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

Went to a branch of my bank I usually do not go to. I asked they had any half dollars and they said don't order them and people come and get what half dollars do come in. They also said I could not order a box of half dollars because they do not like to deal with what she kept reffering to as "funny money".

Orly? And where exactly is NF String and Sons?

They sell coin handling equipment and supplies. Oddly enuf, they put their name on them.

Here's their website: http://www.nfstring.com Do you see anything about running a courier service?

Basicbob, regardless of condition, proofs are always proofs. Proof refers to the type of coin, NOT the condition. A hammered circulated proof could be classified as say a PF45 indicating its wear.

Anyway, this week we ended up doing 6 boxes as one bank did not order the two we usually get. From that six we found a ton of BU coins, 2 1982 proofs, 5 90% and 35 40%.

And, totals for the year of 2011 are:

Walkers: 1935, 1936, 1938 and 1938D, 1941, 1942, 1944 x 2 and 1945.

Frankies: 1949 x2, 1950 x 3, 1951, 1952 x 3, 1953, 1959 Proof, 1961, 1962 x 3 and 1963x 4

Kennedy: 1964 x 48, 1965 x 28, 1966x 73, 1967x 147, 1968x 151, 1969x 98. And one 1976 silver proof.

For a total of 574 silver coins.

Not bad eh?

Thats awesome smoke! How many boxes did you average a week? And did you hit multiple banks per trip or just one branch a week. I want to refine my strategy.

Went through 6 boxes last night.
Found 1 1942s Walker a 1987p
and 1 real beat up bicentennial clad proof
Got 11 more boxes to do today I hope the pickings improve.

biggfredd:

This is how it's done according to Susan Headley's coinfacts back in 2007.

"Were all of the coins rolled by the N. F. String & Son Company in Pennsylvania?
No. None of them were! N. F. String only makes the wrappers, which they sell to the company who actually does the coin rolling for the Fed.

Who rolled the coins, then? And how does the process work?
The coins are rolled by a company called Coinwrap, Inc. They roll the coins for the Federal Reserve Banks, or "Fed," which pick them up and store them until banks order them. Typically, banks with multiple branches have a central bank that order the coins from their regional Fed. The branches then order the coinage they need from their own central bank facility. The coins are all transported around, of course, by armored car services."

So she got the first part and part of the second part. Any bank, vending company, or even you and I can order the wrappers. Just because Coinwrap uses them doesn't mean they are the only ones using them.