Finally Some Halves to Post! (PICS)

[Th3Offspring]

Hi all! I've been back to college for the past month so i haven't been able to really CRH at all since then, but I've been coming here every day and drooling over all of your finds lol. Well we have a short break for a Jewish holiday and the first thing i did when i got home was make rounds at my local banks (6 of them). I was able to scavenge $110 in halves from the first 3 banks i stopped at, 1 Ike at bank 4, and $40 in nickels between banks 5 &6. I wasn't expecting very much because at one of the banks i had asked for halves and one teller says, "Oh i have about $270 in half dollars" and i figured they were someone's dumps. I asked if it was okay if i could see the rolls and $230 were someone's sloppily re-rolled brinks wrappers and the other $40 were brown paper and taped at the ends. I figured they were dumps too but bought them anyways because they were different than the rest. When i got out in the car my hopes sank even lower as i looked at the last few coins in each roll and nothing but clad :/ So i got home and got skunked on the first 7 rolls i went through and when i got to the brown taped rolls i saved for last thinking they were dumps i was pleasantly surprised! The first roll yielded 1 40%, the second roll yielded 2 40%, the third roll yielded 8 40%, and the final roll yielded 15 40% halves! SCORE!! I was also fortunate enough to get a couple of errors mixed in and one in change that I'll post about in another topic to spare you the pics here lol. I LOVE THIS HOBBY!!!

Searched:
$110 - CWR Halves
$40 - CWR Nickels (1940,1941,1949)

Totals:
1966- 1
1967- 13
1968- 11
1969- 1

26 40% silver coins at face value...a good day indeed

 

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[Lawrence]

Re: Finally Some Halves to Post!

Very nice. Do you often have luck being allowed to look at the rolls beforehand?

 

[Bigheed]

congrats on the score, but as an etiquette thing if you ask for halves just buy them all if you ask the teller to bring them out.

 

[Th3Offspring]

Very nice. Do you often have luck being allowed to look at the rolls beforehand?

I didn't go through the rolls, just glanced at the wrapper for a second and saw they had been reused from brinks so i knew they were dumps. I don't think i could gather the courage to ask to go thru coins in front of the teller lol, just not common courtesy. If thats what you meant then no, but as the post below says i generally do buy all coins no matter what as a general rule.

congrats on the score, but as an etiquette thing if you ask for halves just buy them all if you ask the teller to bring them out.

Sorry, she had them in her drawer. she simply had to only pick up a plastic rack from her drawer that contained the 27 rolls of halves. the rack was no bigger than a tissue box. Also, i have a good report with the tellers at this particular bank so this did no harm. You are absolutely correct though, i generally do buy all halves i come across.

 

[Lawrence]

I didn't go through the rolls, just glanced at the wrapper for a second and saw they had been reused from brinks so i knew they were dumps. I don't think i could gather the courage to ask to go thru coins in front of the teller lol, just not common courtesy. If thats what you meant then no, but as the post below says i generally do buy all coins no matter what as a general rule.

That's what I meant. I usually get the teller's pick of rolls if I'm not cleaning them out. I think I got five banks' worth of dumps that way.

 

[rileyboy]

Excellent score on those halves. Keep at it...."It's out there"
Congrats,
rileyboy

 

[Steve L.]

Very nice score!

 

[tmjones550]

Great score.HH

 

[timbobwey]

Nice rolls. I love opening halves and finding that much silver lookin back

 

[SilverFace]

nice score and great pics too!

finding silver @ face is ooooh so great!

 

[Goldmanford]

Love the pics, too. Nice score!

 

[Th3Offspring]

Nice rolls. I love opening halves and finding that much silver lookin back

Much better than scratching off a winning lottery ticket lol completely makes my day when i find silver no matter how small the amount!

 

[FIRE310]

Awesome Score!