Newbie question, here -- I'm learning about half dollars. I need to understand the difference between recognizing a "satin finish" on the 2005-2010 Denver half dollars vs recognizing a "proof mirror-like finish". Any guidance from the experienced CRH-ers?
Thanks!
So, long story short, I haven't done any roll hunting for a few years due to employment circumstances. However, I now have an income so today when I stopped by the bank to make a withdrawal I thought to myself: maybe I should see if they have any half dollars.
The teller told me that she had 3...
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Hi everyone! I've been CRH for a few years and lurking on the forums for a while but this is my first post.
Does anyone have a creative way to store or display your (silver) half dollars? I've been storing them in old jars etc, but I want to display them and enjoy watching them as they...
The weasel is out of hibernation! Here's Saturday's great box of halves!
Hey guys and gals, I am back from taking a long break from CRH. For the noobs, it is nice to meet you, I am Weaselbrott. It is good to see you all, I hope you are all doing well, and making great finds. I have still been...
Well, I have found 16 40%ers in $4,000 in halves already this week! I'm super pumped. It was a good week last week and another good one this week too. All my finds came from MWR in delivered boxes. The best part was that I found MY SECOND SILVER BICENTENNIAL!!! It's absolutely bananas! I went...
Well, it has only been one day, and I hit a major score today at one bank. I ended up searching 5 half dollar boxes, and went to banks for CWRs, and one of the banks I stop at every month or so on my route had 8.00 in halves. I heard all of them make a clean silver clink on the table, and saw...
40 40%ers
Got a bronzed 1966, and a 1976S 40% silver proof
14 90% halves, and 4 90%dimes
1- 1937 Walking Liberty, 13- 1964 JFK
3- 1957 Roosevelt, 1- 1964 Roosevelt
Weirdest coins of the week
An old British Penny, a gold plated 2010 half dollar with a stencil print of The Peanuts on the...
Don't Cry Over Spilled Halves!!
I was so disappointed when I dumped my coins last week and filled up the half bag. They placed it on the counter in front of me and turned back to the counter. I watched as the bag tipped over and spilled onto the floor behind the counter. I couldn't see well...
Just kidding, Happy Thursday! Having the skunkiest week since I have started, but tomorrow I am off of work and plan a suburban customer wrapped coin search. Please send all your good luck my way! :)
OK so today I went to my first bank and they wouldn't sell me any halves so I went to 4 other banks the second I found 5 40% out of two rolls. The third I found a 1943 walking liberty Benjamin Franklin half and 1 40$ out of two rolls. The fourth I found 3 40%s out some loose coins. And the last...
So I caught the silver bug a month or so ago, and ordered some silver bullion online, thinking that would take care of the bug. I was wrong. I have been looking at ways to find silver without paying spot for it and I came across this wonderful website.
Since I am a noob to this, any...
No cups actually...but since you clicked...
Had a really great box today. The banks only had one box for me. This box had the same 4 digit code as my last 6 boxes from this bank from last week, which only gave up 4 40%ers and 1 90% ben (every other box was a skunk). I had no expectation of...
Hi guy! Here are my weekly totals:
This came early in the week, and was very pleasant to see. Came from a box.
Went to a new territory and found some CWRs. Had only $20 in half dollar CWRs, but here is the first roll
The second one was also quite awesome!
And the box to close out the end...
Had a pretty good week this week:
8 boxes of halves gave me 6 90%ers (4 walking!, 1 beat up Ben, and a 1964JFK) and 9 40%ers.
2 boxes of dimes gave me an 1899 Hong Kong dime (80%), a rosie, and found two rosies and a Canada 1940 silver dime(80%) in a reject tray/tube).
3.838oz this week or a...
PARENTAL ADVISORY: Silver XXX. Lighting struck again: Weaselbrott's amazing week
So I expanded my territory today... Worth it...
But first.. I had a busy week with half boxes. I did 11 boxes this week, which is a personal record for one week. I also had 5 skunk boxes, which was also a...
I had a very disappointing week for halves indeed. Out of 7 boxes of halves and about 300 in [skunk] customer wrapped halves, I only got 2 90%ers, and 3 40%ers for the whole week. Some stampless and some 4-digit stamped string&son boxes. Out of 1 box of dimes and about $500 in customer wrapped...
I just got a yellow H.F. String & Son box from the usual bank, but I noticed there was no stamp on the box at all. In it, I found two 1964s and nothing else. This is the first time I have found two 64s in one box, but also without any accommodating 40%ers either. What is up with that? I have...
I've been around the CRH scene for a few months now, and have been a lurker of the scene since 2009. In that time, I have noticed there are a few different techniques that the pros use to get silver, and some pitfalls to them. I will list what I see, and feel free to post yours.
1. High volume...