4,233,725 40% silver Kennedy half dollars

[CardsNCoins]

I posted a thread similar to this about dimes in another forum a while back and it seemed to inspire many of the members, so I thought I'd post this one here about halves.

4,233,725 40% silver Kennedy half dollars (1965 - 1969) would still be left in circulation if 99.5% of them have already been found and/or melted.

Four million, two hundred and thirty-three thousand, seven hundred and twenty five.

So when someone tells me "why are you searching for silver halves when 99.5% of them have been found/melted already," I'll say "great, then there are still 4.2 million left for me to find."

Now get after those halves.

Nick

[HPMBTT]

I hear ya. And along with you, I aim to find every single one of them. Persistence is key and based on your regular stats (especially 2012), you're definitely persistent and have put a dent in those 4.2 million that are remaining. Me too.

[hobo finds]

We want numbers for Quarters, War Nics and 90% halfs

[Hawkeye]

There is still a bunch of silver floating around out there. I just wish a little more of it would make its way to my bank...

[93_Confirmed]

I just got skunked on my first box of halves so this gives me hope.

[amalekidad]

Make that 4,233,724. I just took one out of my last box!

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

CnC, the awesome silver totals you report in the tracking threads helped motivate me to step up my roll hunting for silver halves in 2013. The $1,500 in rolls I rounded up on Saturday gave me 15 of those 40% silver halves. Now if only I can keep up that rate of 1 per $100 sorted. I could really put a dent in that 4,233,725 total.

[slickeast]

1.116 per square miles in the United States using the number provided.

[HoardCopperByTheTon]

Subtract the 90 I got last month in one of my Silver Santa visits. Each stack came from a roll. Out of 22 rolls, 20 had silver in them.

[hags]

4,233,725 40% silver Kennedy half dollars (1965 - 1969) would still be left in circulation if 99.5% of them have already been found and/or melted.

Where does this info. come from?...Who states that 99.5% have been found and/or melted?

hags

[db23]

4,233,725 40% silver Kennedy half dollars (1965 - 1969) would still be left in circulation if 99.5% of them have already been found and/or melted.

Where does this info. come from?...Who states that 99.5% have been found and/or melted?

hags

He's not saying that 99.5% has been found/melted. He's simply saying that even if 99.5% was found/melted, there would still be a huge amount out in circulation.

[scyther]

I'd say it's probably more than 99.5%, but yeah there is a lot left. Thankfully halves don't circulate, or there would be almost none left, like quarters. There's a decent amount of 90% left too!

[CardsNCoins]

He's not saying that 99.5% has been found/melted. He's simply saying that even if 99.5% was found/melted, there would still be a huge amount out in circulation.

Thank you DB.

I'd say it's probably more than 99.5%.......

For quarters it may be possible more than 99.5% have been found/melted, but not 40% halves.

[hags]

He's not saying that 99.5% has been found/melted. He's simply saying that even if 99.5% was found/melted, there would still be a huge amount out in circulation.

thanks db23....

hags

[highroller4321]

1.116 per square miles in the United States using the number provided.

This is the more accurate way to look at it. For every 1 square mile you search the average 40% you will get is 1.116.

[CardsNCoins]

This is the more accurate way to look at it. For every 1 square mile you search the average 40% you will get is 1.116.

As long as you have scuba gear since Slick included water in his figure.

[Diggin4copper]

Bet I could find more than 1.1 per square mile if I could detect in everyones front yards.... (probably not halves though, just quarters and dimes)

[everything]

I found 17 of them in one $500 box last week, the previous 2 weeks, I found two per week. They are definitely out there. Although out of the two boxes I did last week one was a skunk and the other yielded 3.25 oz. of silver in halves, I am so due for a week of absolutely nothing, but like I always say, if I find anything, I'm happy.

[mtldealer]

The silver (TRUTH) is out there!!

[Engineer]

I have a local bank that supplies one box per week. In two weeks I've found one lonely straggler...

[slickeast]

This is the more accurate way to look at it. For every 1 square mile you search the average 40% you will get is 1.116.

As long as you have scuba gear since Slick included water in his figure.

I am sure there are a few under water.

4 million plus sounds like a lot, and it is, but you need to put things in perspective

[Engineer]

4 million plus sounds like a lot, and it is, but you need to put things in perspective

330 mil (the population) / 4.233 mil = 1 per 78 people.

Keep that in perspective the next time you find half a dozen in a box...

[CardsNCoins]

...4 million plus sounds like a lot.....

No matter how many are "actually" left, the beauty is that it isn't a finite number. Collections are re-dumped back into the system all the time by widows that have just finished pile-driving their husbands into a grave that he is no doubt happy to be in.

[scyther]

True... the only way they really disappear is if they are melted... but I believe that may happen more often with 40%?

[mtldealer]

I wonder if the refine rate is higher for 40% which would likely mean that it isnt as cost effective unless you sell them by the TON