$190 in halves give up 227 keepers!

[TxTim]

I had to take off and go to the SS office because they changed my birthday and erased my income for 2005- go figure. 2 1/2 hours later I went to a bank that sells me Brinks rolls. Been there 4 times and this time I got a great new teller. She said she had 2 boxes in the vault and needed a day's notice to get them out. I have a flex day tomorrow and will head north with my wife to see her Mom up in East Texas. Since we'll be passing by I asked her to have them ready early in the commercial window - no problem! What a great little teller. She then says - we have some hand rolled in the back if you want them $190 worth. I asked to look at them and she thought I was looking for "new" Brinks coins. She brought them out and they looked too new and a lot like dumps but she said they'd been there a while. She opens one end on a roll and says they look new- and shows me a BU '67. Speechless, I fumbled my wallet and bought them all.
The lesson learned is to ask for everything the have - every time- Like I say I've been there 3 other times and Brinks rolls was all they indicated were in the bank but I'm sure the $190 was there all along.
What a great haul - 11 + rolls of solid silver - a lot of BU's! I guess I can afford a day off if they pay like this!
6 Franklins and 24 - 64's! 2 Bens are AU+++. Must have been a collection - she said one customer brought them all in - oh well, I promise I'll take good care of them!

Totals:

51 x 1
55 x 1
58 x 1
59 x 2
63 x 1
64 x 24
65 x 9
66 x 41
67 x 82
68 x 46
69 x 19

 

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[LJ]

Holy mackeral Tim.....what a haul!! When you hit em...you hit em big!! Congrats. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. I think tomorrow I am going to E. Texas......ha!

 

[tw656]

Beauuuutiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[Fropa]

Thats amazing, way to go. I really need to sell my house and move south.

 

[tw656]

Wow what a pile of silver. Now that is a Great day!!!

 

[6920]

That is very nice indeed!!

 

[DrDetector]

That '55 is a key date, too

 

[TxTim]

That '55 is a key date, too

Enlighten me??

 

[Dimeman]

On the Franklin halfs the main key dates are 49D 49S and 55.
And on the 55 they have what they call a "Bugs Bunny"....some defect in the die when they stamped some of the coins make it look like Ben has a slight overbite. You may have to get a 10X loop to see it on a circulated coin.

Good job again!! You will catch up to that Louisiana L J very soon.

A CRH "war"... TxTim Vs. L J

 

[DrDetector]

Thank you for explaining!

 

[Pennyworth]

Wow unbelievable, congratulations!

 

[thurmownator]

Kudos ! Great finds and photos.

Are you sure you and LJ aren't really the Hunt Bros; and trying to corner the silver market; once again.

 

[packerbacker]

Wow, nice haul! Did you tell the SS people about your score?

 

[soldierman]

I found a 55 last year and no one noticed it was a key date (I did but wanted to see if anyone caught it.)
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,61533.msg441896.html#msg441896

Be sure to post it in the tracking thread as it will complete the franklin series.

 

[scrounger d detector collector]

WOW.GREAT TIM.THEY GROW EM BIG DOWN THERE! "ITS LIKE A WHOLE OTHER COUNTRY" I SPEND WINTERS THERE SOME YEARS.GOOD LUCK TEX

 

[patpall22]

Incredible finds.

 

[TxTim]

Thanks all-

 

[Smithrow1]

1890 indian cent found this week.

 

[scotto]

What a score, getting 227 keepers out of $190!! Blows me away. Way to go Tim.

 

[Phillip_in_NM]

FANTASTIC!!!

It's going to set the bar pretty high for ever beating that score!

Congratulations!