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

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 Posted 02/15/2009  10:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jedichef to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
what's the face value of a box? is it $200? I may have to order one from my bank since they never seem to have any
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 Posted 02/15/2009  11:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add yotie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
$500 is a box 1/2s
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 Posted 02/16/2009  1:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mfhorn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Still Lookin;

Thats a bunch of silver you found. Congradulations! I'm glad also to see your in my state.. Good luck!
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 Posted 02/16/2009  6:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add still lookin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
mfhorn

There seems to be several on this forum from Lex to southern OH.
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 Posted 02/16/2009  9:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add XxJamesAxX to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Glad to see some are still finding silver. I'm going through a drought here. Last $1500 hasn't yielded any silver. Part of it I guess...:)
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 Posted 02/17/2009  12:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add AlabamaDan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow! I can't believe that people are still finding really old halves in circulation. That's exciting. I picked up 6 rolls of halves from my bank and they were all clads. Nothing exciting, but I may start a collection. Besides getting dates for a collection and looking for silver is there anything special in the Kennedys to be looking for?
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 Posted 02/17/2009  3:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jedichef to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i finally managed to track down some rolls at a bank near me. I called a Wamu, and they had three whopping rolls. Fine, i'll take 'em. it's raining and I'm bored. Surprisingly, I was able to pull one 40%. Not bad for only three rolls. And I managed to fill a few holes in my folder. This is the first time I've been able to get any rolls out near me. I asked if I could order a box...NO. Lame.
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 Posted 02/17/2009  3:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add AlabamaDan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'd think you need to talk to the vault manager who actually orders the coins and you probably need to be at the main branch when you talk to someone.
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 Posted 02/17/2009  4:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jedichef to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i used to work for a bank, we were a fairly small branch, but we never had issues with ordering whatever it was we needed. especially if it was for a customer. maybe times have changed. they said they would order dollar coins, but not halves.
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 Posted 02/18/2009  08:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nod2003 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
yesterday's box contained a fairly typical 2 40% and 1 2005
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 Posted 02/19/2009  4:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add norseman012 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have to do a little bragging The other day I went to a local bank to ask if they had any 1/2 dollar roll and the teller told me that one of the other girls had a bunch of them and to come back tomorrow when she will be working so I said OK and left this was on a Tuesday. I went back on Thursday and she had 10 rolls, cool I'll take them. Well I opened them in the parking lot and found 1-64 and 2-40% that was cool. So I left there and when to take care of my business about 50 miles south of were I was. well on the way back I dumped the 1/2 dollars in a coin machine at a another bank and saw a bank on another corner about a 1/2 a mile down the road and said to myself lets check is one out. The girl behind the counter told me say had a few and asked her how many and she told me that she will have to look in the vault a moment later she asked me how many you want while carrying them to the counter, I said that I'll take them all $130.00 dollars worth well I took them and when to my car and drove off back home. Well the suspense was getting to me because I found a few earlier that morning and pulled into a near by parking lot and started to search the rolls. First roll was nothing and the second the same the next one had a 90% silver Cooool! the next one had two 40% thinking that was great well the next one was a big surprise it was all 40% silver boy was I happy. well the next roll was a bust who cares. Well when opened the next roll my eyes nearly popped out of my head ALL 40% silver well I nearly pooped my pants. I quickly opened another roll again 40% and another 40% well by now I needed an new pair of pants. out of 13 rolls 6 wore 40% silver and I got 3 90% and $59.00 face value of 40%. This was the best I have ever done, some one must have been saving this for years. Thank You who ever you are.


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 Posted 02/19/2009  4:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add novillero to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
norseman012, in the pic, are the silver coins the ones on the ground?

Very nice!!
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Yes the ones on the table are the 40% silver and the 3 on the side line are 90% and the bagged ones are clad. Sorry about the pic I don't know how to post the pic where you can see it with out clicking the link.
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 Posted 02/19/2009  4:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add norseman012 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you
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Those look ike they are in pretty good condition as well. Nice find. I found two 40% today and have looked through 10 rolls of the box I got. Hoping for more!
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