07-03-2009 had the day off so I did a road trip

[GMan00001]

I just got back from a vacation in Cali with my kids (no CRH time) and had Friday free so I decided to do a road trip. I had a few towns I had been waiting for an opportunity to check out since I had never been there before.

Well, unfortunately I slept through my alarm and woke up about 2.5 hours late.... Grrr...hate when that happens.

bank #1
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got some cash for the trip...one of my weekly stops so I'll be back later for anything they may have.

Started in a 3 bank town I hadn't been to in over 6 months...possibly a year or so...
bank #2
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Had been told the last time I stopped in that they would sell the half dollar bags off the machine so I figured it would be a good place to start....pulled in around noon (early start... :P )

Well they did sell me the half dollar bag...all $236.50 of it.

1 Walking Liberty (1945)
1 - 90% Kennedy (1964-D)
2 - 40% Kennedy (1967, 1969-D)
2 Foreign (Denmark, 5 Kroner (1990), Zimbabwe, 1 Dollar (1980))

but lots of little change (so I essentially paid silver value for the few coins I found)
18 Quarters
4 Dimes
3 Nickels
10 Pennies

1 Token
1 Key Ring
1 Fuse

bank #3
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Cashed a small batch of rejects to get some more cash

bank #4
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Picked up $150 in halves rolled by the tellers....skunk


On to another 3 bank town I had been through, but never stopped at the banks
bank #5
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Picked up $360 in halves some fed rolled, some teller rolled
and $400 in teller rolled nickels

The $360 in halves produced
2 - 40% Kennedy (1968-D, 1969-D)
1 Foreign (Panama, Medio Balboa (1993))

bank #6
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$6 in loose halves...skunk

bank #7
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1 - $1000 bag of dimes
1 - $100 bag of pennies (combined 2 $50 bags)

The bag of dimes had
1 Mercury (1945-D)
8 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1961-D, 1962-D, 1964(2), 1964-D(4))

1 Canadian (2002-P)

6 Foreign:
Barbados, 10 Cents (1998)
East Caribbean States, 10 Cents (2000)
Great Britain, 5 New Pence (1991, 1994)
Greece, 1 Drachma (1988)
Jersey, 5 Pence (1990) <-- looks similar to British 5 Pence but says Bailiwick of Jersey on the one side had to look it up.

Next town is a 4 bank town I had had good luck at in the past at 3 of the banks
bank #8
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$14.50 in loose halves...skunk

bank #9
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$500 bag of halves freshly off their coin machine

1 Walking Liberty (1945)
3 - 90% Kennedy (1964(2), 1964-D))
5 - 40% Kennedy (1966, 1967, 1968-D, 1969-D(2))

3 Quarters
2 Dimes
5 pennies

1 Drink Token
1 Token
1 Circular photo

bank #10
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no longer will sell bags.. BOO!! (did well with the last bag from this bank a couple years ago)

bank #11
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no longer will sell bags... Double BOO!!


Now on to towns I had never stopped at the rest of the way
Small 2 bank town that I had been eying for awhile...turns out I'll probably never go back..
bank #12
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$2 in halves...skunk

bank #13
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$0.50 in halves..skunk

Next 2 bank town I thought held a lot of promise
bank #14
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Was told someone was there last week and bought all their halves...Grr....

bank #15
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Closed early due to holiday at 2 PM...(hmm...2:15...oh well)

bank #16
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Called ahead to the next bank as I had to make a choice as to which route to take...they said they had $396 in halves...I said I'll be right there..

$396 in half dollars
2 - 40% Kennedy (1968-D, 1969-D)

Next town was another 4 bank town that I thought held promise....which was quickly dashed at stop #1
bank #17
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Again heard someone was just here last week and bought all our halves.

bank #18
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$1 in loose halves...skunk

bank #19
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8 rolls of halves..skunk

bank #20
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$2 in halves...skunk
Again heard someone was there last week..


Not to be deterred I powered on to the next town...one with lots of banks and a few areas I thought held promise....(all but the last stop were in this town)
bank #21
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Was told they had a $500 bag of halves of the machine. After purchasing it, the lead teller made a few comments that indicated that she had probably pulled any silver..and apparently she had..

$500 bag of halves...
1 - 2007-P
1 - 2007-D

bank #22
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Apparently another collecter frequents this bank...their bag of halves filled at $50 didn't have much in it so I just let it sit...not worth the argument since they started asking about accounts...blah blah blah...

bank #23
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Cashed in the halves I had been scanning through in the car while driving....all $1510.50 of them just in case I needed the cash later on...in the process I the half-dollar bag filled before the first $500 had run through, so I asked to buy the bag back and they let me.

Also picked up 1 - $200 bag of nickels and 1 - $50 bag of pennies

I finally got to sorting through this half dollar bag today as I had left it for last....decent bag
2 - 90% Kennedy (1964(2))
52 - 40% Kennedy (1965(4), 1966(7), 1967(18), 1968-D(13), 1969-D(10))
1 - 40% Silver Proof Kennedy (1968-S)

3 Canadian 2-Dollar (1996(2), 2001)
11 Foreign (Australia, 20 Cents (2001), East Caribbean States, 1 Dollar (1991), Fiji, 20 Cents (1985), France, 5 Francs (1993), Great Britain, 50 Pence (2001, 2006), Italy, 100 Lire (1979), Mexico, 1 Peso (1971(3)), Nicaragua, 5 Cordobas (2000))

4 Quarters
2 Dimes

1 Disneyland token

bank #24
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wouldn't sell any bags and had no halves on hand.

bank #25
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vault tellers was gone for the day already....no luck

bank #26
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nada

bank #27
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$118.50 in loose halves
2 - 40% Kennedy (1967, 1968-D)

bank #28
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Filled up their half dollar bag so I could buy it back.

