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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I guess my phone call to the bank paid off, the manager handed me a $10 bill for the error! Note to Self: Make more phone calls to my bank when they screw up my orders.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1547 Posts |
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Man I don't know where this luck came from but I'm going to keep riding it until it runs out. This week has been my best week ever for half dollars. Let me break it down for you guys and share my finds.
Wednesday: (I previously posted this)
2 40%
17 franklins, 3 walkers (all in one roll)
Friday:
8 40%
2 90% 1964 kennedys
Today:
1 full roll of '67 40% kennedys
1 full roll of 68 D 40% kennedys
1 bicentennial clad proof from a teller tray
Total:
22 90%
50 40%
1 proof
All were from cwr's....I'm only 21 and I haven't been doing this for as long as most of you guys but I'd say it was a good week for me. You ought to be ashamed of yourself!  Please take that as a compliment.  |
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Valued Member
United States
497 Posts |
just did another box.
1965 X 1
1967 X 3
1966 X 1
1964 X 1
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
nice andrew. I just did 110.00 in CWRs and got 19 40% silvers. this is my first decent find in the JFK arena. very exciting. I usually only do well with dimes.
hey have any of you guys found walkers and/or franklins in boxes?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
508 Posts |
obla - I've found 4 Franklins to date out of boxes (N.F. String & Son). Still waiting to find my first walker.
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Valued Member
United States
497 Posts |
Same, I've found about 3 or 4 franklins. I'm still trying to get a walker since there deffinetly out there! My banks never have CWR rolls..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
625 Posts |
Last weeks finds...
4 - $500 boxes
1 - 90%, 2 - 40%
Better than nothing, still very slow on the silver front.
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Valued Member
United States
101 Posts |
After an epic dry spell, I found 6 CWR this morning that yielded 2 x 1964 and 8 x 40%. It doesn't make up for the time in the wilderness, but it's a start.
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Valued Member
United States
101 Posts |
obla, I pulled a couple of Franklins out of Brinks rolls recently.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
hmm...well I mean have any of you guys found like a large amount of 40 or 90% ones in boxes? because I just ordered 6.
the driving around and getting out and going in and driving off repeatedly is getting to me.
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Valued Member
United States
101 Posts |
No, on the whole, I have found box searching an absolute waste of time. I probably have averaged 1 or slightly less than one silver per box, usually a 40%. Occasionally, you will hear of someone finding an epic box, and maybe that's why people keep doing it, but that is very rare. Good luck with yours. Hope you find the big one.
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Valued Member
United States
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My bank got the 4 boxes from the "glitch" last week. Tough sledding - 1 90% (64P) and 3 40%.
Regarding the discussion on boxes vs CWR's. I have had some good boxes, but they have fallen off lately. I find CWR's and loose half dollars hard to find in my area. My banks (multiple) tell me that at least 3-4 people come in looking for halves per week. In addition, almost all of the rolls I find are from roll hunters, and I find that many tellers keep the loose silver and search customer rolls to take silver out.
To give an example, last week I went into a bank and asked for halves. The teller smiled and said she had $120 worth. I bought $50 and asked if she had any loose. She stopped smiling, reached in her drawer under the counter(and kept all of the coins where I could not see them), and I could hear her dropping numerous silver coins in the tray. She then pulled out 12 halves and said "I have $6 worth". They were all clad. The $50 I bought were also all clad, and all 12 rolls appeared to have marks on them. I do not begrudge the teller, she is likely underpaid and in her position I too would keep the silver. But, it illustrates what I find in my area.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1547 Posts |
As the price of silver goes up, so goes the IQs of the tellers.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1026 Posts |
Well I gave up in my area the banks will not give you any boxes or order any have tried numerous banks no go.
Any silver I am sure they keep.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
keep looking man, I always get discouraged, then next day make a good find.
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