*Official February 2011 Half Dollars and Other Coins

[zerocd]

After only 5 boxes....

Halves are frustrating, but if you can easily get half boxes you need to persevere. When you get your first monster box, you will change your mind.

6 Halve boxes Sorted and only one 40% liberated from Circ. (to many skunkers for me to maintain interest.)

Country, ordering is not a problem (I love my bank gals) and there seems to be plenty of coin. My problem(s) are: these boxes are heavy. I never find crap. I can only dump about 1.5-2K month and it's a pain. And most importantly I am not having any fun searching 50 cent pieces.

Sticking to my abes, Jeffs, and Roosies here on out

Yes, halves can be work and require patience for most of us.

For me, boxes like yours are the price of admission. Then I find a bunch of silver with no rhyme or reason and, it all becomes something else.

Do I still lead in skunk boxes Country?

I have to say, if I could only dump 2K a month, that would be a problem.

I dump 2K a week now.

Only volume searching works for me.

0CD

[Country]

SKUNK Box Leadership List for 2011

BamaJoe - 42 (106 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
jtlee321 - 31 (619 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
beauaderos - 23 (57 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
AGCoinHunter - 12 (80 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
zerocd - 9 (110 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)

[Country]

The latest SILVER stats for February 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.

[CardsNCoins]

$250 String box of dimes - (2) 1964

$250 String box of dimes - (1) 1964


Other things found in those 2 boxes:
1971 Swedish 1/2 Franc
2000 5 pence
1978 Canadian dime
1977 Trinidad and Tobago penny

[Dumpster Diver]

4 boxes halves= 4,000 Clads

[zerocd]

SKUNK Box Leadership List for 2011

BamaJoe - 42 (106 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
jtlee321 - 31 (619 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
beauaderos - 23 (57 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
AGCoinHunter - 12 (80 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
zerocd - 9 (110 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)

I was thinking of my last year number.

This quick snapshot shows how much work *cough* BamaJoe *cough* some members put in!

With the inclusion of the number of halves found, this list is very illuminating compared to say, searcher percentage numbers. Here the comparison makes you feel it.

Like to see a big list from last year....Country, would that be too much to ask?

0CD

[cwgii]

100 cwr halves that had been sorted.... and were placed in the wrappers. all facing one way.

40$ FROM another bank. opened first roll and had a 65 looking at me. of course the heartrate went up. then dejection set in . as that was the only one.

[fasteddy]

$62 in CWR's of nics, 2 extra nics for a total of $62.10, had alot of old nics but nothing passed '39 or in the silver years.

[gothboi30]

$250 NF String rolls halves- silver skunk

1 NIFC '09P

$250 Brinks box of dimes- SKUNK!!

[knibloe]

two boxes of halves

box 1 two walkers
Box 2 skunk

$110 in BWR halves. I got these while working with anothe guy. He needed to cash a check. I went in with him. We had been talking about silver and how I sort halves. He was driving as I sorted the rolls. 10 skunks. The last rolls wasn' t looking good but I did come up with a dirty 1965. Gave it to him. Hope he gets the silver bug and the fiscal snese that most of us on the forum seem to have.

[Country]

SKUNK Box Leadership List for 2011

BamaJoe - 42 (106 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
jtlee321 - 31 (619 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
beauaderos - 23 (57 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
AGCoinHunter - 12 (80 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
zerocd - 9 (110 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)

I was thinking of my last year number.

This quick snapshot shows how much work *cough* BamaJoe *cough* some members put in!

With the inclusion of the number of halves found, this list is very illuminating compared to say, searcher percentage numbers. Here the comparison makes you feel it.

Like to see a big list from last year....Country, would that be too much to ask?

0CD

OK...

What follows is a full year 2010 list of those who had 10 or more SKUNK boxes, and the number of SILVER halves found in ONLY their boxes:

AmalekiDad - 178 - 615
zerocd - 138 - 833
Dumpster Diver - 116 - 833
Country - 109 - 491
AGCoinHunter - 93 - 1176
sdmarasso - 87 - 1053
BamaJoe - 81 - 674
12kHz - 75 - 2248
beauanderos - 67 - 501
cecropia_moth - 60 - 297
UDEric - 53 - 1279
slickeast - 40 - 1255
Hirbonzig - 39 - 76
EL CENTAVO - 38 - 71
JustSayNoToFiat - 38 - 199
knibloe - 25 - 150
KCTCJO - 22 - 267
HoardCopperByTheTon - 16 - 89
JobIII - 16 - 10
fasteddy - 14 - 227
fb101 - 14 - 44
CardsNCoins - 11 - 58
Computer Jones - 11 - 137
garnede - 11 - 117
Silverguy23 - 10 - 55
WIZARD1 - 10 - 0

[BamaJoe]

SKUNK Box Leadership List for 2011

BamaJoe - 42 (106 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
jtlee321 - 31 (619 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
beauaderos - 23 (57 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
AGCoinHunter - 12 (80 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
zerocd - 9 (110 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)

Eats my dust boys and girls.

Half Box #61 - Skunk

Half Box #62 - Skunk

Half Box #63 - Skunk

One of these days I'm going to get back in that silver groove.

