225.0 2 0 ; 1 – 40%
225.1 3 0 ; 0 ; 0 ;
225.4 3 0 ; 0 ; 1 – 40%
225.6 1 3 – 40%

Opened the 4 heaviest rolls, as who can wait if there may be silver

225.4 first roll 2 40%!! Next two rolls of 225.4 both had 0 ZERO silver
225.6 roll had 3 40% silver

So out of 4 rolls that were 225.4-225.6 grams 2 had 2 and 3 silver
BUT 2 HAD ZERO SILVER

 

[silveraddict]

I have heard people talking about weighing the half rolls before opening them to see if they have silver. I am a big skeptic of that. So I just opened a new box and decided to weigh every roll.
Here is what I have found so far with 4 rolls opened.

Notice that of the rolls over 225.0 6 had zero silver and 3 had silver, yes the heaviest had 3 silver and the 225.4 had 2 silver BUT 2 of the 225.4 had ZERO silver.
This tells me you can isolate SOME silver by weight, but one that is 224.0 could still have silver since the difference between a clad and a 40% is .16 grams enough to keep it in the 224 range.
I will update the table as I go through all the rolls.

By the way it is a good box so far!

The weights range from 223.4 grams to 225.6

Less than 224 6 rolls
224.020 ;
224.27
224.310
224.45
224.52
224.62
224.72
224.83

225.020 ; 1 – 40%
225.130 ; 0 ; 0 ;
225.430 ; 0 ; 1 – 40%
225.613 – 40%

Opened the 4 heaviest rolls, as who can wait if there may be silver

225.4 first roll 2 40%!! Next two rolls of 225.4 both had 0 ZERO silver
225.6 roll had 3 40% silver

So out of 4 rolls that were 225.4-225.6 grams 2 had 2 and 3 silver
BUT 2 HAD ZERO SILVER


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The weight method is good to determine if you have any 90% silvers. Most rolls over 26.5 should have a 90%. Good luck

 

[cyberdan]

The mint has very bad quality control. I thought about weighing many years ago but didn't do it because first I compared the thickness of many JFKs. Grab a handful and compare. Weigh some fat VS thin coins.

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Here are the finals for the box, 12 40% 1 1983-S proof and 3 NIFC

Half were in rolls less than 225 grams and half in rolls over 225 grams


The weights range from 223.4 grams to 225.6

Grams # finds
Less than 224 6 rolls
224.0 2 0 0
224.2 7 1 – 40% : 0 0 0 0 0 0
224.3 10 2 -40 ; 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
224.4 5 1 – 40% ; 0 0 0 0
224.5 2 0 0
224.6 2 1 – 40% ; 1 – 40%
224.7 2 1 – 40% ; 1 – 40%
224.8 3 0 0 0 and 1 1983 Proof

225.0 2 0 ; 1 – 40%
225.1 3 0 ; 0 ; 0 ;
225.4 3 0 ; 0 ; 1 – 40%
225.6 1 3 – 40%

 

[FormerTeller]

I fully believe that you can find silver by weighing the rolls, but what's the point? Are you not going to open the other rolls because they don't weigh enough? Doesn't make much sense to me, as you can easily miss a 40%'er or two, but if that's what floats your boat, more power to you!

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Weighing is a waste of time as shown by my results. As shown by my results, 14 rolls 224.7 grams or higher 5 had 7 40% BUT 9 rolls had zero silver and there were 6 40% in lighter rolls, so almost a 50-50 split between light and heavy.
Also a really light roll had a beautiful missing FG! 1982 Maybe the missing initials made it lighter

 

[silveraddict]

Weighing is a waste of time as shown by my results. As shown by my results, 14 rolls 224.7 grams or higher 5 had 7 40% BUT 9 rolls had zero silver and there were 6 40% in lighter rolls, so almost a 50-50 split between light and heavy.
Also a really light roll had a beautiful missing FG! 1982 Maybe the missing initials made it lighter

The only thing you can get out of weighing rolls is that if it weighs over 226. you MIGHT have a 90%.
40% and clad are to close.
The last really good box I had that had mutiple 90% in a roll I did start to weigh some rolls for fun and was getting some 227. And 228. That was fun.

 

[LooseChange]

Weighing is a waste of time . . .

What is more of a waste of time?

1) Weighing rolls before you crack them because you enjoy doing it - because you feel like it it adds to the anticipation factor.
- OR -
2) Checking rolls for enders before you crack them - because you feel like it adds to the anticipation factor.
- OR -
3) Spending time, energy, and bandwidth telling CRH'ers on TNet that the way they enjoy the hobby is a waste of time.

My money is on #3 as being the only waste of time from the above list.

 

[MotherOfGeeks]

I think I have a local banker who was doing this. He eagerly offered to order me half dollar boxes, even though I didn't have an account at his bank. Every time I got them they were always open and frequently missing 2-3 rolls. I went through 6 boxes and found only 2 40%.

 

[FormerTeller]

I think I have a local banker who was doing this. He eagerly offered to order me half dollar boxes, even though I didn't have an account at his bank. Every time I got them they were always open and frequently missing 2-3 rolls. I went through 6 boxes and found only 2 40%.

That would be one of the rare times I would go to the manager. Clear abuse of power.

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

The only thing you can get out of weighing rolls is that if it weighs over 226. you MIGHT have a 90%.
40% and clad are to close.
The last really good box I had that had mutiple 90% in a roll I did start to weigh some rolls for fun and was getting some 227. And 228. That was fun.

Actually that would be fun.

 

[GlenDronach]

Sometimes it's fun to hold on to some really heavy rolls for a rainy day.

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Don't think I could do that I would need to open them

 

[silveraddict]

Sometimes it's fun to hold on to some really heavy rolls for a rainy day.

Last year I had this great idea that I was going to save EVERY roll with an ender and open them all on Dec 31st. I only lasted 1 1/2 months before I had to open them.
Kinda like how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsy roll (ask the owl)

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

silveraddict
I had the same thought especially after finding a Benji ender, but I lasted a couple days