*Official May 2011 Half Dollars and Other Coins

[CardsNCoins]

I was making my penny and dime box run today picking up boxes, and the 1 bank I stopped at to ask for halves had 11 rolls. I'm sure glad I stopped there because when I got home I found out that they were all solid rolls of 1964s. Who rolls up and turns in 220 1964s for $110? Amazing.





Edited to add 2nd picture.

[cwgii]

$70 cwr...... 6 rolls of nothing , someones dumps. and the 7th roll........ 1966, 67, 68, 69

16 $ loose halves, nothing

$20 dimes. nothing.

[cwgii]

100$ dimes...... a 1956 and 1961..... then the little woman , not realizing what they were. deposted them in our 'going out to dinner'' change bank..... so i get to resort the change.

[Locutus]

Nice score on the '64s, CnC. Congratulations. Makes all that running around almost seem worth the time, doesn't it?

[Locutus]

Okay, so I had an interesting conversation yesterday with the vault teller at my former pickup bank, now one of my dump banks.
She mentioned that their "Loomis guy" asked her if the customer ordering coins from them was also ordering coins now from bank X. It seems that my coin orders are large enough to get noticed. Apparently many of the banks in the area recycle the same half dollar coins over and over via the local armored transport companies, so that no matter who i buy from or dump to, I'm likely to see the same profitless batches of coin time and time again. Way to burst my bubble! And I was so looking forward to picking up my coins tomorrow from Bank X. No wonder I got 14 skunks in a row. I may have to come up with a different strategy. Maybe transport my searched coins across state lines?

[rainsonme]

$500 in Loomis halfs = 1 1970-D

[appjoe]

$500. Brinks box

90% skunk
40% skunk
Proof none
3 - NIFC 2002D, 2004P, 2005D

[Heartkill]

$320 CWR dimes - 1 '64

[BamaJoe]

I was making my penny and dime box run today picking up boxes, and the 1 bank I stopped at to ask for halves had 11 rolls. I'm sure glad I stopped there because when I got home I found out that they were all solid rolls of 1964s. Who rolls up and turns in 220 1964s for $110? Amazing.

Hat's off to you CnC. I freely admit that I'm jealous.

Things are slow here in Bamaland. The good news is that I'm avoiding skunks, the bad news is that even though I get a little something in each box lately it's just that - a LITTLE something.

Half Box #206

1 1960 Ben

Half Box #207

1 1966
1 1969D

Half Box #208

1 1967

1 1964

[appjoe]

$100.. Brinks box Nickels

V nickel - none
3 - Buffalo's - all dateless
War Nickels none.
28 - pre 1959 not counting war nickels or buffalos
8- S- Mint.
Proofs - none
3 - 2009 P
Canadian pre 1982 none

[Coppercrazy]

bag off the machine Nickels

wars skunked

1940s 1950s 12
including a nice bu 1948

[CrazyTom]

$10 CWR nickels, SKUNK
$20 BWR halves, SKUNK
$110 CWR dimes, SKUNK

[BamaJoe]

Half Box #209

1 1967

[rsk1963]

2 1964 quarters as change from a store

[sparechange]

$250 Dime Box

1-1948-s Rosie

[CardsNCoins]

$500 quarter box
1963
1963 Canadian
1964

$250 dime box
Skunk

$250 dime box
Skunk

$250 dime box
1956
1959

$250 dime box
1957
1962

$250 dime box
Skunk

$250 dime box
Skunk

$250 dime box
Skunk

$250 dime box
Skunk

$250 dime box
1957
1964

$250 dime box
1956
1958

$250 dime box
Skunk

[beauanderos]

Okay, so I had an interesting conversation yesterday with the vault teller at my former pickup bank, now one of my dump banks.
She mentioned that their "Loomis guy" asked her if the customer ordering coins from them was also ordering coins now from bank X. It seems that my coin orders are large enough to get noticed. Apparently many of the banks in the area recycle the same half dollar coins over and over via the local armored transport companies, so that no matter who i buy from or dump to, I'm likely to see the same profitless batches of coin time and time again. Way to burst my bubble! And I was so looking forward to picking up my coins tomorrow from Bank X. No wonder I got 14 skunks in a row. I may have to come up with a different strategy. Maybe transport my searched coins across state lines?

Sure, you're gonna get your fair number of skunks if you're searching halves you've already searched before... but without hitting countless banks for CWR's, then ordering BWR's is the only way you can catch the silver halves as they trickle back into the system. I feel it's a better use of my limited time to just order and search for the relatively low (but reasonably consistent) returns... rather than hoping to find the incredible once in a lifetime scores that some are lucky enough to discover.

Box 1, 2
skunks

Box 3
1968 x 2

Box 4
skunk

Box 5
1968
1969

Box 6
1968 x 2
1968 proof
1976 bicentennial proof

Box 7
skunk

Box 8
1964

Box 9
1964
1968 proof
1969
2003 proof
2004 proof

Box 10
1964
1965 x 2
1968

Box 11
skunk

Box 12
1966
1969

[Coppercrazy]

4 halves from tellers drawer
all 1968 Ds! made my day!
50.00 in dime rolls skunk
50.00 in quarters skunk

[appjoe]

$250. Brinks box dimes

I thought I would try some dimes same old story

[SKUNKEROOOOOOOOO

I also picked up $70 in CWR's I'll check them later.

[hirbonzig]

$360 in loose halves---skunked

2 boxes of dimes---1 silver Roosevelt

[Dumpster Diver]

I was making my penny and dime box run today picking up boxes, and the 1 bank I stopped at to ask for halves had 11 rolls. I'm sure glad I stopped there because when I got home I found out that they were all solid rolls of 1964s. Who rolls up and turns in 220 1964s for $110? Amazing.





Edited to add 2nd picture.

You should change your name to "Coins N Coins"!!
Congrats! Incredible find.

[Dumpster Diver]

8 boxes halves:

1-'64 JFK, 40% x 2
2-40% x 1
3-4- skunks
5-Walker x 1
6-'76 S 40% silver proof
7-8- skunks

[CardsNCoins]

$500 Brinks box #140
1948 Franklin

$500 Brinks box #141
1 - 1967
1 - 1968

$500 Brinks box #142
1 - 1964
1 - 1968

$500 Brinks box #143
1 - 1964

$500 Brinks box #144
1 - 1967

$500 Brinks box #145
Skunk

[scrapper2010]

First half box in a while.

1-1968
1-NIFC 2007 p

...Brinks

[Investin Cents]

My 1st Silver half-dollar finds!!!!!

Went on lunch hour to a bank I get a few halves from time to time - never saw silver before.

I knew I was on to something when the lady said "if you go to the main lobby next door they have lots". "Lots!" Oh yeah!

I was unprepared but had $20 with me. Got 40 and as I walked back to work, I sorted them and I spied a 1967. Bingo! I happened to have extra cash with me and went back 90 minutes later. Out of $121 worth of loose halves, I got 2-64's and 8-40%'ers. Not bad!

I'll have to visit them more often.

To be honest, it felt a little like "stealing" or "cheating" - the clerks seemed to have no idea about the bag of halves real contents.

I can see why you all do this - it is exciting when you find silver! And the misses was impressed also!

Good luck everyone