Silver When You Least Expect It - 21 Solid Rolls - 431 Keepers

Diver_Down

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Today, I was running some errands and getting ready for the weekend. One of the errands was to pick up some cash for one of my other hobbies - auctions. I didn't ask for halves or any coin as I was going to be too busy this weekend and didn't want to be bothered. The teller knows that I'm a coin collector and she asked if I could do her a favor. She was sitting on $390 in halves and was looking to not have to count them when she closes out her drawer as she's been doing for the past week. She knows that I'm a "Buy Them All" kind of guy. Usually, I'll buy the dumps from this branch and cycle them into my dumps to keep the ladies happy.

She warned me that there was no silver as the customer who dropped them off already picked all the silver out, "but I might find some keepers for my collection". So she began pulling the rolls from beneath her drawer and I noticed the rolls were labeled "Kenedy 71". That was a good sign as I figured that if the prior owner wasn't smart enough to spell Kennedy than they were more than likely not so thorough on the culling of silver.

Then the teller had pulled some MWR with the customer's writing on them - Kenedy 65, Kenedy 67 - and I noticed the obvious enders. Sweet. The prior owner was not aware of 40%'ers. These MWRs were from the Federal Reserve Branch in Cleveland (Uncirculated Solid Dated Rolls). The rest of the rolls were CWRs.

So I knew I had some keepers, but I had no idea how many. The end result was 21 solid rolls. 431 keepers - all but 1 were 40%'ers (the prior owner wasn't all that thorough by letting a lone 64 slip through). Enjoy the silver p0rn.

As Riley says, "It's out there". Happy Hunting.

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Diver Down,
Outstanding find! Always nice to score something that big when you least expect it. I wish you
had left the Fed rolls untouched as they may have been worth much more to collectors, but that's
okay. You now have a nice collection of high grade halves for yourself. "It's out there...and your
score proves I'm right." Congrats again.
all the best,
rileyboy

I was going to leave the rolls intact, but I'm a hunter and couldn't resist. I had to see what was inside. Oh, and don't worry. They are worth much more to collectors - myself being one of them. The enders will go in with the rest of the 40%'ers and the frosty, mintstate ones will be stored properly with some candidates making a showing in the album.
 

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wow............i guess after that your buying the beer for everyone:occasion14:
 

Holy Shitakey Mushrooms!!

Friggin' awesome!!!

Congrats!!
TGB
 

sweet score DD! amazing... it is definately out there as rileyboy would always say, thisre is silver out there. ny skunk boxes, i know there is silver out there. give that teller a nice gift card to a local restaurant!
hh
buff
~that $25 gift card would only cost you under $4! :icon_thumleft: ;)
 

It's posts like these that have caused me to waste countless hours and fuel for the past year! haha. Congrats on the find. Glad to see someone get a find like this that has given so much back on these boards.
 

What? No freakin' Yahtzee? Geez Bunky gets a Yahtzee. I'm trippin over rolls of silver and only Shitakey Mushroom? Or perhaps, Shitakey Mushrooms >>> Yahtzee?

j/k

I thought for sure you'd get a Yahtzeee too, lol. Maverick
 

WOW.......64 ozs. in 1 shot. Thats great man ! I love to here these stories and see the pics. Good for you! Hunts like this is what gives us all hope that its still out there and can happen at your next bank stop. Congrats ! :notworthy:
HH
Big Fat
 

That is awesome. Congrats on the score! I am super jealous!
 

Thanks again, everyone. Keep on the hunt and work through the hobby's downturns, Just when you least expect it a vein of silver will open up.
 

Congrats DD. Good to see one of the more experienced hunters hit it big. Good to see some of the older CRHing members checking in too. It is out there!!
 

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