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Hi All,
I am sorting my first box of Kennedys. The box was sealed and all the coins are rolled in white and brown machine-rolled wrappers. Several of the rolls have one coin marked across the face or reverse side with red or purple permanent markers. Does anyone on this website do that with your sorted halves? I'm 60% done and have found only clad coins so far. I know that the good coins are elusive, but I do wonder if this box contains the rejects from one of you. Please let me know. Thanks,

Alot of folks either mark the rolls they turn in or mark coins. I mark a black "J" on Kennedy's face on 1 out of 20 that I turn back in.

I've seen a lot of red marks on Kennedy halves in my area of texas, haven't done any from SA. area(Maybe a gypsy sorter or coins). I don't mark mine, as I only do a few boxes a month. Mostly skunks, but sometimes you hit a silver streak. Just don't ever know so that is why it seems like a type of prospecting/mining. The silver is out there--stay sortin.

I've found quite a few with orange fluorescent paint on the edges.

sparechange wrote:I've seen a lot of red marks on Kennedy halves in my area of texas, haven't done any from SA. area(Maybe a gypsy sorter or coins). I don't mark mine, as I only do a few boxes a month. Mostly skunks, but sometimes you hit a silver streak. Just don't ever know so that is why it seems like a type of prospecting/mining. The silver is out there--stay sortin.

Did another box today. Nothing but skunks so far, but I know it's too early to quit now. Thanks for the encouragement.

Roadrunner wrote:I've found quite a few with orange fluorescent paint on the edges.

Oh, that means they are all hazardous material. You should just send them to me without sorting and I'll take care of them for you. No charge for the disposal either.

shinnosuke wrote:

Roadrunner wrote:I've found quite a few with orange fluorescent paint on the edges.

Oh, that means they are all hazardous material. You should just send them to me without sorting and I'll take care of them for you. No charge for the disposal either.

good one!
Thanks for the generous offer!
But I already gave them to the bank. I wondered why the tellers were wearing those weird yellow suits and big thick gloves...

good for you on your first box....dont be discouraged on the skunks the silver will show. There are lots of searcher marks, I have at least 26 different marks here in Houston. I get my silver in the boxes that have alot of searcher marks. Keep at it.

BamaJoe wrote:I mark a black "J" on Kennedy's face

Bamajoe, you go through alot of markers dont you?

fasteddy wrote:good for you on your first box....dont be discouraged on the skunks the silver will show. There are lots of searcher marks, I have at least 26 different marks here in Houston. I get my silver in the boxes that have alot of searcher marks. Keep at it.

BamaJoe wrote:I mark a black "J" on Kennedy's face

Bamajoe, you go through alot of markers dont you?

LOL, He marks his with "BJ"

fasteddy wrote:good for you on your first box....dont be discouraged on the skunks the silver will show. There are lots of searcher marks, I have at least 26 different marks here in Houston. I get my silver in the boxes that have alot of searcher marks. Keep at it.

Definitely will keep searching. What's the alternative? Sit around and do nothing? I'm from Houston. Now in San Antonio. There seems to be a lot of us in TX. Texas rules!

Thanks!

Roadrunner wrote:

shinnosuke wrote:

Roadrunner wrote:I've found quite a few with orange fluorescent paint on the edges.

Oh, that means they are all hazardous material. You should just send them to me without sorting and I'll take care of them for you. No charge for the disposal either.

good one!
Thanks for the generous offer!
But I already gave them to the bank. I wondered why the tellers were wearing those weird yellow suits and big thick gloves...

No need to thank me. That's just how I roll. Well, actually...unroll. I unroll coins. It's what I do.

i spot mark his ear on the 1976

I've seen the ear mark here in TX, so JFK is on the move.

cwgii wrote:i spot mark his ear on the 1976

Hmm...sounds familiar, I believe I might have seen JFK with a black eye ear up here in Indiana. So you're the loser who's been dumping where I pick up!
Or not...

I found a black ear '76 while searching a box today.
Didn't find any Ag.

OK, who in Texas did this one?

newton7 wrote:

OK, who in Texas did this one?

Shucks, 'tweren't me, Bubba. I ran out o' star stickers a long time ago. I ain't had no moon stickers neither.

sparechange wrote:I've seen the ear mark here in TX, so JFK is on the move.

az to tx is not hard to imagine....... to indiana welllllll maybe somewhat harder to bieleve it is one of mine.

I have seen red, blue and black "ear" marks here in Houston. The black mark is predominant. But the red slash on the obverse is THE predominant mark I see. most tasteless mark I have seen is the red bullseye on JFK's neck.

well, since in only mark the 1976>>>>>>>>>> probably not me. lolol