The odds and ends while searching 16 banks this morning

[patpall22]

today i was determined to find some silver, and decided to hit up some banks I have never been to in this zoo they call San Diego. The first bank I went to had only one young lady (probably college student) working the teller which was a score b/c they usually are ill informed about the silver rush. She told me that she only had ONE!!! 50 cent piece and picked up a frosty gray coin from her tray. I knew it was silver but got Little anxious when she started to look at the coin and play with it a bit. Eventually, she handed me the coin and I was pumped to find a 1960 D Franklin(my second ever found). I thought 1 bank, 1 half, 1 silver, this is going to be a great morning. The next fifteen banks only yielded about 10$ in half's, NO silver. I actually had a great time going to all those banks and talking to the tellers whom ask as many questions as I do about buying halves. I also picked up 29 2$ bills for fun. whats great about this hobby is that it really isn't about the money, it feels really good to accomplish a personal goal, and learn new ways to approach them

 

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[coinlover]

are there any stars or old notes in that bunch of $2 bills? nice franklin by the way!

 

[patpall22]

Thanks for the coment Coinlover. I don't know about the stars, or where to find them, but I quickly looked for older bills, 6 of them are 1976 (the oldest
), the rest are 95- or 03 series

 

[morris0863]

whats the deal w/$2.00 bills they have treasure value above face?

 

[BEACH-HUNTER]

Nice silver!!

Good to hear you had fun while doing it!!! thats what its about!!! I like the two dollar bills!! I think I will ask about some Mon!! nice finds!!

 

[Dimeman]

Nice finds!!!!!!!! Ben sure is looking good, there!!!!

 

[coolpix9]

$2 Bills and some guidelines.

If you are asking for twos while CRHing,you might want to ask the teller if they have Red Seals or Blue Seals instead of the much more common Green ones. The Red's are worth approx. $3 in any circulated shape and much more in nice condition. The Blue Silver Certificates are worth more than the red ones. The green ones are fun but they are worth $2. Good Luck, Jim
according to Wikipedia,there are over 20 times as many $5 bills minted for every $2 bill.