[jtlee321]

Here is an update for my searches for yesterday.

Halves:
Box #1 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #2 $500.00 Halves (5 40%)
(1) 1966
(3) 1967
(1) 1969-D

Box #3 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #4 $500.00 Halves (1 90% and 3 40%)
(1) 1964-D
(1) 1966
(1) 1967
(1) 1968-D

$80.00 CWR
skunk

$210.00 BWR
skunk

$9.00 loose from teller (1 40%)
(1) 1967

Dimes:
Box #1 $250.00 (1 Silver Roosie)
(1) 1959-D

Box #2 $250.00 (1 Silver Roosie)
(1) 1963-D

Box #3 $250.00
skunk

Box #4 $250.00
Skunk

Box #5 $250.00 (1 Silver Roosie)
(1) 1964-D

$250.00 CWR Dimes (1 Silver Roosie)
(1) 1963

$250.00 CWR Dimes (1 Silver Roosie)
(1) 1947-S

$100.00 CWR Dimes
skunk

$90.00 BWR Dimes
skunk

$10.00 CWR Dimes
skunk

Nickels:

$100.00 Box of Nickels
Skunk not even a buffalo

$20.00 CWR Nickels (2 WN)
(2) 1945-S

[Rodebaugh]

$300 face CRW Dimes...............Skunkers......but long two dimes
$100 face BRW Dimes...............Skunkers

Now to work on those Abes.

[Dano]

100.00 brinks box of nickels = 1944 P wn and 1926 buffalo

[zerocd]

SKUNK Box Leadership List for 2011

BamaJoe - 42 (106 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
jtlee321 - 31 (619 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
beauaderos - 23 (57 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
AGCoinHunter - 12 (80 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)
zerocd - 9 (110 SILVER HALVES FOUND IN 2011)

I was thinking of my last year number.

This quick snapshot shows how much work *cough* BamaJoe *cough* some members put in!

With the inclusion of the number of halves found, this list is very illuminating compared to say, searcher percentage numbers. Here the comparison makes you feel it.

Like to see a big list from last year....Country, would that be too much to ask?

0CD

OK...

What follows is a full year 2010 list of those who had 10 or more SKUNK boxes, and the number of SILVER halves found in ONLY their boxes:

AmalekiDad - 178 - 615
zerocd - 138 - 833
Dumpster Diver - 116 - 833
Country - 109 - 491
AGCoinHunter - 93 - 1176
sdmarasso - 87 - 1053
BamaJoe - 81 - 674
12kHz - 75 - 2248
beauanderos - 67 - 501
cecropia_moth - 60 - 297
UDEric - 53 - 1279
slickeast - 40 - 1255
Hirbonzig - 39 - 76
EL CENTAVO - 38 - 71
JustSayNoToFiat - 38 - 199
knibloe - 25 - 150
KCTCJO - 22 - 267
HoardCopperByTheTon - 16 - 89
JobIII - 16 - 10
fasteddy - 14 - 227
fb101 - 14 - 44
CardsNCoins - 11 - 58
Computer Jones - 11 - 137
garnede - 11 - 117
Silverguy23 - 10 - 55
WIZARD1 - 10 - 0

Thanks a million Country!

Looks like you had your share of the skunk load.

Very interesting.

0CD

[zerocd]

2-Boxes Niks
silver skunk
1-No date buf

0CD

[zerocd]

2-Boxes Niks
2-WN
2-Bufs 1920+1935

0CD

[PennyPauper]

My first bank bag of halfs
$1000 searched
1-1964
9-40%

Let the good times roll.

[jtlee321]

Today's finds are as follows:

$500.00 box of Halves
Skunk

$500.00 Halves coin counter bag (5 90% and 5 40%)
(4) 1964-D
(1) 1964
(2) 1966
(1) 1967
(1) 1968-D
(1) 1969-D

$250.00 Dimes CWR
Skunk
Long $1.00 in dimes

$500.00 Dimes CWR (3 Silver)
(1) 1944-S Mercury (my first for the year!) It is a little ugly though..
(2) 1946

$550.00 Quarters CWR
Skunk

$140.00 Nickels CWR (1 WN and 1 Dateless Buff)
(1) 1944-P War Nickel
(1) Dateless Buff although it appears to be a 1913 Type I mound type.

[scrapper2010]

$4.50 teller trays halves - 4 different banks - (1) 1964 90%

[appjoe]

$500. String box

2- 40%ers 1966, 1969d
1- Clad proof 2008
2- NIFC 2003d x (2)

[gothboi30]

$500 box of halves- silver skunk

2 x NIFC

2006D
2010D

[gothboi30]

$250 String box of dimes - (2) 1964

$250 String box of dimes - (1) 1964


Other things found in those 2 boxes:
1971 Swedish 1/2 Franc
2000 5 pence
1978 Canadian dime
1977 Trinidad and Tobago penny

That 1971 coin cannot be Swedish. I think you mean Swiss. If it was Swedish, it would be a Krona (or Kroner).

[PreservingThePast]

$13.00 Loose Change Searched -- ($8.00 quarters, $4.00 dimes, $1.00 nickels) -- from Teller Tray

Found: Nothing

Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.