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

I stopped by a local Citibank where I've found a few silver halves previously. I asked if they had any halves and one teller said "I do!". She pulled out this $20 roll:



It had an address stamp on it plus "Keep", "Save", and "Do Not Open" written in red pen. I ignored the last instruction and opened it:



The roll contained 2 Walkers (1936 and 1945-S), 14 Franklins, and 23 1964-P and 1964-D Kennedys. Many of the Kennedy halves are BU; The Franklins grade Fine to AU and the Walkers are cleaned Fine to VF.

You math majors may notice the roll was one coin short. I thought about demanding my money back but maybe I'll cut the bank a little slack this time!

Nice score!

I just picked up $330 in customer wrapped on Friday but it was someone's dump. But even so, I've been working on a roll set of JFK halves for many years now, and I still have some dates I need to complete. The one giving me the hardest trouble to find has been the 1988-P. This $330 lot had 4 BU 1988-P which helped immensely. I also scored a 1990-P, to complete that roll. So even in junk you can find treasure!

To complete my roll set from 1964-2001, I need just 1 1985-P and 1 1988P and of course many 1987-P and 1987-D (issued only in Mint sets). I do have the 70-D roll already.

Dang - someone turned in grandpa's 1/2 dollars or such. Think I'd of asked for any and all rolls of coins with that type of wrapper. Maybe could of found older dimes, quarters, etc. That was a major score.

Great find. That is a little better than my "Keep" rolls from last week.

First off you should know that I am NOT a camp counselor and not old enough to be (16) and $3 is what a dealer would have paid anyway. Also I know this kid, he would have eventually spent it at the snack bar there and it would have been grabbed by someone else or cashed in.
Thats all I have and I hope no one feels I'm evil (Ricardo!)

BTW AWESOME score Jaobler! That's over $275 in silver value!!

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Sounds like you need to ply them with treats- you've been too cheap! =P