Half-Hound
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There are two stories in this post.
Yesterday, 27 October, 2010: I called a bank that has been very productive before and asked for half-dollar coins. See http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=347687.0 The girl immediately said we have $50 worth. I stopped on the way home from work to pick them up. This is a rough neighborhood. As I turned the last corner to the bank, I saw the security guard carving on a palm tree in front of the bank with a cheap imitation of a Buck Model 110 Folding Hunter (if you know what that is). I avoided eye contact and went inside. WOW! Two rolls were SOLID SILVER. Forty-two keepers total.
The contents:
Walking Liberty Half 1946S
Ben Franklin Halves
1951, 1951S, 1951D, 1952D (3), 1953S, 1954, 1954S, 1954D (2), 1958D, 1959D (2), 1960D (2), 1962D (2), 1963D (2)
Kennedy Halves
1964 (15), 1964D (2), 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969D
Yes, this was someone’s collection.
I also got an unopened roll of haves that shows uncirculated clad Bicentennial coins on each end. Is this a machine roll that coincidentally has not-at-all uncommon coins showing on each end, or could this be an original U.S. Mint roll of new Bicentennial coins? Does anyone have any suggestions? I know I could weigh it (90% silver = 12.5 g, 40% silver =11.5g and clad =11.3g.) If it is an original roll of Bicentennial coins from the U.S. Mint I don’t want to open it.
Saturday, 23 October, 2010: I searched a box of dimes and found my first ever Mercury dime. My 3 previous boxes of dimes had been SKUNKS. Is this a 1940 Roosevelt dime or a worn date on the coin? I thought Roosevelt dimes were first minted in 1946.
Thanks for sharing my finds.
Half-Hound
Yesterday, 27 October, 2010: I called a bank that has been very productive before and asked for half-dollar coins. See http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=347687.0 The girl immediately said we have $50 worth. I stopped on the way home from work to pick them up. This is a rough neighborhood. As I turned the last corner to the bank, I saw the security guard carving on a palm tree in front of the bank with a cheap imitation of a Buck Model 110 Folding Hunter (if you know what that is). I avoided eye contact and went inside. WOW! Two rolls were SOLID SILVER. Forty-two keepers total.
The contents:
Walking Liberty Half 1946S
Ben Franklin Halves
1951, 1951S, 1951D, 1952D (3), 1953S, 1954, 1954S, 1954D (2), 1958D, 1959D (2), 1960D (2), 1962D (2), 1963D (2)
Kennedy Halves
1964 (15), 1964D (2), 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969D
Yes, this was someone’s collection.
I also got an unopened roll of haves that shows uncirculated clad Bicentennial coins on each end. Is this a machine roll that coincidentally has not-at-all uncommon coins showing on each end, or could this be an original U.S. Mint roll of new Bicentennial coins? Does anyone have any suggestions? I know I could weigh it (90% silver = 12.5 g, 40% silver =11.5g and clad =11.3g.) If it is an original roll of Bicentennial coins from the U.S. Mint I don’t want to open it.
Saturday, 23 October, 2010: I searched a box of dimes and found my first ever Mercury dime. My 3 previous boxes of dimes had been SKUNKS. Is this a 1940 Roosevelt dime or a worn date on the coin? I thought Roosevelt dimes were first minted in 1946.
Thanks for sharing my finds.
Half-Hound
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