BillyOceansEleven
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Yesterday's two boxes - Great finds but questions
Yesterday I got two boxes of halves to search. These came from the same bank where I had found five unclaimed boxes, one of which produced 19-40%s, so I was anxious to get another crack at their supply. The boxes didn't disappoint, although I was a bit disappointed at first glance. The rolls in these boxes were not tightly wrapped and the plain black and white wrappers were different than the brown and white Brinks wrappers I normally get, so I thought I might have gotten repackaged dumps. However, this was dispelled when I pulled a shiny 1964 90% from the third roll.
Overall the first box was much better than the second. First produced 4-90%s and 4-40%s, including a somewhat tarnished 1969-S proof. The second produced a lone 40%, but certainly better than nothing.
The boxes also produced a few oddities. I got two clad proofs (2003 and 1978) that were pretty discolored, what I believe is a gold plated 1983 half, and a 2001 half with a color overlay featuring a picture of Barack Obama.
It was a fun hunt last night, but it left me with a few questions:
1. Is there any significance to the difference in the wrappers? Could this mean I am getting closer to the mythical "bottom of the pallet" or otherwise getting to coin that has been sitting for a while (perhaps packed at some point in the past before they started using the current brown and white Brinks wraps)?
2. Do the discolored proofs or the gold-plated half have any value above face? Should I just throw these back?
3. Is there any value to the slightly discolored 1969-S above the silver value?
Happy hunting!
Yesterday I got two boxes of halves to search. These came from the same bank where I had found five unclaimed boxes, one of which produced 19-40%s, so I was anxious to get another crack at their supply. The boxes didn't disappoint, although I was a bit disappointed at first glance. The rolls in these boxes were not tightly wrapped and the plain black and white wrappers were different than the brown and white Brinks wrappers I normally get, so I thought I might have gotten repackaged dumps. However, this was dispelled when I pulled a shiny 1964 90% from the third roll.
Overall the first box was much better than the second. First produced 4-90%s and 4-40%s, including a somewhat tarnished 1969-S proof. The second produced a lone 40%, but certainly better than nothing.
The boxes also produced a few oddities. I got two clad proofs (2003 and 1978) that were pretty discolored, what I believe is a gold plated 1983 half, and a 2001 half with a color overlay featuring a picture of Barack Obama.
It was a fun hunt last night, but it left me with a few questions:
1. Is there any significance to the difference in the wrappers? Could this mean I am getting closer to the mythical "bottom of the pallet" or otherwise getting to coin that has been sitting for a while (perhaps packed at some point in the past before they started using the current brown and white Brinks wraps)?
2. Do the discolored proofs or the gold-plated half have any value above face? Should I just throw these back?
3. Is there any value to the slightly discolored 1969-S above the silver value?
Happy hunting!
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