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

Been a while since my last post. Wanted to update totals since I started searching end of Feb. 2010.
Walkers
'35 - 1
'36 - 1
'40 - 1
'41 - 2
'42 - 2
'43 - 11
'44 - 1
'45 - 4

23 Total


Franklins
'50 - 1
'51 - 1
'52 - 1
'53 - 1
'54 - 2
'57 - 1
'59 - 1
'62 - 3
'63 - 9

20 Total


Kennedys
'64 - 95
'65 - 105
'66 - 129
'67 - 426
'68 - 484
'69 - 201
'70 - 1

Total 1441


Canadaians
'50 - 1
'66 - 1

Silver is out there. KEEP SEARCHING!

To my friends who are nervous about going to banks you are not a customer of, the worst thing that can happen is they tell you no. I have found %90 of my silver from other banks. %95 of the time they will be glad to give them to you because they hate counting them every night in the vault. So you are actually doing them a disservice by not asking. SHAME ON YOU!

P.S. I agree Hybes that banks other than your own are often the best sources. I have rarely been turned down because I was not a customer.

This is not "roll searching" exactly, but I went to a large flea market on Sunday. There was one booth that stretched about 40 feet and had a variety of items, mostly jewelry. At the end was a case with a few various coins, not well organized at all, like it was just there to take up the remaining space. I got someone's attention and asked the price of several uncirculated coin sets lying in the case. He quoted the prices from some magazine, incluidng $7 for the 1964 set. I said I'll take the $7 set and pushed it aside. He thought for a minute, looked troubled, and said "You know, I guess the silver in that set is worth more than that." I said that he could re-price it if he wanted, but he said he would stick by his quote. So I took home a uncirculated 1964 set in the original cello, with the 90% silver, half dollar, quarter, and dime, for less than the melt value of the half dollar alone. I usually don't buy coins, preferring to roll search. But I couldn't pass that one up.

Several bank stops this morning.

$90 in CWR yielded 1 x 40%.
$60 in CWR yielded nothing.

But then $60 in CWR yielded:

15 x 90% (including 12 Franklins)
13 x 40%

good luck mafia, I'm doing the same. how many did you order?

Same here and I upped it 2 boxes- total of 8 for the next 2 days! (Thurs/Fri.

Coin counting machines! a "DUMPSTERS" best friend! at $1K a pop for Halfs- only 4 trips in 2 days and I'll be done for the week!

I went to pick up my pennies today and the teller happened to have $1,000 in halves. I picked up one of the boxes, and..... Welcome back to skunksville. Nothing, nada, zippo, zilch, nada. Grrrr......