Best find in several years

[Twitch]

I go to Washington state about once a year to visit family. I always bake in a half day or so to hunt some coins. There’s a particular bank I stop at that ALWAYS has silver, like $20 shotgun rolls that are solid silver and have the word ‘silver’ written on them. It’s a good bank to say the least. So I stop by this morning ask for halves and am told “we gave them all to a guy yesterday”. $&@#! The teller then says “I have 2 if you want them”. Of course I say yes and there’s clearly a 40%er in there. I thank her and ask if she’ll see if the other tellers have any left. No problem. The far teller says he has 3 and the middle teller who's Helping another customer says he has 2.

I can hear that 1 of the 3 at the far teller is a silver. When the middle says she had 2 the customer she’s helpin says “I was going to buy those”. My teller looks at me ackward and I say “not a problem” and she gives the 2 back to the middle teller. Meanwhile the far teller keeps checking his 3 coins with a funny look. I’m thinking the guy yesterday took the bulk of the score, the other customer sniped 2 halves from me and this far teller is going to undercut me too. Awesome. Eventually my teller returns with the 3 halves from the far teller do whatever he was looking at he left in there.

I throw them them in my pocket and walk out. When I get to the parking lot this is what is staring back at me.



Found the commemorative, 2 64-D’s and 6 40%ers.

 

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[Megalodon]

I live in Washington, what bank is it so I can make sure that they have silver for you whenever you visit :-)

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[Twitch]

I live in Washington, what bank is it so I can make sure that they have silver for you whenever you visit :-)

I think we can work something out. You send me the ‘79-CC Morgan you found and I’ll send you the address to the bank? See, I’m reasonable. For what it’s worth i’ve Had good luck in OR and ID as well.

 

[NoThisIsPatrick]

I was just joking. It’s reassuring to hear at least someone has had pretty good luck in eastern wa. A lot of the banks I’ve visited out there don’t have any halves.

 

[Twitch]

I was just joking. It’s reassuring to hear at least someone has had pretty good luck in eastern wa. A lot of the banks I’ve visited out there don’t have any halves.

One thing I will say is I find way more CWR’s and teller tray halves in the Pacific North West than I normally do in home area. Maybe try mixing up your routine, hit different banks, try different cities. Keep it up and you’ll find good stuff.

 

[Zomotion]

Thanks. I'm pretty fortune that I have an under-hunted stretch to search. Either that or it just has a ridiculous amount of silver flowing through it. I know next time I'm heading out I'm going to call the bank 3-4 weeks ahead of the trip and see if they'll save the halves and large dollars for a couple of weeks for me. If it works it should be a gold mine. Or a silver mine.

That's the way to do it! Call a couple of weeks in advance and they may cooperate and save you the good stuff! Depending on the area you're at I would suggest ordering a few boxes as well - may be worth it depending on the part of the state. Out in the Puget Sound area boxes have been bad all year... and i'm not just trying to say that to stop you from ordering boxes