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Fasten your seat belts fellas...dreams to come true. My wife left today to go to a convention, so I went bank trekking to keep myself busy. I saw a You tube video 2 days ago showing a guy with a bag of loose $100.00 halves. When I saw he recovered some 130 silver coins, I couldn't believe it, and thought like others why can't that happen to me. So on a hunch, I called a branch bank I never go to and asked if they had any halves. She said they had $140.00 in rolls but no loose halves. I told her I would be there today. When I arrived, the tellers were very friendly and I was grateful and they sold me $50.00 of nickels. Well here goes.... I had the rolls in a plastic zip tie bag. The rolls looked familiar. Manilla color with "steel-strong" tubular writing. I opened the first and a 1964 BU Kennedy was revealed followed by 19 others. I thought I might Have hit it big. I did. All 280 coins were silver. There were 88 1964; 2 1965;100 Benjies, 90 Walkers. Details to follow.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Jackpot!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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90 Walkers.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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OMG! I was planning a bank run today but couldn't decide what to ask for so skipped. Now I know. Hope I have some of your luck.
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That is unbelievable! Seriously  You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
Edited by NumismaticsFTW
10/19/2023 9:44 pm
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Holy schnikes! That is fantastic! Having worked in a bank for over a decade I can count on one hand how often silver comes in like that. It is not often, once every couple of years if that. You were truly in the right place at the right time.
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I am callling in sick tomorrow just to go on an all day bank run in honor of your finds.... Congrats!! So happy for you!!
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I went to four banks in total, the last one gave me these jewels. Each bank gave me 48 or 50 rolls of nickels. So, I have those to go through. I went through the Benjamins, as I have not started an album on them. I was considering buying an uncirculated collection, but with this haul I've reconsidered. I have the following: 1950P; 1951Px2,1951D,1951S;1952Px5,1952Dx2; 1953Dx7;1954Px6,1954Dx2; 1957Px2,1957Dx3; 1958D; 1960D; 1961Px6,1961D; 1962Px13, 1962Dx12; 1963Px16,1963Dx10; and1 Philly without date (looks like intentional damage). Interesting, the only notations on the rolls was one stating, 1934 to 1945 which had all Walkers, and another roll had stamped date, "June 8,1967", and another had 1948 to 1965, which had all Benjamins and a couple of 1964's. Tomorrow, I need to buy an album for the Benjamins.
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Oh heck yes!  Awesome score! Errers and Varietys.
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Wow - fantastic. |
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Is no one curious as to why OP refers to rolls of "nickels" when the topic is half dollars?
And yes, NumismaticsFTW, this story is unbelievable.
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Let's think of how those half dollars got to the bank....
A knowledgeable person would never take rolled silver halves to a bank.
So, who took them there?
A thief?
A relative (also a thief)?
or maybe they have been at the bank since 1964.
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Posted 10/19/2023 8:54 pm
