When searching halves, what do you look for?

[mrxsys]

I am sure that this type of message has been sent out before.... Sorry!

When we go through halves we look for: All 1970 and before. 1987. Proofs (S mint mark). And the occaisional oddball: the commemerative ones etc. I feel like we could be missing some important dates. What do you look for? Another thing that I know I do is as soon as I see a Bicentennial whether it's the front or back that I see first, I chuck it in the dump bucket. Thoughts? Concerns?

 

[$ilver$urfer]

Silver, plain and simple! Look for white or dark coin edges. Note: some 40%er edges look just like clad so take your time!

HH,

$ilver$urfer

 

[clovis97]

As a helpful suggestion, read the past pages of this forum. I think I read every post about half dollars, going back at least 12 pages. I still go back and read pages when I have time.

It will help you immensely!

 

[mrxsys]

HA! I can safely say that no silver has gone unnoticed by us!! We've been doing this now for just over a month, so we can get through a box pretty quickly by now. I was just wondering if there were any other key dates we should look for. (i.e. 1987 and such) Thanks for the input about the 40's. I wondered if that was the case.

 

[rileyboy]

If you are a collector and have the time, look for 1974-D double dies on the obverse. The word "TRUST" will have double dies on the R, U, S,. Also look for the missing designer intitials "FG" on the reverse of the 1972-D. These coins bring a premium. Especially if they are high grade.
Hope that helps you.
rileyboy

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

You want to keep as many 1971's you can find

I try to keep at least one of each year of the 2000's..not worth anything..just cool to have..most are in great shape

 

[blkcwbyhat]

why save 71's??

 

[JT10]

why save 71's??

Because, if you save them then there are fewer that the rest of us have to sort through

 

[mrxsys]

Nice try with the 71's! Almost had me for a second. How about I keep the 76's too?