90% Silver Dollar!

[kestrelia]

On Saturday morning I did some bank hunting. Things started out bad. The first eight banks produced no keepers ... and few halves. I kept thinking, "it's like I'm asking for Ikes!" The ninth bank produced one 40% half. Things continued on slowly until the 16th bank. I saw some silver halves in the teller's tray. I asked for them and any others. She let me buy those and said that she had some others. I saw they were large dollars and when I saw one had a silver edge I immediately said I'd buy them too. When I got in my car I realized what I bought, a 1986S Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Commemorative Dollar. It's a bit heavier than an Ike and it is 90% silver! My goal for the year was to find one silver dollar. I would have settled for a 40% Ike, but I'll take this one any day. The 18 banks I hunted turned up 310 halves that produced three 90% silver halves (3 x 1964), nine 40% silver halves (2 x 1966, 2 x 1967, 5 x 1968D), 14 Ikes and the silver dollar.

The number of halves I found was very poor compared to me other Saturday bank runs. The silver dollar sure made up for it!

Happy Hunting!

Brian

 

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[bobr]

Great find! Congratulations!

Do you usually hit that many banks on a Saturday? Around here, most banks are closed then or only have the drive-up open.

 

[kestrelia]

Most banks here are open 9-12 or 9-1 on Saturdays. I try to do at least a dozen, sometimes as many as 17. The weekdays are better as there are less people and they have more time to deal with me, but work gets in the way.

Brian

 

[Cat J]

congratulations... Nice find. Mine was a half dollar.

Cat

 

[thurmownator]

Mucho kudos there K !

Your persistence paid off. But, wow, 16 banks on a Saturday. With the shorter hours, you've got to be really moving. 8)

Again, nice find on the SOL (90%er) comm dollar !

I've found four of the SOL halves, and they are very nice finds; but alas, they are CuNi.

 

[TxTim]

Great score!
Congrats!