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Pillar of the Community
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A teller had 2 halves in her tray one of which was a 1963 Franklin. Thats right my 3 Friday boxes were 100% trash as where the other $150 that I picked up
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Had a similar story lately. Searched 700 halves that were trash, then a teller tray had 3 90% and one 40%. Gotta love a win whenever and however it comes.
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United States
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I envy you. I've gone through 6 boxes - !! 6,000 halves!! - and I have yet to see one measly silver. Tons of marked coins, though. Somebody in my area loves to put dates and other marks on the halves that go through his hands. I'm as sick of seeing his writing as I am of skunk boxes. I'm getting the feeling that hunting halves in my area makes as much sense as hunting polar bears in Hawaii, and I'm starting to think seriously about restricting my hunting to pennies. I think I live in half-dollar Ryedaleland.
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Hey Freddy have you gotten any halves that have the 2 middle digits of the date colored in? I'm getting a lot of these as well as the ones with the month and year in blue marker pen. Theres also a guy that stamps in " RC " on the front of halves Dont feel too bad about 6000 garbage halves in a row I did 19 $500 boxes of garbage in a row earlier this year thats 19000 junk coins I hope I never repeat such a streak
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United States
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santafeboy -- No dates partially colored in or initial stamps, but a lot with month/year in black marker pen. X's and slashes are common. Sometimes, JFK's head will be outlined, shadowed or have the hair colored in black marker pen. Condolences on the 19-box streak. With this weekend's boxes, I'm half way there. I think somebody with a fuel-injected, turbocharged, 500 cu in, 575 hp Ryedale is sucking my 2 present banks dry, so I'm going to open up accounts @ 2 more area banks this week and try boxes from them. I'm also considering a small independent bank in a town about 30 miles away, but I'm not that desparate yet. Maybe in another couple months. If the 3 other banks don't improve my success ratio (which shouldn't bee to hard, because thus far it's zero), I may forget the halves and just stick with the pennies... The victories there are minuscule but there are always at least some coppers and a few wheaties, so at least there is always some weak excuse for a victory.
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United States
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Does anyone else get those pink-tinted halves with the whoop-de-do marks on the back? The significance? What could it all possibly mean? I'm spending sleepless nights trying to figure this out, and what about red quarters?
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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United States
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I can never understand why people do things like this. Along with finding silver, I'm trying to make an entire date collection from CRH. I know it's not worth more than face, but it is the thrill of the hunt.
A couple of weeks ago, I was searching quarter rolls when I came across a beautiful 1976 AU/BU quarter which someone glued glitter all over. I thought, "That's a shame." Then I found another, and another. I did put them aside and soaked them in acetone which removed the glitter. But, it was almost like whoever did this was saying, "If I can't use it, so neither can you."
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I envy you. I've gone through 6 boxes - !! 6,000 halves!! - and I have yet to see one measly silver. Tons of marked coins, though. Somebody in my area loves to put dates and other marks on the halves that go through his hands. I'm as sick of seeing his writing as I am of skunk boxes. I'm getting the feeling that hunting halves in my area makes as much sense as hunting polar bears in Hawaii, and I'm starting to think seriously about restricting my hunting to pennies. somebody in my area has a favorite sharpie to!  |
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A teller had 2 halves in her tray one of which was a 1963 Franklin. All is not lost.  Too bad the three boxes and extra rolls were dry.  |
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United States
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ive also had a 19 box in a row stinker as well it is extremely frustrating (all these marked coins alot of the times 5 in a roll) and fist I've also noticed quite a few red painted quarters as well, pink tinted ones I never seen at least I've been spared those haha
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United States
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If you live near Atlantic City, I know who it is.....
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Posted 10/06/2012 8:04 pm
