GMan00001
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- Dec 19, 2006
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I wanted to post this last night, but it took awhile for me to read all the other posts since I left for Brazil last week and prepare to update the tracking list.
Needless to say when I got back it was Friday afternoon, so I decided to go on a half dollar run. Took a short drive (maybe 20-30 minutes from home) and visited 15 small town banks in a couple of towns, most of which I had never visited before as I usually can't get there on a weekday.
Ended up getting 25 rolls of half dollars and $285.50 in loose half dollars for a total of $535.50 in half dollars.
About 18-19 of the rolls were searched by the tellers. The rolls were labeled by year, date rolled, and the tellers initials. No rolls older than 1971. :P Surprise, surprise no silver from those rolls.
In the other 6 rolls got 1 1964-D and 1 Gold Plated 1964 (my first gold plated half).
A majority of the loose half dollars were from 2 coin counting bags that were purchased:
1 bag containing $64.50
1 bag containing $211.00
For both bags they did a recount by running them through the counting machine again. (the original prices were supposed to be $68 and $211.50). Note that they only pulled out junk no half dollars. (Nails, pennies stuck together, etc.)
Well, when the teller was recounting the $211 she commented that there was silver in there. (Comments like those always get the juices flowing in anticipation.) Once I got to the car, I took out one handful (maybe 20 coins) and saw 10 silver coins in a row and like 13 total with at least a couple being 90%'ers. I decided that I would wait until I got home so my son could participate in the find to see what was really in there.
When I got home I was told we had an event at my son's school, so off I went with the bag still unopened off to the event. We got home around 9 PM and I brought the bag out and told my son to reach in and pull out a handful (6 of 12 were silver with like 4 - 1964). So he dug right in and started sorting 90% in one stack and 40% in another. About 3 handfuls in and I started breaking down the stacks into groups of 10 for easier counting. He did the searching and I would count and verify the dates in the stacks.
From that $211 we ended up with
68 - 90% Kennedys (1964(13), 1964-D(55))
107 - 40% Kennedy (1965(9), 1966(18), 1967(77), 1968-D(3))
246 - clad half dollars including 1 Special Mint (2005-P)
Also 1 Foreign coin (England, One Penny(1940))
41.568% of the half dollars in the bag were silver. Like the teller said, "Looks like there are a few silver ones in there."
The thing I thought was most odd was the complete lack of 1969-D. Note that many of the silver coins were in great shape so I assume somebody cashed in their 1964 to 1968 half dollar collection as there also were no franklins or walkers either. This one find was roughly double my silver half output from January. What a way to bring in February!!!
I also picked up 4 - $50 bags of pennies and 1 - $100 bag of nickels which I will put the results of in a different post. From a 2 second scan of the edge of one bag I saw a 1936 and I believe a 1920-D poking out at me, hopefully that is representative of what I will find inside.
Oh and in the $64.50 bag, there ended up being 1 - 1968-D half.
Total results from the trip:
70 - 90% Kennedy Half Dollars
108 - 40% Kennedy Half Dollars
1 Special Mint Half Dollar
1 Foreign Coin (England, 1 Penny (1940))
4 - $50 bags of pennies yet to be searched.
1 - $100 bag of nickels yet to be searched.
And since you all seem to like pictures here are a few. The top row is all 90% with each stack containing 10 except the last one on the right. The next two rows are all 40% with each stack containing 10 except the last one on the right. Note that these pictures are only from the one bag.
Needless to say when I got back it was Friday afternoon, so I decided to go on a half dollar run. Took a short drive (maybe 20-30 minutes from home) and visited 15 small town banks in a couple of towns, most of which I had never visited before as I usually can't get there on a weekday.
Ended up getting 25 rolls of half dollars and $285.50 in loose half dollars for a total of $535.50 in half dollars.
About 18-19 of the rolls were searched by the tellers. The rolls were labeled by year, date rolled, and the tellers initials. No rolls older than 1971. :P Surprise, surprise no silver from those rolls.
In the other 6 rolls got 1 1964-D and 1 Gold Plated 1964 (my first gold plated half).
A majority of the loose half dollars were from 2 coin counting bags that were purchased:
1 bag containing $64.50
1 bag containing $211.00
For both bags they did a recount by running them through the counting machine again. (the original prices were supposed to be $68 and $211.50). Note that they only pulled out junk no half dollars. (Nails, pennies stuck together, etc.)
Well, when the teller was recounting the $211 she commented that there was silver in there. (Comments like those always get the juices flowing in anticipation.) Once I got to the car, I took out one handful (maybe 20 coins) and saw 10 silver coins in a row and like 13 total with at least a couple being 90%'ers. I decided that I would wait until I got home so my son could participate in the find to see what was really in there.
When I got home I was told we had an event at my son's school, so off I went with the bag still unopened off to the event. We got home around 9 PM and I brought the bag out and told my son to reach in and pull out a handful (6 of 12 were silver with like 4 - 1964). So he dug right in and started sorting 90% in one stack and 40% in another. About 3 handfuls in and I started breaking down the stacks into groups of 10 for easier counting. He did the searching and I would count and verify the dates in the stacks.
From that $211 we ended up with
68 - 90% Kennedys (1964(13), 1964-D(55))
107 - 40% Kennedy (1965(9), 1966(18), 1967(77), 1968-D(3))
246 - clad half dollars including 1 Special Mint (2005-P)
Also 1 Foreign coin (England, One Penny(1940))
41.568% of the half dollars in the bag were silver. Like the teller said, "Looks like there are a few silver ones in there."
The thing I thought was most odd was the complete lack of 1969-D. Note that many of the silver coins were in great shape so I assume somebody cashed in their 1964 to 1968 half dollar collection as there also were no franklins or walkers either. This one find was roughly double my silver half output from January. What a way to bring in February!!!
I also picked up 4 - $50 bags of pennies and 1 - $100 bag of nickels which I will put the results of in a different post. From a 2 second scan of the edge of one bag I saw a 1936 and I believe a 1920-D poking out at me, hopefully that is representative of what I will find inside.
Oh and in the $64.50 bag, there ended up being 1 - 1968-D half.
Total results from the trip:
70 - 90% Kennedy Half Dollars
108 - 40% Kennedy Half Dollars
1 Special Mint Half Dollar
1 Foreign Coin (England, 1 Penny (1940))
4 - $50 bags of pennies yet to be searched.
1 - $100 bag of nickels yet to be searched.
And since you all seem to like pictures here are a few. The top row is all 90% with each stack containing 10 except the last one on the right. The next two rows are all 40% with each stack containing 10 except the last one on the right. Note that these pictures are only from the one bag.
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