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New Member
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Hello all. I'm new here, just getting my feet wet in coin collecting again after a twenty plus year hiatus. I'm trying to figure out what an easy series to start with would be and I think I just found my answer today by accident. I like the silvers, half and dollars so that may something good do start with but I have to tell what just happened. I was at Walgreens drugstore and an elderly gentleman paid for something with a couple bucks and a saw him throw down a half dollar, coulndnt see what it was. So when I got up to make my purchase I asked for the half dollar he just paid with and it turned out to be a 63 Franklin! It's nothing special, I know, kind of dirty but I have never seen one in ciculation so it was a nice little surprise. Guess maybe I'll start with a Franklin set seeing that I just found one and it doesn't seem like a terribly expensive set to start with. It was just a thing but it made my day. :) Edited by motrbotr
04/12/2009 11:28 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome to the forum! Did you chase down the older gentleman and ask if he had any more? :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 And if you want to try for Frank's start hitting up your local banks for rolls of halves. I have had fantastic luck recently with those. 5 walkers, 6 Frankie's. 24 90% Kennedy's and 20 some 40% Kennedy's  |
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New Member
 United States
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Coinhunter, no I didn't go after him. I thought about it but by the time I got out of the store and saw what I had, He was gone. It's a local store so perhaps I will see him again. Tim, I did stop last week at the bank I normally use and asked for 50 cent rolls and they had none. Is that normal? A bank not having 50 rolls? Guess I will have to try with some other banks. Thanks for the welcomes.  Edited by motrbotr
04/12/2009 4:01 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ask if they have Cent Bags. The cent bags are the only thing that they have at my bank, but you have to buy $50 of them.
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United States
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A lot of banks don't have halves on hand. I have found one or two that stock them and that's where I get mine but I'll always ask because sometimes they have customer rolls which some times have silver as well. If none of your local banks stock them ask to see the bank manager and ask him if he will order you a box this only works though if you have 500 or can convince them to buy one for you without promising to buy the whole thing. Good Luck in your search.
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New Member
United States
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Thought I would throw up a pic of the lucky half. First pic of a coin. Flash kind of washed it out and makes it look cleaner than it really is but you get the idea. Looking at the coin in hand, the writing on the bell is quite obvious but that doesn't show at all in the pic.   |
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United States
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I did stop last week at the bank I normally use and asked for 50 cent rolls and they had none. Is that normal? Unfortunately for some of us (me) it's all too normal. I live in a city of 30,000 with 5 banks and none of them carry Half Dollars. They only occasionally get what people turn in. Since the local banks don't normally carry them, they are few and far between. ~ Jim |
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nice coin and good start  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Also, to answer your questions, Jefferson nickels are widely considered the easiest set to start with. One box of $100 can usually bring you very close to a complete set. Two Whitman folders, a few coin tubes and a box of nickels, and you've got a great start. The supplies will cost about $10, so that's a nice inexpensive way to start. |
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to the Community! Very nice find! |
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I agree with starting with nickels, or cents. You can easily get your hands on either, and can complete a set of either (Lincoln Memorial, not wheats). And in the process, you'll handle a *lot* of them, which will teach you a lot about the series. If you go with Franklins and you decide to do it by searching rolls, you will spend most of your time weeding through Kennedy halves. And rolls of halves are not as easy to find. Very unlikely that you could complete a set of Franklins by searching rolls, so you'd end up purchasing a lot of them for more than $5 a piece. Edited by steve199
04/13/2009 1:48 pm
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I agree that it is difficult to complete a set of Franklin half dollars from roll searching, but it is still a relatively inexpensive set to complete. |
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but it is still a relatively inexpensive set to complete. That is true. |
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New Member
United States
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Well, today I decided to pick up some rolls of nickels on the off chance I would find a buffalo. Picked up twenty rolls and the oldest I found was a 46P after I asked for .50 cent pieces which they didnt have. I do actually have a Jefferson Whitman folder for nickels which the last printed date is 1980 so that tells you how old it is. Lol. And over the weekend I bought up to date Lincoln folders as the ones I have also end in 1980. Heh. I went thru my girlfriends penny jar and found a 36 P wheatyand a few older wheats. So I just need to transfer all the old Whitman folder pennies to the new ones. I think pennies and nickels are a good start but I will still ask for the half rolls when I'm in. I wasnt planning on roll searching to complete a Franklin set but looking at the Red Book, most in MS-60 or lower can be found for reasonable prices. |
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