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

Yes. I go in and do the rest of my banking. In one of the banks I know most all. They order but really think I am weird there. The other bank I have my mortgage and checking and yes I go in and almost end up apologizing for ordering. I would stop but I think I've been lucky so far with my finds! Thannks for your help! May I ask the bank you get yours from?

I can't believe with all the hype with silver that tellers haven't heard! That was surely a great find for you. Thanks for the info on the banks you get halves from! I don't bank with them but my daughter works for BoA in back office though. Good luck with your searches!

I would have expected to find at least ONE 40% by now in all of the boxes I have bought. Good finds on your boxes everyone!

Just an FYI to everyone out there. I know that people are still finding the occasional good coin(s) in boxes, but thought I'd share a bit about my conversation with the Brinks man this morning. I have been ordering a box of halves/week for about the past month (I do realize this is only about 4-5 boxes). Anyway, the Brinks guy told me that all of the boxes of halves they have at their storage area have been gone through, and that the only time they ever fill orders for halves is for roll searching. I do realize that people can still drop silver into coin counters etc. and they can end up in a Brinks roll, but to me it sounds like halves are become like quarters (The only time you find them is when they are stolen or mistakenly put back into circulation). I will probably still pick up the occasional box just to look for the NIFC, but just thought I'd share this info with everyone. Guess I'm not going to be able to finish my Franklins from Brinks boxes.

It looks to me like the F and P were stamped. Not worth anything but face value. Someone playing.

I wouldn't take the word of the Brinks guy as gospel. Even if it is true for that particular depot, it may not be for all of them. Brinks and the others have more than one facility. So whereas you may not ge any silver from Brinks, others might be able to. And I do believe there are several folks that have posted here that they get silver from Brinks. Also, I can't see how it would be profitable for them to search literally tons of halves for silver. They would have to pay someone to do that, and no way do they find enough to make it worthwhile. I call BS.

I spoke to a guy from Wells Fargo a few weeks ago. He told me no one does bags of halves now. Hmmmm, unless everyone here is lying, this guy was full of it. Point is, just because someone works for a bank or a money handling company does NOT mean what they say is always the truth.

We did our two boxes today. My box was full of marked coins. I knew right away it was useless. But the wife did manage to pull a 64 from the first roll. Then she hit the marked coins as well. So two boxes, one 64.

The coin gods are making us pay for the 38D and the several dozen silvers from the last couple weeks.

smokeriderdon,
I didn't phrase part of that very well. He didn't mean they (as in Brinks)go through them he just meant they are consistently being sent out, gone through, and returned. But I definitely agree with you that it depends on the facility.

Anyway a bad and a really good day. [The bad] Brinks box yielded no silver, no NIFC, and no hole fillers. Except the 1986-P with black sharpie X through it. It is so annoying when people do that. Just cause you don't want/need it doesn't mean others won't. My bad side kinda wishes that for every coin they do that to, a child or grandchild will swipe a silver one they kept and spend it on candy. Ok end soap box.. Because the next part is AWESOME!

Now for the awesome side. Stopped by a bank that I never go to right by my house on my way home. Asked the teller (who appeared to be 12) if she had any halves I could buy. She said a kid was just in with $5 worth of halves that she was more than happy to give me. Seven were various 1970s Kennedys, and 3 were Franklins. I think the 1958 is uncirculated or very nearly uncirculated. Feeling pretty pumped.