Gas Station Silver! -- Plus an odd find...

[Kamyu]

Hey all,

So today I went to the gas station to fill up as I was getting pretty low. Paid as normal and asked for a receipt just so I could see the drawer contents. ^_^ Spied a couple halves in the drawer so asked the teller if she had any halves. She looked at me a bit funny and reopened her drawer. Asked her what she had and she spouted off the dates without my asking. I actually meant how many did she have but she told me dates instead of numbers of coins. First was a 1969 so I was like, nice! Rest of the dates were normal dates I'd hear but when looking at what she was holding, one of them looked very odd to me. It wasn't a kennedy half she was holding. Anyways, I asked if I could buy the 1969 and she was hesitant. She knew what she had. After heming and hawing a little, she said, oh alright and sold me it for face value. :P After I got that one, I asked if she would sell the odd one. She relented and sold me that one as well for face. So I got the two I wanted, and she said if I wanted the others, she'd sell those. So I took them as well even if they weren't anything special. Doesn't seem to be silver as far as I can tell. Copper edge and doesn't have that ting sound.

So in the end I got:
1 - 1969D Kennedy
1 - 1986S Something Half

If anyone has any info on the 1986S, let me know. I've no clue if it's something the mint put out or some oddball non currency commemorative thing. Any idea of value is also appreciated.

[golden silver]

It is an Ellis Island commemorative half. They made them in clad and 40% silver. I have both types several times over. A neat find.

Golden Silver

[tallguybry]

Whoa!

Nice Liberty half commemorative!

http://moderncommemoratives.com/1986...y-half-dollar/

H$H!!
TGB

[ckrakowski]

i just bought one of those ellis island halfs last week. mine is clad but it is the first comm. for me.

[enamel7]

It is an Ellis Island commemorative half. They made them in clad and 40% silver. I have both types several times over. A neat find.

Golden Silver

Actually I think they were only clad. But a uncirculated and proof version were made.

[SilverFace]

Nice finds. That's a Statue of Liberty commem half and they are all clad. Only the '82 GW commem halves are 90% silver.

I had a nice cwr score on Mon from a bank and the teller told me she got them from gas stations around town that brought them in. As soon as she told me that I just had a feeling that I found something good.

[conpewter]

nice finds I got the ellis island half last year from a bank stop, nice find but doesn't seem to be worth much unfortunately. Hadn't heard of any of them in 40%

[Gareb]

As it is said it is an Ellis Island commerative, I don't know if they had silver for them but I did get the dollar version last year in a bag of Ikes I purchased. It was a silver proof at one point. Now it is just a 90% dollar that used to be proof.
Nice find either way, commeratives are fun to find.
Mike