*Official December 2010 Half Dollars and Other Coins

[Dumpster Diver]

4 boxes halves:
1: '66,'67 and '64 JFK x 2
2:Skunk
3:Skunk
4:Skunk '76S clad proof

27 ikes:Skunk
$6 teller tray halves: Skunk

[BamaJoe]

Half Box #149

2 1966
2 1967
2 1968D

[hirbonzig]

Dimes--6 Silver Rooselvelts

box 1 1964-D
box 2 1959-D,1963,1964-D
box 3 skunked
box 4 1953,1964-D

[UDEric]

3 boxes of halves today

Box 1 = SKUNK

Box 2 = SKUNK

Box 3 = SKUNK

[BamaJoe]

Half Box #150

1 1966


That's $75,000 or 150,000 halves searched. By my quick calculations I've pulled in 133.46 oz of silver which at $29.40oz would be $3923.72 or an average of $26.15 a box.

I can think of worst things to do while watching tv and talking to the kids.

[CardsNCoins]

$500 Box #4 - Brinks
1 - 1965

$500 Box #5 - Brinks
1 - 1966
5 - 1967
2 - 1969

$500 Box #6 - Brinks
Skunk

[sdmarasso]

Well this month didn't start off so hot. Works out to 16 boxes searched so far. Totals are as follows:

40% - 10
90% - 1

Half Dollars 40% 90% Date Notes

Box 247 2- 0- 12/2/2010
Box 248 0- 0- 12/2/2010
Box 249 0- 0- 12/2/2010
Box 250 0- 0- 12/2/2010
Box 251 0- 0- 12/2/2010
Box 252 2- 0- 12/3/2010
Box 253 1- 0- 12/3/2010
Box 254 1- 0- 12/3/2010
Box 255 1- 0- 12/3/2010
Box 256 0- 0- 12/3/2010
Box 257 0- 0- 12/3/2010
Box 258 1- 0- 12/4/2010
Box 259 2- 1- 12/4/2010 1/63 Franklin
Box 260 0- 0- 12/4/2010
Box 261 0- 0- 12/4/2010
Box 262 0- 0- 12/4/2010

[sdmarasso]

I also found the following:

Teller Trays: 5/40%ers

$140.00 CWR's: 10/40%ers

[BamaJoe]

Half Box #151

1 1967

Ok, I have a question for you experts. What is that nasty green stuff that grows on the coins? This box was just filthy and covered in the green crap. I only spotted the one I found because I saw a glimmer of silver where the coin had been nicked on the side. Still had to use the rim of another coin to scrap the grunge off of it enough to see the year.

[johnbrickner]

Found one dime out of 16 ($8.00) CWR of pennies.

Found two extra dimes in 8 ($40.00) CWR of dimes. Skunk on the silver.

[BamaJoe]

Half Box #152

1 1964 JFK


Half Box #153

1 1968D

1 1942 Walker


And the good news is that Alabama still has an undefeated team - it's name is AUBURN - SEC CHAMPS soon to be NATIONAL CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!

[rakattack]

Interesting day today.

$250 BWR Dimes
Skunk

$100 CWR Dimes
SKunk

$65 CWR Dimes
Skunk

$65 BWR Dimes
1949 S Ros
1949 D Ros

$500 BWR Dimes
1964 Ros
1959 Ros
1957 Ros
1947 Ros
1944 Merc
1943S Merc
1943D Merc

It happened in that order.

So total:

3 Mercs
6 Rosies (1 Keydate)

[zerocd]

4-Boxes Nickels Good boxes!

10-WN one 1943D in fabulous shape with cool green patina
2-No date Bufs
1-1937 in good shape
1-1990 Singapore 20c
1-1991 Swiss 20 (Fr?)
1-2005 Bahamas 5c
4-Canadian, Late

0CD

[Country]

$500 Box #1 - NF String
1 - 1967
1 - 1968

$500 Box #2 - NF String
1 - 1968

$500 Box #3 - NF String
Skunk

WELCOME!!!

