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

Picked up 2 boxes last Friday had a couple in each one

Great scores!

@ NorthShoreMA: Have you seen any 9-11 privy marked halves? Apparently the Boston area is receiving large numbers of them, mixed in to new 2026 boxes.

It might be worth trying to get a box of new halves from somewhere, or just keeping an eye out for them.

I didn't know about the new privy half dollars until I saw your post (after I already cashed the Brinks box full of 2026 half dollars at my dump bank). But I found a few dozen more 2026 half dollars in a different box -- and eight of those half dollars were eight privy coins.

I didn't think much of them until I examined these half dollars more carefully when I arrived home. All eight coins have the W mint mark and the "Always Remember" motto. Just my dumb luck, I suppose.

Nice. Hopefully those get to other parts of the country eventually. I've gone through a couple boxes of 2026s, no privys yet.

Fantastic find! But I thought that the privy was on the quarter is it both or just the half?

Today I acquired six rolls of 2026 half dollars at a credit union. Two rolls each contained four privy coins with a W mint mark, and I found another coin in a different roll. All of the other half dollars were minted in Philadelphia, and none of them had a privy. I'm puzzled why the Federal Reserve Bank distributed so many of these coins in the Bay State.

Now I have 17 of them. I will trade one of these uncirculated coins for: (1) a 90% silver half dollar of your choice; or (2) three 40% silver Kennedy half dollars (if I am allowed to do that on this forum).