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Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
Poll Question
I went to a couple of banks today and almost all of them had no halves. One bank had 5 loose halves, so I bought them and all clads. Another bank had 16.50 worth of halves and they were clads once again. Even knowing that it's going to be hard finding any silvers, I was still a bit distressed that I couldn't find at least one. But I have a question for all of you guys,(and girls), ..... Who here struck silver their first time asking banks for halves? (within a week of searching different banks) *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Results
| Yes, I Found some silver |
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56% |
15 Votes |
| No, The silver gods weren't with me that day |
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30% |
8 Votes |
| No, but then I ordered a box of halves to be shipped to the bank, and I got some silver |
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7% |
2 Votes |
| No, but then I ordered a box of halves and when I opened them.... JACKPOT BABY |
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7% |
2 Votes |
Poll Status:
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Total Votes: 27 Counted
Last Vote:
03/04/2012 11:33 pm Edited by j-win
03/01/2012 12:51 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
I voted yes - BUT... the first time was with my grandfather back in the late 60's so all we got were 40% JFKs  |
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New Member
United States
17 Posts |
Found this half a couple days ago. I picked up rolls from a US Bank. Only 40% silver, but I'll take it.   |
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Pillar of the Community
1283 Posts |
I don't think it worth the time. I own a car wash and probably get over $1000 a month in .25's it has been almost a year since I pulled a silver coin out of the trap. That being said I do find silver War Nickels all the time in my drops with the occasionally silver quarter. I think that by now most have been pulled from circulation one way or another. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
 , j-win! Yep, all 90%, mostly Franklins and WL. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1801 Posts |
I didn't vote because I have been pulling silver out of coin rolls since the early 60's when I pulled the Barber and Walking Liberty halves out and re rolled the Franklins to turn back in. But that aside, I go through half rolls constantly and get some silver almost every week. Some weeks maybe one or two coins, some weeks as many as 10 or more. There are still lots of silver halves out there in people's dressers and piggy banks and as these hard times continue, they are being rolled up and turned in at the banks. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
619 Posts |
I voted yes, but actually, it took a couple of days. The very first bank I went to told me they keep the silver! A few banks later, I found a '68 and a '64 from one teller. I've been hooked ever since. I found two Franklins and a 40% couple weeks ago, and thought that was as good as it got. However, I bought several hundred bucks in CWRs at a small bank this week. I found TWO DOZEN silver halves, all but one of them 40%.  Edited by CPC24
03/01/2012 12:14 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2424 Posts |
first time I went in to my credit union with $20.. $15 came back silver! total beginners luck
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1770 Posts |
when I started I had beginners luck but now it has been drying up, so I'm doing alot of dime boxes now and occasionally nickels. jfran nice story wow rerolling up franklins and discarding them amazing now we will all take franklins any time of the day HA!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
First time ever, the bank had no halves so I had them get $100 of halves put together from their other branches and scored 1 64 and 1 67 from that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
608 Posts |
Went back to NYC and stopped in a bank and they had $7.50 in halves and 12 were 40% silver.
Been back a half a dozen times since and each time got nothing.
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Moderator
 United States
188660 Posts |
I was into roll searching back in the 1990's. Most of my first silver coins (all denominations) came from rolls, not purchases. My Franklin half dollar collection was built from roll searching, either directly (from the roll finds) or indirectly (by trading duplicate silver finds for the ones I needed). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1116 Posts |
I voted yes but truly I wish that the answer really is "sometimes". Yesterday I went to my bank and asked if they had any "funny money" (their terminology). The came out with $4 in Susan B' and $5 in '64 halves. So it was a good hit, but there was a fellow there who said the he had a lot more at home and wanter me to go with him. I didn't.
This was really lucky, as a lot of the time I get skunked..
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Valued Member
United States
206 Posts |
On my first try with halves, I got $13 total two were '64s. I also got a 1943 quarter that day!
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Valued Member
United States
306 Posts |
I've only gotten a few 40%ers out of my loose coin hunting from the teller's---then again they rarely have halves
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New Member
United States
44 Posts |
I have a good relationship with the bank one of my businesses banks at -- and they ordered me $2,000 in halves. I pick them up this Friday.
I was told they've been sitting in one of their vaults for years now, and they have about $10,000 more.
I'll post my results when I'm done searching :)
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Posted 03/01/2012 11:00 am
