Good bank run yesterday...surprise find w/pics

chow

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Stopped at a few small banks yesterday - not my standard pick-up/dump ones - seeing if I could get some halves out of their coin counters. Got $67 from one bank and a $500 bag from another one. Here's the haul:
44 - 40% Kens
20 - 90% Kens
5 - Bens
2 - Walkers
1 - 90% "1946 Iowa Centennial Commemmorative Half Dollar" :headbang:

Turns out only 100,057 of those were minted, and my 2011 Red Book (pg 297) values it from $115+!!! The coin Ebays for around $60+ I was about to tosss it in the bag with my odd finds, but it sounded and felt like a 90%er, so good thing I double checked!

Boxes are soooo hit and miss these days. Based on these results, I think I am going to plan a half-day road trip each week and hit a few smaller banks/CU's for a change of pace...
 

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silvereagle78

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Very nice haul!! With variety too! It must be awesome to pull a low mintage commemorative like that. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 

rwb83

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Dang!!! Thats a very nice take :notworthy: Well done and thank you for the pics.
 

obediah

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Nice haul, i did a road trip 2day got zilch and only a few dollars in clad all tolled from the many Banks stopped at, also heard from couple tellers how so many people are stopping in daily asking for them.
 

Hi Ho Silver!

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Now that is production! Not like those who keep doing 20 boxes to get next to nothing most of the time. :hello2:
 

timbobwey

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Nice find. Sometimes I think it is better to just do the bank rounds. Boxes sound like they have a lot of skunks.
 

enamel7

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Nice haul! one of my favorite things to find are the commemoratives. :icon_thumleft:
HH
Gilbert
 

maine_Jim

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Nice find on the commemorative. Never seen that one found here! :icon_thumright:

Maine_Jim
 

AGCoinHunter

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Nice score on the comm. Thats a hard one to get.
 

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