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New Member
United States
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Hello, I'm new to this forum and have been searching pennies and nickels for a while and was wondering about upgrading to halves. Does anybody know what I should look for (key dates, silver, etc.) and keep when searching half dollars? Every time I go to the bank to ask for half dollars, they always say they don't have any. Where do you guys get yours? Also, about how often do you guys find silver
half dollars? Any answers you can give me will be very appreciated!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
368 Posts |
1964 and back are 90% silver (Kennedy) 1965-1970D are silver as well but 40% (silver Kennedy) before 64 they have franklin on them ( Franklin halves) before franklin there were Walking Liberty halves (walkers) before that they were Barber halvesI dont know the exact cut off dates for each series but there is some info on the different type of coins the next thing to look for are proofs look for an "S" mintmark on the coin these can possibly be silver but also clad I keep them for fun if nothing else NIFC (not intended for circulation) coins I also keep 2001P and 2002 and up are NIFC coins so were the 1987P and D coins If you ask your bank manager or the person seated at the spot for commercial transactions they can probably order you boxes of half dollars ($500) no problem for no fee try it out and see if they can't then try another bank, or take what you can get when they have them I would also start a complete Kennedy set, but a folder to put them in and have fun that should cover most of your questions! If not ask more and I'll see what I can do to help! good luck |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Your just one of many. At every bank in my area they say the same thing, no halves. Actually they are not even supposed to order them anymore for customers. I've got accounts in 5 banks and even as a customer, nothing in halves.
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Valued Member
United States
286 Posts |
How is searching nickels? Iv'e never tried it before.
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Valued Member
United States
462 Posts |
Nickel searching is fantastic. It's not gonna make you rich like searching halves. But I have more fun searching nickel than I doe halves.
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New Member
 United States
14 Posts |
Thanks slash112, that should help me a lot.  northwestseeker, out of the 2 and a half boxes I have searched of nickels, I have found 3 silver War Nickels, one Canadian nickel, and about enough from the 50's-1939 to fill a roll. I only keep the 40's-50's coins that are less worn. |
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Valued Member
United States
368 Posts |
oh yeah speaking of canadian
if you find a canadian half dollar in your searches I am almost 100 percent sure it will be silver
they changed sizes when they stopped making them out of silver so in order for it to be rolled up in a US roll it would have to be silver
I think but I can't remember maybe someone else will quickly confirm that
I live in buffalo so canadian change is very prevalent up here
Also save your foreign stuff, if nothing else its really cool looking for the most part
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
Customer rolled halves is the best to get in my opinion. I have had the best luck with those. And ask for any and all loose halves also. I picked up 3 loose halves on Monday and all were 64 Ken's!
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New Member
United States
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Today I went to my bank to get two boxes of pennies and asked if they had any halves. They said they didn't so I got the pennies and asked if they could order a box. Appearently, they can't. I decided to go to the Wachovia across the street. They had 3, 1 dollar coins but no half dollars. Since I don't see these large dollar coins often, I decided to take them. One dollar is a 1971 and the other two are 1976's (bicentennial). I again went to another bank nearby and asked for half dollars and they had 3 rolls of them! I took the half dollars and looked through them and found 6 bicentennials and a 1972 with a hole drilled in the top. I think I'm going to make a Christmas tree ornament out of it.  Are the Bicentennials worth keeping? They seemed pretty common. |
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Valued Member
United States
286 Posts |
looks like I am going to have to buy a box' o nickels! just found a 1943P War Nickel, has a circular scratch in it tho.. I like this |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
oh gosh, not yet another half dollar roll hunter.
hey new guy,
these are not the droids you're looking for.
j/k. anyway, no the bicentenialls are worthless. you need 1970 and earlier.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
I went to the chase bank today and I got 55$ in Ikes, Kennedy halves, and susan b's the guy was like "i have been wanting to get rid of this stuff for a while" I asked them if they had a cloth bag with the big dollar sign on it (LOL) still need to look through it =) Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Pillar of the Community
United States
958 Posts |
2 banks by me will not order ikes or kenndeys
They will only order the new gold dollars at request.
The only halves are ones customers bring in .Plus some anthoney dollars
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
If you are interested in consistant silver, try dimes. I average 2 per box of $250. I don't search boxes of halves anymore, as monster hunters and too much competetion have killed the finds.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
850 Posts |
you need S mints. 1970D. 1987 p and d and anything past 2004. (ive heard 2001 and 2004 as the cut off date for circulated halves)anything before 1971 is silver. 1965-1970 are 40% silver (or .14792 oz) and anything before 1965 is 90% silver (or .36169 oz. So far the only halves I have not found in circulation is 196d, 1965, and 1987d. That is it. It is possible to find proofs in circulation. I found a total of 21 proofs while searching halves. I will agree that customer rolls are so much better then bank/boxes. But sometimes you cant get customer rolls so you get boxes.
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Posted 12/07/2010 11:06 pm
