Today was good for halves too (7/26/06)

ringding

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I went back to that bank in the small town today and bought the remaining $1570 in halves. They used a kid's wagon to carry the coins from the vault to the teller counter. LOL. Results: I got 5 - 40% halves and my FIRST BENJI!! Woohoo. Four of the silver halves were in the same roll. I didn't get as many silver coins as I would have liked but the Benjamin made my day.
 

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Immy

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Isn't that great when ol' Ben makes an appearance? Congrats on the silver!
 

Emperor Findus Cladius

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Don't forget to check the 1974D for the double dies! I have found 95 so far. Well, actually 98, but 3 of them were beat up Vegas halves, so I put them back in circulation.
 

MalteseFalcon

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I have yet to find one 1974 DD. But then I am a relative newcomer to the fantastical world of coin roll hunting.
 

HobBob

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Congrats!! Still looking for my first silver or 74DD (but it's my own fault - I only get a couple of rolls at a time).
However, I am having a lot of fun with the pennies right now. Just about to finish my first box and a half, looking for error coins. Have actually found a surprising number of minor errors, but nothing worth much. Still, it's a lot of fun looking. You know, I have really come to admire a brand new penny under x5 power magnification as a work of art!!
HH,
Bob
 

RatRacer

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HobBob, I was searching through about 3500 loose pennies last week, and I noticed that a penny doesn't REALLY look the way you picture it in your mind. The lettering is different, Abe is more vivid... they almost looked foreign to me. It was a pretty neat revelation.
 

HobBob

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I know what you mean... did you spot the tiny VDB on the bottom edge of Lincoln's torso at about the 7 o'clock position? I never knew that the initials of Victor D. Brennan were added to memorial pennies. I thought that only the 1909's had a VDB mark (and on the reverse side). Amazing!
HH,
Bob
 

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