First sealed box of Halves

[minelab rick]

I've been getting halves from a lot of the banks here in town with very little success. Most were hand rolled and had already been checked. I ordered my first box from my bank last week.I got them Friday and started going through them as soon as I got home. The first three rolls produced 4 keepers, 2-1964 and 1 - 1968 and one 1988 s proof. All together I got 24 silvers with the proof. I'll break it down for you later. How can I tell if the proof is silver or not? and I also got a bicentennial that was gold in color. It was a P mintmark. Is it anything special or just a gold colored coin?

Buying the boxes seems like the way to go!!!

 

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[enamel7]

Nice box! Check the reeding on the edge of the proof. If it looks solid silver it may be. If a layered look it is clad. The bicentennial is probably just gol plated, nothing special.

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

The gold colored bicentennial is plated, nothing more. There were no 1988-s made in silver, so yours is definitely clad. The proof silver were made in 1976 and 1992 to present. They are easy to distinguish, they look just like the 40% halves, only with a mirror like finish.