jamesandsons
Sr. Member
Let me start by saying I'm not a "halves" guy. I do dimes, nickels, and cents, and I'm happy to stick with those for quite a while. I see how often you all seem to strike out on boxes and it just doesn't seem worth it to me for something I'd have to special order every time. Maybe some day I'll break down and order a box, but for now, no thanks.
However, I am gonna start buying whatever is in the teller tray. Especially after today.
I started yesterday, at my normal pick-up bank. Bought the one half she had, and I got excited because it was a bicentennial and I remembered reading on here that those could be 40%. However, it turned out to be a D, not an S. (And before you laugh at me for not being able to tell immediately, just know that I had never handled a 40% half before and wasn't sure how they looked.)
Today I was at my dump bank, waiting a particularly long time for my total as an experienced teller trained a new hire on how to work the machine. I spotted a small stack of halves in the teller tray it looked to my untrained eye like maybe one or two of them might not be clad. I decided I'd buy them and find out.
When the tellers got back they asked me to move down to the next window - I think so the new guy could handle the transaction. I asked if I could buy the half dollars in the next window over, where I had been standing previously. "How many do you need?" asked the older teller. "All of them," I said. She gave me a weird look but picked them up and brought them over.
There were 7 of them, so I paid for them and calmly palmed them. I didn't want to rifle through them while I was standing there, but the rest of my transaction seemed to take forever and finally I found myself glancing down to check the dates.
4 1967's. And 3 1968's. Seven 40%ers out of seven coins.
Well, now I know what they look like
And I'm always going to at least buy the halves sitting in the tray of the teller I'm doing business with!
However, I am gonna start buying whatever is in the teller tray. Especially after today.
I started yesterday, at my normal pick-up bank. Bought the one half she had, and I got excited because it was a bicentennial and I remembered reading on here that those could be 40%. However, it turned out to be a D, not an S. (And before you laugh at me for not being able to tell immediately, just know that I had never handled a 40% half before and wasn't sure how they looked.)
Today I was at my dump bank, waiting a particularly long time for my total as an experienced teller trained a new hire on how to work the machine. I spotted a small stack of halves in the teller tray it looked to my untrained eye like maybe one or two of them might not be clad. I decided I'd buy them and find out.
When the tellers got back they asked me to move down to the next window - I think so the new guy could handle the transaction. I asked if I could buy the half dollars in the next window over, where I had been standing previously. "How many do you need?" asked the older teller. "All of them," I said. She gave me a weird look but picked them up and brought them over.
There were 7 of them, so I paid for them and calmly palmed them. I didn't want to rifle through them while I was standing there, but the rest of my transaction seemed to take forever and finally I found myself glancing down to check the dates.
4 1967's. And 3 1968's. Seven 40%ers out of seven coins.
Well, now I know what they look like
And I'm always going to at least buy the halves sitting in the tray of the teller I'm doing business with!
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