Part 1 - Results from Searching a Box of 50¢

[astrostu]

Unfortunately, there was absolutely no silver. By far, the most populous was the 1976 D with nearly 7.5 rolls'-worth out of the 50 in the box.

 

1971 - 9

1971 D - 116

1972 - 28

1972 D - 62

1973 - 9

1973 D - 26

1974 - 31

1974 D - 77

1976 - 19

1976 D - 147

1977 - 3

1977 D - 13

1978 -

1978 D - 8

1979 - 8

1979 D - 2

 

1970-1979 = 558 (55.8%)

 

 

1980 P - 6

1980 D - 7

1981 P - 1

1981 D - 9

1982 P - 3

1982 D - 1

1983 P - 2

1983 D - 24

1984 P - 0

1984 D - 16

1985 P - 5

1985 D - 9

1986 P - 3

1986 D - 4

1987-1988 - 0

1989 P - 4

1989 D - 12

 

1980-1989 = 106 (10.6%)

 

 

1990 P - 1

1990 D - 21

1991 P - 0

1991 D - 18

1992 P - 0

1992 D - 4

1993 P - 0

1993 D - 14

1994 P - 4

1994 D - 29

1995 P - 2

1995 D - 23

1996 P - 0

1996 D - 81

1997 P - 5

1997 D - 15

1998 P - 3

1998 D - 9

1999 P - 2

1999 D - 42

 

1990-1999 = 273 (27.3%)

 

 

2000 P - 4

2000 D - 45

 

2000 = 49 (4.9%)

 

 

2001 P - 6

2001 D - 8

2004 D - 1

 

POST-2001 = 15 (1.5%)

 

[cpm9ball]

I compiled a similar survey a couple of years ago on my searches of half dollar boxes, here, in South Florida, and my results were nearly the same as yours. However, when I first began searching the $500 boxes 4-5 years ago, I was able to accumulate 10 rolls of 40% silver halves. It wasn't until 3 years ago that the "mother lode" seemed to have played out.

 

Chris

[astrostu]

It's annoying that I found no silver because when I did this in April '06, I found 5 40% silvers. Though I guess that would fit relatively well with your timeline.

[cpm9ball]

In the past, I was ordering the boxes through my BoA branch. About a year ago, I learned that they maintain their own "storehouses" for coins and currency. In effect, everything that I had been searching was just recycled within their own system.

 

Chris

[TomB]

On occasion I also pick up two boxes of $50 each from our local bank and go through them very quickly. I manage to find a few 40% halves, but the 90% halves are almost never seen by me.

[pendragon1998]

Are hand-rolled rolls more likely to have silver than boxes?

[cpm9ball]

Are hand-rolled rolls more likely to have silver than boxes?

 

You can often find silver in the self-rolled coins when a retiree on a fixed income is running short of funds near the end of the month. A couple of the tellers at my bank let me know whenever rolls are exchanged for cash. However, if a customer brings in rolls of various denominations, it is more likely that he/she is just getting cash for the accumulation in the change jar.

 

Chris