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Valued Member
United States
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New here to the forum. I was reading thru the seventy pages worth of coin roll hunting, as I recently got in to it. I had heard halves were the best way to go, so went out to banks, and started asking around. After about 20 banks, I had about $900 dollars worth. My toal haul for the day was 32 40%'ers, 1 1964 kennedy, 1 very well worn walker(can't make out date), and a 90% silver 1982 washington commemerative coin. Not to bad I thought for the first time out. I also found out that if you call ahead most banks will tell you if they have them or not, and about how many they have (saves alot of time, and gas). I had to pay bills, so I can't pick up anymore halves till next week, but I did go thru 10 rolls of dimes, and got one 64!
Anyway, great forum, glad to share my finds.
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Valued Member
United States
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a roll today had 10 coppers a 1944 wheat and a 66 canada and 1 62 silver dime!and tomarrow I am buying a $25 box of pennies
Edited by toniblab 03/26/2008 12:28 am
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Valued Member
United States
164 Posts |
I finally bit the bullet. I called up my loacl branch of Wells Fargo and placed my order for some halves. Wish me luck, I will post my findings when I have them!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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quote: I finally bit the bullet. I called up my loacl branch of Wells Fargo and placed my order for some halves. Wish me luck, I will post my findings when I have them!
Good luck and I might mention that dont just look at the reeded edges of the coins for silver because you can easily overlook 40% silver that way. It has a slight clad edge look to it and can be mistaken for a regular clad half. It's worth checking the dates because you might find a 1987 or 2002 and after, along with the possibe double die like 1974.
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United States
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Boo hoo. While looking through a roll, I found one that had such a very obviously overstamp of the mint mark. I set it aside to finish my roll. With my addlepated memory, I set it aside where? I've scoured my desk to no avail. I've looked through that bag of nickels twice since then and can't find it. I really want that baby. So everything halts while I mentally gear up to going again through the nickels. There's about $60 worth in that bag that I was going to take away somewhere.
But on the good side, I did find a die crack and I have it all nice and tidy in a 2x2 in a storage box. That one won't get away.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep !.....I had found a "mirror" finish 1971 S proof...  ....in awesome condition....I put it into a "hard plastic" 2x2....for air/tightness.....figured it'd be better there than the cardboard 2x2's..... 
Edited by eaglefoot 03/26/2008 11:20 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
716 Posts |
Just found a 1955 British Caribbean Territories Eastern Group 50C coin. Could not figure what is made of? 90% silver or something else?
Help please?
Borrow a pic here: http://(131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed /countries/coin.php?image=img/37-b7&desc=British%20East%20Caribbean%20Territories%20km7%2050%20Cents%20(1955,1965)
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yinzi50 - Coin is copper nickel KM#7 valued at F=$1, VF=$1.50, XF=$2
AtiGAti - My Krause book is only through 2000 so best guess is coin is copper nickel or maybe copper plated steel. Possibly KM#117
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome to the forun Walker4!
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Valued Member
United States
120 Posts |
thank you arthrene. Thats is actually my first New Zealand coin. I'm also going to be going to Russia this friday to visit some of my relatives and will be brining back a few 10 cent (kopek) from the U.S.S.R. I will upload a pic in a second. Let me know if anyone is interested in trading or something.
Edited by AtiGAti 03/26/2008 8:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Arthrene: Thanks. But what is KM#7? Are you referring to a book here? Another newbie question following.....
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United States
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United States
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AtiGAti - I'd be interested in trading for some Russian coins once you get back. Also correction to my first identification: Coin is indeed copper plated steel KM#117a. Yinzi50 - KM# is a reference number used in the Standard Catalog of World Coins also known as a Krause catalog. It's a great resource if you're interested in collecting world coins. They also have an online guide which does about the same thing but doesn't have prices ( http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis.jsp).
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Valued Member
United States
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k, well I will be back on wed of next week. Just tell me how many you are interested in and what you would like to trade for that way I know how many to bring back. ohh and thanks for the information on my coin.
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