Saturday, May 3, 2008

200,000 Halves Searched

Last night I passed the 200,000 mark for half dollars. Unfortunately it was with a whimper. 12,000 halves produced just one 90% silver half (1964) and four 40% silver halves (1966, 1967, 2 x 1968D). Because the silver was so slight I took a bit more time to check out the newer rims that were showing, and so I found eighteen mint set halves (3 x 2002P, 3 x 2003P, 3 x 2003D, 2004P, 2004D, 2 x 2005D, 3 x 2006P). Let's hope next week is better. That was a lot of work for little gain ... and I still have to get rid of them!

I also searched 5,000 dimes (two boxes). In them I found two silver dimes (1940, 1954). The 1940 is a new one for my album.

I've also decided to make more of an effort to get at more small dollars. I order a box of them, but they were all brand new ones. I also turned up five small dollars and one large dollar at a bank. Nothing good was in them.

Today I'm going to start our attic insulation project. First up is some demo. Before I can do that I need to go to Home Depot. Henry and I are going to buy a crowbar.

Found: 2 pennies (1 at Burger King, 1 at Sovereign Bank)

3 comments:

Thom said...

make sure to check the edge lettering on the presidential dollar coins for errors!

Anonymous said...

ANONYMOUS HERE,

HOW DO YOU GET RID OF 12,000 HALVES? BAG THEM OR ROLL THEM?

kestrelia said...

I'm definitely searching for the edge lettering errors. That'd be a good pickup.

Dumping? Good question. I do it through the coin counting machine.