I've heard these types of stories happening on the forums, but I never in a million years dreamed that I'd be writing one myself one day.
I stopped at this bank to try and cash some savings bond checks I had, but was told I had to do it through this complicated process and can't do it at the bank. Before leaving I noticed one of the tellers had what looked like half dollars in the tray. I haven't spent half dollars in forever so I figured what the heck, I'll buy whatever they have there and spend them since they're probably modern
Kennedy half dollars.
I asked how many half dollars were there, and all the tellers immediately lit up as though I offered them a free trip to Hawaii. I ended up doing several money swaps with different tellers, and in total I walked out with $121 total in half dollars from the different money trays, including $80 that was in a deposit bag. Of the $80, $60 of it was rolled, while the last 20 was loose in the bag.
I noticed that 5 of the 6 rolls were these old looking rolls that weren't produced anymore. I thought nothing of it, figured that some collector used them to bait other collectors when in reality there was nothing but rejects inside. They all said "MAB 2/20/75" so I thought that someone put a bunch of 1971-1974 half dollars in there.
I get to the car and look through all the loose halves, and I got 2 40%ers, a 65 and a 67. I opened the newer looking roll and found nothing of interest, but curiosity got the best of me and I peeked inside the older rolls. Every single one of them had a Walking Liberty or Franklin on the end. My heart started racing, and I thought "no way did I really just hit a solid silver stash?" I dumped one of the rolls out, and every single half dollar in there was undoubtedly a 90%er. Ever watched movie scenes where the character gets so excited, they can't even talk? That was me in real life. In total, I got $50 in 90%ers, all Walking Liberty or Franklin, plus an extra dollar of 40%ers. I don't think I'll ever order a box (never did to begin with, felt too much like a chore opening coin rolls only to dump at another bank) again, when getting random half dollars the tellers have can result in this!
Roll 1:
1941 x4 (P, D, Sx2), 1942 x3, 1944 x2, 1945, 1946 x2, 1954 x2, 1957-D, 1958-D, 1963 x4 (Px2, Dx2)
Roll 2:
Dateless WL, 1942 x2 (P, D), 1943 x5, 1944 x3 (P, D, S), 1945-D, 1954, 1957-D x2, 1961 x2 (P, D), 1962-D, 1963 x2 (P, D)
Roll 3:
1941-S, 1942 x6 (Px5, S), 1943, 1944, 1945-D x2, 1953-D, 1958-D, 1961 x2 (P, D), 1962 x2 (P, D), 1963 x3 (P, Dx2)
Roll 4: This roll was all
Franklin halves1951 x3, 1952 x13 (Px7, Dx6), 1953-D, 1954 x3 (P, Dx2)
Roll 5:
1941 x3 (P, Dx2), 1942 x2 (D, S), 1943 x4 (Px3, D), 1944 x3 (P x2, S), 1959-D, 1960, 1961, 1963 x5 (Px3, Dx2)
https://flic.kr/p/2oiWfBNI think this was a deceased person's collection that got cashed in by their kids. Really sad how today's generation has no appreciation for US currency or old money, they all use credit cards or their phones to pay and don't even care about holding onto their inheritance. I am so thankful to have found all these at face value, I've never found a Franklin or Walking Liberty in circulation before and will definitely hang onto these for a long time. Being that I'm in my early 20s I'll keep the coin collecting hobby alive among Gen Z at least as long as I'm still kicking!
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Posted 02/25/2023 2:42 pm
, got a 1990 S clad proof (might be my first S coin from circulation but I don't know 
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, 6 NIFC coins 
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