JFK Half Dollar Roll Hunters: Silver, Proofs And Other Finds

It's time for post #500, and I finally found some silver in a teller tray!

I saw 2 silvers shining at me and asked the teller for all 8 halves that she had. She held up a purple toned 1964 and said "Do you want this?" (implying it was ugly). I smiled and said "yes please" I got from her:

1964
1966 x 3
1967 x 2
1968-D x 2

I also went through a Fed box and got 2 1964 and 17 40% - one of my best boxes yet!

Great finds Gothic Florin/cashgardner!

Checked 6 banks this morning and gathered about $20.00 in halves from teller trays! Not a roll to be found! Yielded one 1965. I know I posted earlier that I could finally put together a roll of those "suckers", but I was wrong! I'm now at 19. I swear 1965's are harder to find in the wild than 90%.

I think on average most of us have better luck with customer wrapped rolls even though they aren't always consistent. (and I've been running into dump banks) There is a very rare occasion when somebody hits an extremely good box ( mother of all boxes) like the one posted on this forum! There are some good boxes out there but you have to work through the junk boxes to find one that has silver!

Gothic Florin, If you go to modern coins I posted a couple pics. What page is your post in?

Well, I had slightly more success on my journey today. 7 banks...up until the 6th, I had only found $4 worth of loose JFKs, no rolls, no silver. At the 6th, I asked if they had any rolls and they teller asked how many I wanted! I asked how many they had and he said $110 worth. I bought 3 (all the cash I had on me) and he pulled out 3 clear tubes which I could immediately see were all clad/non-silver. I thanked him and went out to my car to check and be sure...yep, random dates, nothing really of interest. Now I'm not sure if I should go back and try the rest of the ones they have...

But the rest of the story...I drove down the street a bit and saw another bank and decided to cash in the ones I'd just picked up so I'd have bills to buy rolls with. The teller looked at the 3 rolls and asked if I collected them. I said yes, but those were ones I didn't need and asked if she happened to have any. She said she keeps all that get brought in because there are a few people who come in and ask for them, but if I wanted to just trade those in for the ones she had, I could. She had $24.50 worth in her drawer. I thanked her and went out to my car to check what she had...not a ton...mostly the same type of stuff that I'd just exchanged...but she did give me a 1967 and a 1968-D!

So in 2 days of searching, I've gone to 15 banks, found just under 6 rolls and pulled 2 40% JFKs...That's a lot of work! Do you think I should go back and pick up the other $80 worth at the one bank that had them in clear plastic coin holders?

I'd go back and get the rest of those with the clear tubes. Those are nice to have to store your silver in. Also - if they offer you halves, if you have the money - buy them all.

Maine_Jim

I was pretty sure I'd go back and pick up the rest that they had (if they still have them) tomorrow morning, but wanted to see what the experts here had to say. I was just not expecting to see them in clear tubes and was wondering what that was all about. I definitely kept the tubes from the ones I got today. I cashed in the clad from today, so I have $40 cash...I'll probably go through once and see if they still have them, pick up 4 rolls and see if I get anything. Then go to a dump bank and trade in the clad for bills and go back for whatever remains. Unfortunately, I don't have much cash at the moment, so I have to do it slowly. Thanks for the comments!