So I ended up with $434 from the half dollar bag and 6 fed rolls of halves. Also picked up 1 - $500 bag of dimes, 2 - $50 bags of pennies.

the 6 fed rolls of halves were a skunk.
the $434 from the bag...
8 - 40% Kennedy (1965, 1967(5), 1968-D, 1969-D)
1 - 2003-P

3 Foreign (Germany, 2 Mark (1974-J), Jamaica, 50 Cents (1984), Sweden, 5 Kronor (1983))

1 Car Wash Token
2 metal pieces about that size.

In the $500 bag of dimes....
4 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1963-D, 1964-D(3))

3 Canadian (1977, 1978, 2002-P)


now almost out of banking hours I hurried to the next section of town.
bank #29
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nada

bank #30
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drive thru only....nada

bank #31
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wouldn't sell me bags, but picked up $12.50 in loose halves..
4 - 90% Kennedy (1964-D(4))
1 - 40% Kennedy (1965)

bank #32
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skunk

bank #33
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$0.50 in loose halves...skunk

bank #34
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drive thru...skunk

and I just had time to drive to the next town and make closing time on one bank that had sold bags to me in the past.

bank #35
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Got there as he was walking to the door with the keys....turns out the vault teller was not there....no luck.


So net total for the trip of what I have searched so far....
$3462.50 in halves searched...
2 - Walking Liberty
10 - 90% Kennedy
74 - 40% Kennedy
1 - 40% Kennedy proof

out of $1500 in dimes
1 Mercury dime
12 silver Roosevelt

Total silver for the trip so far
100 silver coins...(which just so happened to be my goal for the trip)

Left to search
$400 in nickels
$250 in pennies

 

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[Rich Hartford]

Your road trip reports make for a good read. Congrats on the finds

 

[treasurefiend]

Sweet!!!

 

[GMan00001]

Finished the last of the nickels from this batch last night (pennies I had already finished just not posted yet).

Turns out the nickels were pretty good.

$400 in bank hand-rolled nickels (from their coin counter)
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1 Buffalo (1935-D)
1 - 1938-D <-- semi-key still needed for my roll of this variety
1 - 1939-S <-- semi-key still needed for my roll of this variety
1 - 1943-P <-- War nickel
1 - 1943-D <-- War nickel
2 - 1943-S <-- War nickels
1 - 1955 <-- still needed for my roll of this variety

94 other pre-1960 Jefferson (1938, 1939(3), 1940(5), 1940-S, 1941(8), 1941-D(3), 1942, 1946(4), 1946-S, 1947(4), 1947-D, 1948, 1948-D(3), 1949(2), 1949-D(3), 1952(2), 1952-D(2), 1953(3), 1953-D(2), 1954, 1954-D(3), 1954-S(2), 1955-D(4), 1956-D(4), 1957-D(8), 1958-D(9), 1959, 1959-D(12))

24 Canadian (1960, 1968(2), 1980, 1982, 1983(3), 1984, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994(2), 1995(2), 1996(2), 1998, 1999(2), 2000(3))

1 Foreign (Switzerland, 20 Rappen (1980))

Note: With finding the 1943-D, I am down to 3 to complete the series this year: 1938-S, 1939-D, 1950-D

Another note: I have found 183 War Nickels since the last 1943-D (back on 12/17/2007)


$100 Penny Bag (2 - $50 bags that were combined at the bank)
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32 wheat pennies (1919-S, 1927, 1941(2), 1944(2), 1944-S(2), 1945(3), 1945-D, 1946(3), 1946-D(2), 1947-D, 1949, 1949-D, 1950, 1952-D, 1953, 1953-D(3), 1955-D, 1956-D(2), 1957-D(2), 1958-D)

65 Canadian (1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974(4), 1975(2), 1976(3), 1977(2), 1978(5), 1979(7), 1980(3), 1981(3), 1982(2), 1984, 1985, 1986(3), 1991(2), 1993, 1994(3), 1996, 1997(2), 1998(4), 1999, 2000, 2001(3), 2002, 2004, 2005)


$50 Penny bag #1
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10 wheat pennies (1941, 1942, 1946-D, 1950-D, 1951-D, 1952-D, 1954-S, 1956-D, 1957-D(2))

29 Canadian (1956, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974(2), 1975(3), 1977, 1983, 1984, 1986(2), 1987(3), 1991(2), 1992, 1993, 2000(2), 2003-P Royal Diademed, 2005(2))

$50 Penny bag #2
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16 wheat pennies (1942, 1945, 1945-D, 1946, 1946-D, 1947-D, 1949-S, 1950, 1951-D, 1952-D, 1953-D, 1957-D(3), 1958-D(2))

25 Canadian (1959, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978(4), 1981(2), 1982, 1989(2), 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999(2), 2000, 2006, 2007-RCM)

1 Foreign (Australia, 5 Cents (2002))

1 Dime
1 blank copper round (not a planchet)

$50 Penny bag #3
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16 wheat pennies (1944-D, 1945(3), 1946-D, 1951-D(3), 1952-D(2), 1953-S, 1956-D, 1957-D(3), 1958-D)

21 Canadian (1950, 1972, 1973, 1975(2), 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984(2), 1985, 1986, 1994, 1999, 2001(2), 2002(2), 2006)

1 Foreign (Bermuda, 1 Cent (1988))

 

[golden silver]

Gman you cover all the bases my friend. I can't help but wonder what damage you could do if you concentrated all your efforts and finances on finding silver or even just halves. I think you would tare it up.

Golden Silver

 

[mistergee]

35 banks in one day....i think my head would explode. and to keep records on all i found and where i found it? it definitely would explode. you are the man Gman