In what state do you find your SILVER?

[gravybro]

I managed to salvage 7 silver dimes from 5 boxes this weekend.

String box: '57
Brinks box 1: '54, '64, '64D
Brinks box 2: skunk
Brinks box 3: '53D, '64, '64D
Brinks box 4: skunk

[CardsNCoins]

WELCOME!!!

In what state do you find your SILVER?

I am in New York.

[hirbonzig]

Halves
box 1 skunked
box 2 skunked
$83.00 in loose halves--skunked

Nickels
box 1 no silver
box 2 1943-P and 1945-S
box 3 no silver
box 4 no silver

Dimes
box 1 skunked
box 2 1946, 1957-D,1964-D
box 3 1964-D
box 4 1960-D,1962-D,1964-D

[Country]

$500 Halves - String Box

1 JFK SILVER 40% half - '67
5 JFK NIFC Clad halves - '02P,04P,'06P(2),'06D

[Country]

The latest SILVER stats for December have been posted. Look to the first post of this thread to get the details. Always look to the line just before the Kitco quotes to see the last post that was included in the latest update.

[slickeast]

I forgot to post some halves last month. On 11-26 I searched 2 bags. Found 1 40 % in one bag and 89 40% and a 1964 in the other bag. I guess I was sooo excited to find silver after taking some time off I forgot to post.

[CardsNCoins]

$250 Brinks box dimes - 1959 and 1962

$250 Brinks box dimes - 1960 and 1964

$250 String box dimes - Skunk

$250 String box dimes - 1949

$250 String box dimes - 1963

[BamaJoe]

Half Box #154

1 1966
1 1967
1 1969D

1 1954 Ben
1 1944 Walker

[HoardCopperByTheTon]

$660 CWR Quarters
Skunk
40 cents short.. 2 nickels instead of quarters.

$125 CWR Dimes
Skunk

[rainsonme]

$500 in loose dimes. 1 1964.

[Quagmire]

Half Box #151

1 1967

Ok, I have a question for you experts. What is that nasty green stuff that grows on the coins? This box was just filthy and covered in the green crap. I only spotted the one I found because I saw a glimmer of silver where the coin had been nicked on the side. Still had to use the rim of another coin to scrap the grunge off of it enough to see the year.

Should be mostly Copper (II) Chloride. It is a green salt that also absorbs water; probably your box had been exposed to excessive humidity for an extended period if the salt was particularly gunky and nasty.

Apparently Nickel (II) Chloride is yellow when anhydrous and becomes green when hydrated, although it mostly takes the form of the hexahydrate, NiCl2 * 6 H20. Because this is a rather large amount of water, I find it more likely that you are dealing with Copper (II) Chloride. Take care however, as nickel salts are apparently carcinogenic. I can tell you however, that I have encountered small quantities of anhydrous Nickel (II) Chloride, as I have seen the yellow gunk before, but it is less common.

However, bear in mind that Nickel is more readily oxidized than Copper, so this increases the chances that the green goop is in fact a nickel salt, and not a copper salt. Can you send us a picture of these coins, as I am now quite curious to see them? There is a way to test for whether the green stuff is in fact copper or nickel. Basically this requires putting the green gunk in a solution of hydrochloric acid and then adding a metal that is more reactive than copper, but less reactive than nickel, with tin being a good choice here. If the tin reacts, than the copper will come out of solution as the red metal and this will be obvious. If the tin does not react, then you have nickel. It may be useful to know, as nickel salts are dangerous to human health, far more so than copper salts.

I'm going to go a bit further here and speculate that the green crud is in fact a copper salt and not a nickel salt. The reason for this is because I recall a particular 40% coin which had quite an accumulation of green salt stuff. Obviously, that coin contains no nickel and plenty of copper. So it's probably Copper II Chloride for this reason.