It Finally Happened To Me. . . Pics Heavy

CCF friends: I am excited to share with you about a recent "discovery" that was literally dropped into my lap. I am calling this the "Second National Bank of Jackson Hoard". The mother of a friend of our family passed away back in the summer, and while going through her things they found these:


To make a long story short, they wanted the contents evaluated to get an idea of potential worth. This is what I saw when I opened BAG #1:


There were several Ike dollars, one of which was HOLED, as well as two 2003-S Kennedy half proofs and two 2003-S Sac proofs. It was a bit odd seeing those modern proofs among all the other coins. There were several Wheaties and a couple of IHC. There were some gold colored presidential medals/tokens. Apparently, this was the CLAD bag. Of course, the first thing I noticed was the four half dollar rolls. That is, four honest-to-goodness UNSEARCHED half dollar rolls, and one of them was an honest-to-goodness, original bank wrapped roll. This roll had a Kennedy on each end, both of which had nice, golden toning.








Then. . . . . . . . . I opened BAG #2. This is what I saw:



I knew by the weight alone what it MUST be. It was so surreal for me seeing this old money right before my eyes. There were 78 silver dollars, 35 half dollars (7 were 40%), 10 Rosies, 8 Mercs, and 3 Washingtons. I immediately smelled the scent of dirty silver upon unzipping the bag.
It was hard to contain my excitement. I looked at these bags right before it was time to go in to work. I took the coins with me and put them in my locker, which is locked, of course. The next 8 hours were pure torture for me. I couldn't wait to get home to see what dates/mms were in those bags and how many there were. At this point I had no idea of the counts. Here's the "stacked" breakdown of BAG #2:



Some wartime nickels:



I opened the roll, and it was a full of wartime nickels. They are very dark in color. The wrapper is just too cool. You can tell it is vintage.

I believe Rexall was an old drug store that used to be located in downtown Jackson. I'm not sure when it closed down.
About the silver dollars, most were in FINE to XF, with a handful being in AU condition. There was a handful in Fair to Poor condition. Here are a couple of examples of lowball Morgan and Peace dollars, as well as a HOLED Morgan, in this stash:


The reverse of the Morgan on the left looks a lot like SsuperDdave's avatar. Look at the edge of said coin. Not a single reed left:


Lowball Peace dollars. Is the one on the left a 1928? See close-up pics below:


Here is a close-up shot of the date that could be a possible "8". Sometimes I think I see a "3" too. I'm just not sure. My hunch is that it is a "3". If it is a 1928-P then it would complete my set.

I haven't come up with a list of all the dates/mms yet, but in the stash there were TWO 1934-S Peace dollars, one of which was an upgrade to my set!



Now, onto those half dollar rolls. I opened all of them with great anticipation. Here are the results of each roll in pictures:
Roll #1:

Roll #2

Roll #3


I'm pretty sure that Roll #4 was an original bank-wrapped roll from 1964. It contained 20 BU Kennedy half dollars:

Here is a pic of the entire roll. The two end toners stand out:

The last item is one of the coolest numismatic items I have ever seen. This item also originated from the Second National Bank in Jackson. I'll let the pictures do the talking:
FRONT:

BACK:

INSIDE: 20 MONSTER TONED Rosies. All dated 1964!










I moved one of the dimes to see if there was toning underneath the strip of paper holding the dimes in the folder. Sure enough, a magical stripe of untoned coin:


This thing is amazing! It was a real treat to discover these, especially since they are all toned so nicely. The family accepted my offer on the entire lot, so I am now the proud owner of the Second National Bank of Jackson hoard. I hope you enjoyed this story. I am glad the family thought of my dad when they found this stash because this will most likely never happen to me again. I have always read posts on here where people were able to go through collections. I'm glad I got to experience something like this for myself, especially since it originated from my home town.

The Second National Bank of Jackson no longer exists. I'm not even sure when they disappeared or if they changed their name. We do have a First South Bank. Perhaps that is the name of this bank now. I'm going to do some research and post updates.