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

Jaobler....congrats on the '87-P. We've never found a 1987 from any mint. We've found a 70-D, many 40% and $34 face worth of Frankins, but never a 1987. I actually gave up on those and broke down and bought the '87 Mint Set. It's so kool to see a circulated 1987 like that!! I'm jealous!

2008 Mintage figures:

1.7 million Philly
1.7 million Denver

This is the lowest mintage for the entire series and may become key dates. It might also relax the price a bit on the 1970D key (2.15 million), which runs $15-20. The 70D is 40% silver, though, so it will always hold some premium, I think. The 2006 D is also only 2.0 million and all the 2002-2008 coins are 1.7-3.8 million range.

2008 P&D JFK bags are sold out at the US Mint, but P&D rolls are still available. I should also point out that the mintage figures are Jan-Nov 2008 and may change.

Someone had brought in $6 in halves to my bank today. One was a 90%er Woot!

I have a question...

Once you go to a bank to roll search, how long before you return to that bank so that they have fresh rolls?

I understand that you can mark rolls you have already gone through to identify them yourself, but how often is the turnover for rolls at a bank?

And does it ever help to call ahead and see if they have rolls of halves? Will they usually look for you over the phone?

After reading this thread - I ran to the bank to get some rolls - One Problem, No Rolls. :(

Im gonna call the other banks in my town tomorrow and see what turns up.

I think I just had my third worst group of halves today. $250 worth and the only things worth saving were one lonely 1968-D and a BU 1992-D ( which I needed for my Kennedy set). Maybe my luck's finally running out... :(

I agree- JFK halves have very low turnover at banks, so take them to another branch to return them OR spend them. I prefer to spend them for tips, gas, small purchases. Some branches keep them on site and some ship them out as customers bring them in. It is interesting that the same bank name, but different branches do different things.

In my experience, it takes at least a month for the same branch to get in more halves, and usually not that much (under $10), so I rotate among branches and keep track of which ones I go to and when. Also, I do call ahead sometimes. If they have less that $10, I don't bother to drive there. However, I can't tell you how many times I find at least 1 silver in an under $10 batch of halves. There's a lot of silver still out there/

Good luck and happy hunting!

Picked up $100 worth of loose half dollars from my bank. I'll be returning them all to a dump bank. Nothing under 1971. BOOOO...