Question For Half Dollar Roll Searchers

I've quit searching both dimes and quarters. It's so rare to find anything.

I've always had much better luck with halves.

It depends where you live in terms of hunters, as compared to 10-15 years ago, my success rate had notably dropped to the point that I rarely bother since I have other interests that I'd like. But with more interesting non-silver coins including the highest concentration of proofs of any denomination, NIFCs, No FGs, and DDO's, it's still a viable option to search for and remains popular. I'd honestly search small dollar rolls over quarters though since you have a better chance of finding proofs, NIFCs, wounded eagles, or 1979 Wide Rims that can bring in a little money. Quarters meanwhile have very few notable varieties and the worst odds of any denomination.

fistfulladirt,

I did three boxes and only found one silver dime.

This always baffles me. I've got two banks and one credit union, and all of them charge an additional fee for boxes of halfs and/or dollars. It's been years since I checked, but I believe my cost would have been $520-$550/box.

I'm VERY curious on where (and how) all these other guys get there boxes at face value. ?

PS: Technically none of my banks are supposed to 'sell' me boxes of change, but my one bank does let me order penny-quarter boxes at face because the 'chief' at the one bank gives them to me because she knows I'm disabled

With dimes, volume definitely helps... but I also think it is much better to buy $50 each from 5 different banks than a box from one bank... when you spread it out, you can find where the best finds are more easily and then re-hit those banks/tellers to maximize your finds. I did this the other day - $50 from 8 different banks. One batch of $50 in CWR produced 2 silvers... a batch of $50 in CWR from a different bank brought a silver and $20 in CWR from that same branch brought two Buffalos... so you know which two branches I'll be hitting again tomorrow.