*Official March 2011 Half Dollars and Other Coins

[Dano]

Dano - They may not sell the bags to you, but if they're open (or ripped in your case), they may let you trade a half for a half inside the bag. All they care about is that the count in the bag stays the same. If you go back a few posts you'll see where I did this on March 7th and got 22 keepers (19 were walking liberty halves).

Next time you hear silver in an open bag ask if you can swap out halves for halves.

Nick

Nick,
Thanks for the idea. I walk a fine line at this bank though. I need to keep them as a dump bank and don't want to anger them. As much as searching through 2000 halves really is my idea of a GREAT time, i'm sure it would be a major annoyance to the very nice head teller there. I'll keep working on them though, who knows, maybe a new Branch manager will make an exception for me....

[BamaJoe]

Half Box #117 - Skunk

Half Box #118 - Skunk

[Dumpster Diver]

Great day for halves! 8 boxes: Skunk-Free

23 90% / 44 40%

1: Ben x 1, '64 x 1, 40% x 7
2: '64 x 1, 40% x 10
3: Ben x 1, '64 x 4, 40% x 6
4: Ben x 2, '64 x 3, 40% x 5
5: '64 x 2, 40% x 1
6: Walker x 1, '64 x 3, 40% x 6
7: Walker x 1, Ben x 2, 40% x 5
8: '64 x 1, 40% x 4

Other:
1995 Atlanta Clad Commem (basketball)
1987D x 2
Clad proofs: '72, '79, '96, '10 x 2
1960-80 JFK Inauguration Counterstamp (chromed instead of GP)
Magician/Spy coins x 4!

[jtlee321]

It's feast or famine around here.. LOL

Box #1 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #2 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #3 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #4 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

[sparechange]

Half Box #7

1998-S

[cwgii]

10.oo halves yessterday,,,,,, full roll of 2004

[argent_pur]

Picked up a Brinks $250 dime box today and found:

1--90% Mercury (1941)

[Heartkill]

$120 CWR dimes - skunk

[doug]

Three $250 string boxes

#1 1941 Mercury
#2 skunk
#3 59D,61D,64D, and a 1917S mercury but "701" is stamped into the back

All in all a good night of sorting

[Rodebaugh]

dos Boxes O' Dimes

box uno
1954-S
1962-D

box dos
El Skunko

[sparechange]

$500 Half Box#8

1-1966
2-1967
4-1968-D

[BamaJoe]

Half Box #119 - Skunk

Half Box #120 - Skunk

I believe I'm detecting a pattern here - that's 9 in a row.

It brings back nightmares of February.

[CardsNCoins]

$250 String box of dimes
1964

$250 String box of dimes
1960

$500 String box of quarters
Skunk

Also found a 1969 half in the return tray while dumping dimes today.

[rainsonme]

$500 in halfs from Loomis = 0.

[Saabman]

Morning all!

My box of halves for Monday yielded 3 x 40%'s. The breakdown: 1 x '67, 1 x '68, and 1 x '69.

Hopefully I'll get one more box this week!

[knibloe]

two boxes

Box 1 5-40%
Box 2 12-40%

Not bad

[scrapper2010]

$100 CWR's of halves - (1) 1969

Got a box coming this Friday and another next Wednesday. My first boxes in over a month. Update to follow.

[Dano]

String box of halves = 2 40%
Brinks box of dimes = skunk

[argent_pur]

I'm on my lunch hour right now, and I just stopped into a new bank branch in town and picked up a Brinks $250 dime box and found:

1--1979 Bermuda 10 cent coin

aaaannnddd...

1--90% Mercury (1945)
10--90% Rosies (7-1964, 1-1963, 1-1958, 1-1951)

11 silvers total in one box, and a new personal best I don't think I'll ever beat that!--wait, didn't I say that last week

[ZigMeister]

I'm on my lunch hour right now, and I just stopped into a new bank branch in town and picked up a Brinks $250 dime box and found:

1--1979 Bermuda 10 cent coin

aaaannnddd...

1--90% Mercury (1945)
10--90% Rosies (7-1964, 1-1963, 1-1958, 1-1951)

11 silvers total in one box, and a new personal best I don't think I'll ever beat that!--wait, didn't I say that last week

WOW! Congrats! Sure paid for lunch.

[argent_pur]

Thanks, zig! The merc was a complete surprise because the edge was completely smooth--I was expecting it to be a foreign coin. The odd thing is that the obverse and reverse are in pretty good shape.

[beauanderos]

Okay, so I was expecting this to be bad after the first five boxes were skunks (my record is now 15 in a row)... but it could have been worse

Box 6
1966
1967

Box 7
1964
1969

Box 8
1968
1969

Box 9
1965
1966
1967 x 4
1968 x 2
1969 x 2

Box 10
skunk

[Country]

$1000 Dimes - 4 Brink's boxes

Box #3
1 Roosevelt 90% SILVER dimes - '59

Box #1, Box #2, and Box #4 - ALL SKUNKS!!!

I'm done with dimes; 1 SILVER dime per $1000 is not enough. Further, my local banks are starting to give me static about the number of rolls of dimes they get. Of interest, one head teller told me that nickels and dimes just sit, but the pennies and quarters are gone fast to their business customers.

I'm going back to halves. I bumped into a fellow sorter in my area who told me that the BU half boxes are waning and circulated halves are showing up again.

[gravybro]

Two Loomis boxes of halves picked up 3/8 gave up a single '67 silver.

Seems like my 'luck' with dimes has carried over to halves.

Monday's boxes did not arrive. should be here Wednesday. Nope. Now they say it will be Friday. No hurry. It is not as if they will be laden with silver or anything.

[BamaJoe]

The last box of this batch and all I can say is good riddence. This makes 10 skunks in a row and 12 out 13 in this batch being skunks.

Half Box #121 - Skunk

Hopefully the 13 boxes coming in tomorrow will bring a change of luck.