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First of all, I joined CCF about a month ago. I'm an old time collector, but took a short break, two decades. Well, I'm back and getting updates on World of coin collecting from CCF. Some of the threads I read had to do with Coin Roll Hunting. I've never had a pleasure of searching rolls of coins before. But it must have been Heaven't calling when I walked into my bank today and heard that distinct sound of tinglings. It was a thick, clunking sound and I recognized as halves right away. I asked the teller what's going on and she said a customer brought box full of halves to be deposited, and they are counting. The tellers who were counting did not look too happy. So, on a whim, I made an offer to them. "Why don't I take them off your hands!" They said SURE, and here are the halves below. I guess I'm starting CRH. I don't know what I'm going to do with all the left over coins though... I live in very busy metropolitan area where paying 100 halves for tank of gas will make people pretty upset behind me  Oh, I almost forgot. I also received a package in my mail box. It has been a good day!  Edited by Coconutjoe
04/27/2017 9:19 pm
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I hope you find an unc roll of 1916 Walkers! Lucky yooooo!
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 Looks like a lot of fun right there! I can't wait to here about the finds  |
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Good luck!
Find a different bank with a coin counter, preferably with no fees, to dump your leftover halves.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Very nice!  |
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Hello CRH members, After going through $500 bag and 33 rolls of halves, I did find one 63D Franklin half in one of the rolls. $500 bag of coins yielded nothing. This wasn't easy as I thought... My back hurts and I washed my hands about dozen times. US Halves are one of my favorites, and I just added nice Franklin to my collection. Other coins in the background are just high grade, shiny clad halves. I'm surprised that none of 40% showed up.  Edited by Coconutjoe
04/29/2017 3:36 pm
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Thanks for the report! Wish you would have done a little better.
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Hey don't forget to look for the varieties in the JFKs! That is a lot of fun. Here is from a former post concerning hunting JFKs that has a chart of what varieties can be found: RPM= Repunched MM DDO = Doubled Die OBV No FG = No designers initials on REV - note some only are missing the F - I was picky - there could be no trace of them. Too many on ebay you can clearly the FG is barely there in the pics.  Clashed Die - I looked for what I called a rhino horn sticking up off JFKs nose which is actually from the leaves on the REV. RD = Rotated Die       |
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Wow. This is a great information. Thank you. I will take some time going through these again.
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Glad to help - go to: varieyvista.com Scroll down to see the free online e-books that shows pics of most varieties including DDOs, DDRs, RPMs, and other items concerning the JFK half series. I used to pick out all of the ones on my chart by date and stack them. After I got through all the halves I would then have fun looking through the stack of each individual date for the varieties. Be careful - its addicting! There is one more I found around ten of (2.5 years of weekly searching 2-4 boxes) that is not on that list, or on any other. Its a 1994P with a spike coming off of JFKs nose and an extra element below the eagle on the reverse. I have fun calling the "Molting Eagle."   Have fun - there is a lot of enjoyment in finding these. |
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@Earle42 Thanks for posting the JFK variety chart, will sure come in handy. @Coconutjoe Glad you found a Franklin, at least it was not a total bust. Who knows, you may find a few varieties with the help of Earle42's chart and pictures. It does seem like a lot at first but if you sort them out by date while initially searching, it helps by focusing on 1 or 2 varieties per year instead of 10, 15, 20 different varieties per 10, 20 years span. On the plus side you get to look over them again before returning/spending them, kind of like a new box, have fun! |
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Nice that you found a Franklin... did you find any NIFCs?
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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thanks for the upper chart. Will come in handy as I'm trying to do a box a week till I get through $10,000 :) My first box I did find a 1982-P No FG so was happy about that find.
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nice find there! halves are a personal favorite of mine. those 40% are elusive to me too, ive never found any out in the wild but have found 90%, go figure!
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I found very few 82 No FGs and went through a lot of halves in 2.5 years. One of the 82 NO FGs appears to be actually from a die where there was not FG engraved. The other variety seems to be from the die being polished harshly enough to remove the FG. Below is a modified pic another member, Druu, once posted. The die which seems to have been made without the FG has no serifs on the base of the 1. The normal die, which can have the FG polished off, has serifs. Most no FG coins I see even slabbed and offered on ebay have a ghost of an FG. The ones I saved have no trace at all. I have one of each of the 82s with no trace at all.  Reading around the web I have seen claims of people that they have had most dates they found with no FG on them. - since most are a polishing issue. I would like to see these though because, as I have mentioned, you can look at slabbed ones and see a ghosted FG on an awful lot of them. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2Edited by Earle42
05/07/2017 2:41 pm
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Nice that you found a Franklin... did you find any NIFCs? I will look for NIFCs when checking for varieties. It will probably take me a while  Edited by Coconutjoe
05/07/2017 10:06 pm
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