JFK Half Dollar Roll Hunters: Silver, Proofs And Other Finds

John Paul - I also find plenty of 1998. I probably had about 20 in the last box I went through and they are in very nice shape. AU ++ to BU. I don't bother keeping them though, or the NIFC I find. I would have a good $25 tied up in NIFC if I did.

ok like I said, back to the credit union to buy 2 more rolls.

mostly 71-d's
4x %40's!! 3, 68-d's and a 67!! seriously.. this is insane! of all the posts I read about with people buying boxes.. I have had more success with 4 rolls...!! YEA!

i have thought about that. I am not that worried. I just tell them I need them for the dates and that I am putting several books together.lol that might keep them busy. but you are absolutely right. and they actually have been rolling these themselves! so they probably have no clue! I need to get in there and get them all! but the wifey isn't thrilled about $$$. as long as I'm keeping it between 10 and 20$ shes happy. I would rather keep the wife happy then have her ticked all because of coins. plus, I have asked 2 tellers there now about people asking for halves and that told me I am the ONLY ONE. man I feel like I got all the time in the world! anyway, its been a lot of fun to say the least. Probably headed back there on Monday for a few more rolls. =D

stay tuned!

Sorry DylansDad, but I cannot get the pics to load......keeps telling me they are too big, but when I make them small enough to load they are too small to see. ??

Try setting up a photobucket.com account and then you can link from your post to there, that's how many of us get the larger pix in here.

I know that when I was roll hunting back in the late 70's when silver last peaked, 40%'ers were fairly common then too. The tellers were pulling the pre-65 halves because they weren't aware of the silver content of the 65-70 halves. 40% halves are the real "junk silver", although I just sold $190 face and got a real good price.

This may be true. But, more and more people are starting to roll search halfs. I've seen alot more people posting here than a year ago. Also, some retired people only get checks at the first of the month and do their searching then. Like previously mentioned, the silver can be sold for a profit and the money can be put back into the account (and the profit can be used for further searching without taking money out of the account in the future) Your wife might go along with that! If not, I hope that nobody else finds your stash.

This is my first post, but I've been reading this thread for a while. I've pulled a 40% or two from a roll or some loose coin buys in the past 4 months - but until Friday had no reason to post. Stopped at a 5/3 bank on the way home on a whim, the teller had $29 in halves rolled (one $9 roll). I opened the $9 roll first - two 64's and two 68's. I was thrilled and didn't mind if the other $20 had no silver at all. However, roll 2 had three 64's and three more 40%'s. Roll three had three more 64's and five 40%'s!!

8 - 90% and 10 - 40% out of $29 face.

By far my best find yet. I'll be back in that bank next Friday.