How Many 1987 Halves Do You Have?

[OtlFrutiger]

Ahhhhh, the great numismatic anomaly! Plenty were minted, so there is no shortage. Yet, they were never officially released into circulation. They should be rare, but there's too darn many of them!!! Uhhhggg!!!

Whenever I come across one, I pull it out of the roll and set it off to the side in my "fancy clad" box. For the hell of it today, I decided to see how many I have, and the total is eight!!! All of the ones I have found look circulated (sorta roughed up). I have FOUR 1987Ps, TWO 1987Ds, and TWO 1987Ss (pictures below). The crazy thing is that I only edge and sound check (never year check) and I still somehow find the darn things! This all makes me very curious.

What do you guys and gals do with your 1987 halves? Do you save them? Do you sell them? Do you just pitch them back into the penny arcade? I'm curious as to what some other hunters think about the 1987. Now that I have a whopping FOUR DOLLARS tied up in these bad boys, I feel like it's decision time.

Happy Hunting!

 

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[hokiemojo]

i've done 100+ boxes and never foudn one. I'd love to have a couple. I keep looking.

 

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[boristhespider88]

I found 3 in my first 5 halves boxes, all 1987-D. I have found no P's.

I keep them all.

 

[CC-Hunter]

I only have two, and they are both the same mint (P or D, can't remember). They look flawless. Anyway, it's a glaring hole in my halves album., along with the '70D, both 2010s, both 2012s and now both 2013s.

 

[Half Hunter]

Iv got 3.5 rolls of them, and 6-7 proofs, in about 800 boxes. Found all from edge checking, they usually stick out like proofs with wider rims.

 

[Computer Jones]

About a roll each P's and D's, 8 Proof S's for 1987.
I keep all NIFC's (and circulated Proofs) I find as long as the seem AU/BU.

The funny thing is I can't get any of the LCS's to give above face for the proofs!
I get offered 75 cents to a buck any time I try to sell the NIFC's. Got offered $5 each for a nice pair of '87's once.

There's GOT be some numismatic value for circulated proofs. My guess is the market isn't mature enough yet.
I probably wont realize any profit from these finds, my hope is my Grandchildren will.
At the worst, they're still worth face.
I'm keeping all the nice ones I find Proofs and NIFC's

 

[twiasp]

you can order uncirculated rolls of them for just a few bucks over face value, why save the circulated ones?