What was your first silver?

[999digger]

I just got my first silver a couple of days ago. it was a 1944-S war nickel. What was your first silver? Feel free to share your stories or feel free to add any pics.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Do you mean "get" or "keep"? My earliest memory would be when grandma gave us kids a dime each, to go spend on penny candy, back in the mid 1960's (Hey, I'm only 48).
My first keeper that I remember, would have been about 1978, when I began roll hunting, and searched dad's pocket change. I strongly remember a silver rosie, and 1919S wheat, from about a buck in pocket change.

ffd

 

[gtfan76]

It was early this year in january. I was searching 150 in dimes and was praying to find one silver. Then I saw that silver edge and my heart stopped, I pulled it out and it was a 1949-S. That is by far my favorite dime ever.

 

[apush]

From CRHing, mine was from a box of halves. A 1967. I was forevermore "hooked."



apush

 

[timbobwey]

My first silver I found 3- 67 Kens in $50 of halves

 

[SFBayArea]

I remember it well.. saw it a 1968-D half in a teller's tray long ago.. got it and it's actually in a cardboard flip. Although I have many other 68D since

 

[FCCDFEd]

My first silver (dug) coin was a 1912 Barber dime found at a local fair grounds that was partially exposed. I really did not have to dig it but just picked it up and brushed the dirt off it to see that it was a Barber dime. Yahoo. Now in my opinion I thought this was an odd coin to dig for a first silver coin considering I had dug about $700 worth of clad in the first 2 years. In all that time I have never dug a silver quarter or dime, but that day a silver barber. What a nice suprise.

 

[CHAINCHOMP]

i remember it like it waz yesterday...went to wells fargo, bought like 130 $$$ in halves, (didnt have 500 to buy the box back then...now i know better haha), and in the car i decided to open one roll...when i poured the roll out (it was a fed roll), i saw a black dirty rim and immediatly knew i had silver, pulled it out and it was a 1964-D black and gold toned 90% silver kennedy half dollar!!! i was SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited!!!!!!!! keep it up and hh!

 

[ArkieBassMan]

My first CRHing silver was a 40%er. My first metal detecting silver was a '43 Walking Liberty half about 30 years ago. Still haven't found another silver half with the detector.

 

[Kantuckkeean]

My first was actually about 8 years ago when my friends and I would get together to play poker. Back then, we were college students and played quarter ante and would play with quarters and bills rather than chips. I went to the laundry mat to buy 7 rolls of quarters so that we could get started, and in the roll I kept for my play, I found a 1963. I noticed it by the rim, and let everyone know what I'd found. That one did not get played, and I've still got it.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

[Yinzi50]

My first CRH silver was a 1967 JFK; Bought $250 of rolls, each roll has "clad" wrote on; I looked the date of each coin and one of them was 1967; So amazed!

 

[Generic_Lad]

First silver was a 1952 dime I got in change at a football game a year or so ago.

 

[silvereagle78]

When I was a kid (12-13)my first was a merc dime. When I starting doing this again in my 30's my first back in the game was a silver Candian Quarter. HH, SE

 

[Hi Ho Silver!]

My first was 13 mixed silver halves found in 11 customer rolls.

 

[cdickrun64]

My first silver was at age 15 (31 years ago) when i dug a 1942 merc dime in Recreation Park in Binghamton, NY.

 

[Silver Stripe]

My first CRH silver was a '64 Ken from my first box of halves, July 17, 2007. Box also gave up (4) 40%ers. That was like a million boxes ago but I still remember. HH Mark

 

[Tattooguy67]

My first dug was a 1954 Rosie, first CRH was a war nickel, and the first while actually looking for silver was a 1943 Canadian dime, HH all.

Chuck.

 

[calisdad]

Not my first silver but got this Mercury dime in change today. Pulled it from my pocket to help take a pic of something else.

(sorry about pic size- thought I cropped it)

 

[cuttybce]

My first came from a Coinstar - a '53 and a '56 Roosevelt (both at the same time).

From CRH, my first was a '42 Merc (in the very first roll I searched). From there, I became completely and hopelessly hooked.

HH,
cuttybce