Super Bank Box Of Halves

AtiGAti: I got two 2002Ps. The left is better than the right one. Both have some bag mark and scratches. If you like, I can send the left one to you.

Well, got two more boxes today from the same source that I pulled the two Barbers out of....BOY, have we returned to earth!! Two boxes, ONE 40% silver half, and THAT'S IT!!

And, since it had an edge colorwise very close to that of a clad half, I'm pretty sure that it was missed. Still, I ordered two more boxes for next week; you never know!

So, feeling very silver deprived, I went to search banks in a town about 20 miles away. It is mostly a college town, so I was hoping that maybe nobody had hit banks there. Bought 6 rolls from one bank, including three bank-wrapped; nothing. A little further up the street bought 11 rolls from a different bank; one 40%. Then, as I was about to call it a day, I hit one last bank. The teller was thrilled that I wanted halves; she claimed they had over $300 worth (of course, this worried me, as that much face is usually dumped by somebody who had searched them) and she was more than willing to pass them off to me. She ended up having 33 rolls; I bought them all. A few were bank-wrapped with very old wrappers, and a few more were obviously once bank wrapped and somebody had done a clumsy job putting them back together. The old bank wrapped rolls ended up being solid Bicentennial rolls, but not UNC. Still probably quite old. Up to the 28th roll I found one 40%. The 29th roll; hit paydirt! SOLID ROLL OF SILVER!! 5 90% and 15 40%. Thye next roll had another three 40%, and that was it. So, despite two bad boxes, not such a bad day after all!

ohh and the second box I havent opened up yet. figured id save it for the weekend along with the dollar coins. Does anyone have any particular errors I should look for in the adams coins?

I can almost feel that proof coin's pain! OUCH!

Yowsa...I'd never expect a find like that....Gonna start half roll hunting next week....

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I can almost feel that proof coin's pain! OUCH!

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Much like watching a guy get kicked south of the border!

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Do you think that since it is a proof, I can still get the silver value out of it?

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No Silver in that proof. Silver Proofs did not come back until 1992.

Back to earth absolutely with my boxes lately. Last week I searched 4 $500 boxes.
I found 3 40%s but I also found my first proofs. A 1986s a 1979s and a 1974s and I found my first commemorative a 1986 s clad proof statute of liberty. I am happy with my finds over all however.

I also was cashing in my coins yesterday and a young boy with his dad came in and cashed in his piggy bank. he was in aw of the huge bag of haves I had so I pulled out a 1976 and a BU 1997 and showed him the difference on the back he was holding onto them for dear life it was like he struck gold he never saw a half dollar before now he has 2 with different backs he was all smiles