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Valued Member
United States
259 Posts |
got $110 in rolls of half dollars from my bank.. only got one 40% silver.. then a 1941-D Walking Liberty half. I know it's a high mintage but it's in pretty decent condition.. more importantly.. this being my first coin collecting excursion in a few years.. the flame has been rekindled! bring on the massive, massive amounts of change haha |
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Valued Member
United States
146 Posts |
congrats! I plan doing my first roll searching soon as well
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Valued Member
 United States
259 Posts |
it is amazingly addictive. if I didn't have to work in half an hour i'd be back at the bank haha. i put it to my roommate like this.. "it's like collecting baseball cards.. except you can exchange the ones you don't want or need  " |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
GB, that's a good analogy. I have on my desk a handful of LHCs that I am about to tear into. Since they are in the see-through plastic wrap holders I went ahead and scanned through a few of them to find the thick reddish rims that are telltale signs of Wheaties. One was a 1945. I also found two dimes mixed in there, which is odd. My bank is losing money with that kinda error!  I have yet to do half dollars...that might be next. I normally do pennies, dimes and quarters. |
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Valued Member
United States
259 Posts |
yeah. the first two rolls that I got were from a bank inside wal mart. I told myself that I was gonna wait till I accumulated as many rolls as I could afford, then go home and open them. right after I got them I walked around the corner and opened them all.. one was all bi-centennial halves and the other had nothing special. but I just couldnt wait until I got home. and I will be going back tomorrow morning.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thats a great find! I hear of people searching halves all the time and never finding what you found. congrats
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Valued Member
United States
146 Posts |
what do you do? go up to the teller and ask for a roll?
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Valued Member
United States
259 Posts |
i went to about 10 banks... just asked them if they had any rolls of halves.. last place I went to had $700 worth... hop3efully go back tomorrow to get another couple hundred
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Valued Member
United States
146 Posts |
how much is a roll of halves
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
Wow, they've gotten expensive! I remember back in the day they were only $7 for a roll of halves.  |
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Valued Member
United States
146 Posts |
i can't believe I have to pay 10  |
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
259 Posts |
a couple pictures. this coin makes me happy   |
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Valued Member
Australia
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I still get excited when my rolls appear (from the mailman) and I sit down with a beer (or coffee) and slowly (very slowly) open them one at a time and wait until I get a gap filler. Makes it a worthwhile.
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Posted 07/28/2008 4:34 pm
