Kennedy bicentennial half dollar question

[riverguy]

I went through about 40 rolls of kennedy half dollars. I am finding about 1-4 bicentennial half dollars per roll.

My neighbor who has a huge collection of wheats (over 150,000) said he would buy all the kennedy bicentennial's from me.

Hmmm, what is the deal her. I see some selling for a slight profit on ebay in the shipping hand handling of say $5.00 per roll.

Am I missing something here? Are they worth culling out and saving? I know the pre-1970 are worth saving, but am not sure on the bicentennials.

Thanks for any input.

 

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[phrostie]

tell her you'll trade her them for wheat pennies.

 

[fistfulladirt]

I'll buy all your 1970's.

 

[golden silver]

How much were you offered for the bicentennials? The S mints can be silver and there is a cud error that can bring some profit but other than that I can not see any value above 50 cents.

Golden Silver

 

[riverguy]

My wheat penny collecting neighbor wants to buy them at face value. That is fine with me, maybe he knows something or he just wants to save them for the future. He knows that I am going thru several boxes of kennedys in hopes of finding silver. So far no silver, but from what I have been told by other successful roll hunters on this forum that it is a volume game. I am not ready to give up yet, bought $300 in pennies and dimes today. But if I don't get something, then I am wondering if Brinks here in Atlanta is going through them? But that seems very improbable due to the huge volume they go through.

I also am wondering if the fact that I live in North Atlanta where the homes are expensive, maybe I should go to a branch on the southside of town where it may be more likely that people are turning in spare change to the bank due to harder times. Any thoughts on this idea would be welcome.

 

[Ifyndit]

Look for these cud errors on the reverse or see if there is an "s" mintmark and silver. If no cud error or s mintmark go ahead and sell them to her. Before too long she won't want any more from you because you will have found hundreds of them! One less trip to the bank for you too!

 

[fistfulladirt]

Nice examples of cud errors. FFD

 

[Seagates]

Yeah unless they are an error or An S mint mark I would say go ahead and sell to your neighbor until they run out of money.

 

[enamel7]

Yeah unless they are an error or An S mint mark I would say go ahead and sell to your neighbor until they run out of money.

Which they will.

 

[OmegaMan]

Yeah sell them to him. The area does not matter.
Rich or poor they will all even out on silver. Just my experience.

 

[golden silver]

As for the Atlanta area.... I have heard that that is a very tough area to find silver. In fact someone on this forum went on a business trip down there and did some coin roll hunting If I can recall the results were so so. Oddly I have only had mediocre success when on road trips south of VA. I have been as far south as South Carolina with minimal results. I had some good days on Roanoke island NC and in Edenton but other than that not much. I think southerners know their stuff about old coins and metal detecting and that is the reason you may not find as much. Also, a thought is that you are in a highly populated area and most likely not virgin territory. In other words many have walked your same path before. Your best bet is to get away from the city or order boxes that come from somewhere else. Good luck.

Golden Silver

 

[Goes4ever]

trade her wheats for them.........