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Valued Member
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I just stopped by a local bank that I hadn't checked before. No one had loose halves, but they have a coin counter and told me they had bags of halves. I asked how many and they said 5 of the $1000 bags. At first I got excited, said I would take them and waited for the manager to grab them from the vault. I talked to the tellers while I waited and they told me about the "big collector" that brings tons of coins in and most of the halves are from him. "He looks for anything before 1960". I'm sure she was off by a decade, but I'll be looking anyway. Maybe he missed something. I will also be opening an account Monday at my new dump bank. Edited by WVBlueandGold
03/22/2013 1:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There are possibly other people in there dumping too. What's the worst thing that can happen - you get your 5k back
I just got bag of quarters for first time. I have low expectations
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good luck...
I hunted $500 in CWR halves when I had just started out. It was my first skunk box, although it was rich in marked halves.
I wish I'd taken pictures of all the marked coins I saw when I was hunting halves. I could've written a new book for the
Whitman Co -- "Fat Freddy's Whitman Guidebook of Marked Halves"
Edit -- Please put in a post next week and let us know how the hunt went. Thanks.
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03/22/2013 4:47 pm
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Valued Member
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@CoinCBass That was my thought too. I'm going in with low expectations, but I enjoy the hunt. Just finished the first bag. No silver, but I found 5 2004-S and 9 2005-S. Also, the very first coin that I pulled out of the bag was a 1987-S. My first one of those.
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Valued Member
United States
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Bag #2 - a 1986-S. Nothing else.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Keep at it. I keep the nifc coins and proofs.
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Valued Member
United States
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Bag #3 is in the books. 1979-S and 1980-S. The lack of silver was expected, but I'm enjoying the proofs.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not everyone searches for the same thing.
You might not end up with any silver but you may fins some NIFC's, proofs, doubled dies, no FG's, etc.
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Valued Member
United States
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Bag 4, nothing. Bag 5, 1976-S non silver. I also found a few errors just spot checking including a 1982P No FG
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I have been looking for one of those 82-P no FG for a long time.
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United States
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I went back to the bank today to use the coin machine. After I dumped a bunch of nickels, I checked the reject bin. 1951 Quarter. 1947 Dime. Very nice. It also tells me that the machine rejects silver and I won't waste my time with bags of dimes and quarters. I still might try an occasional bag of halves for proofs and errors. The manager was very nice and said I could buy or dump anything I wanted.
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