First, I would like to thank everyone who contributes to this awesome forum. There is a wealth of great information here! I really got hooked reading the CRH sticky although I have been interested in the hobby for awhile and ordered 3 or 4 boxes of halves before. I also have access to bags of halves which is really exciting. Reading about everyone else's finds though really got me into the mindset so I ordered a couple boxes. Yellow wrappers, searched 2,000 coins, found one 40% 1967. Not a total skunk but a little disheartening. So I decided to try my hand going around town to banks (whether I had an account or not) and boy did that payoff. First bank had nothing, second had 12 "Big" dollars (all were Ikes though- yes I still bought 'em all!). The third and final bank had $177.00 in halves (17 customer wrapped rolls and $7 in loose halves) so I offered to buy them all. I think I did alright...
The first two pictures are for the same roll and since that was the best one I figured I leave them both in.
Another great roll!
Incredible!
Interestingly almost all of the silver was 90%, including 19 in the first roll. Speaking of which I should point out that all the loose halves and 11 of the other rolls had no keepers. There were 2 random 40%'s in each of the two remaining rolls. For some reason I had such a good feeling (probably because the rolls looked old) that I could barely get these out of the bank and into the car before opening my first roll which had...nothing! Needles to say that kind of helped me not tear the other rolls open in the car like Superman and kept my expectations realistic.
Here's another shot of the main/best roll.
A picture of the days finds, including Ikes.
Final counts from the 4 dream rolls.
Roll #1
17 1964
1 Walker
1 Franklin
1 Bicentennial
Roll#2
11 1964
1 Walker
1 Franklin
1 1968-D
6 Bicentennial
Roll#3
12 1964
1 1966
1 1968 D
6 Bicentennial
Roll # 4
8 1964
1 Franklin
1 1967
3 1965
7 Bicentennial
A total of 48 1964's, 3 Franklins, 2 Walkers, 7 40%'s and 20 Bicentennials.
I checked all the other coins from each roll (3 or 4 times each) because I was thinking this had to be a collector who's spouse or heir didn't know what they had. No 1974 DDO or NIFC's. I would think whoever rolled them would have just kept all the 90%'s together but who knows why it was sorted the way it was. It's worth noting that all of the clad contained in the silver rolls was bicentennial for some reason. Also, none of the pictures have all of the coins together because I'm leaving them rolled the way I found them. That way I figure during a long skunk streak or dry spell I can always open one of those rolls and still be happy with it. Very interesting collection I found. Thank you for reading!
The first two pictures are for the same roll and since that was the best one I figured I leave them both in.
Another great roll!
Incredible!
Interestingly almost all of the silver was 90%, including 19 in the first roll. Speaking of which I should point out that all the loose halves and 11 of the other rolls had no keepers. There were 2 random 40%'s in each of the two remaining rolls. For some reason I had such a good feeling (probably because the rolls looked old) that I could barely get these out of the bank and into the car before opening my first roll which had...nothing! Needles to say that kind of helped me not tear the other rolls open in the car like Superman and kept my expectations realistic.
Here's another shot of the main/best roll.
A picture of the days finds, including Ikes.
Final counts from the 4 dream rolls.
Roll #1
17 1964
1 Walker
1 Franklin
1 Bicentennial
Roll#2
11 1964
1 Walker
1 Franklin
1 1968-D
6 Bicentennial
Roll#3
12 1964
1 1966
1 1968 D
6 Bicentennial
Roll # 4
8 1964
1 Franklin
1 1967
3 1965
7 Bicentennial
A total of 48 1964's, 3 Franklins, 2 Walkers, 7 40%'s and 20 Bicentennials.
I checked all the other coins from each roll (3 or 4 times each) because I was thinking this had to be a collector who's spouse or heir didn't know what they had. No 1974 DDO or NIFC's. I would think whoever rolled them would have just kept all the 90%'s together but who knows why it was sorted the way it was. It's worth noting that all of the clad contained in the silver rolls was bicentennial for some reason. Also, none of the pictures have all of the coins together because I'm leaving them rolled the way I found them. That way I figure during a long skunk streak or dry spell I can always open one of those rolls and still be happy with it. Very interesting collection I found. Thank you for reading!
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awesome score!
