$997 bag of halves.

[GMan00001]

I picked up a $997 bag of half dollars from a bank I had not been to before today.

1 Franklin (1953-S)

2 - 90% Kennedy (1964, 1964-D)
11 - 40% Kennedy (1965, 1966, 1967(2), 1968-D(5), 1969-D(2))

3 Other coins/objects:
1 Canada Two Dollar (1996)
1 German Democratic Republic, 5 Mark (1969)) <--- trying to tell which variety I have as there are two varieties (one is worth $75 in XF, the other only $3 in XF)
1 slug (trying to tell if its silver or just junk, most likely junk)

To get an accurate count they had to run the bag of halves through the coin counter again... I was worried they were going to pull the silver, but they didn't.

They also told me how good their coin counting machine was at rejecting foreign coins.

I also double checked their count and found that I paid $0.50 for the three foreign coins/objects.

All in all a good day.

This might be my last search until next Friday as I have to head out of the country for a week for work.

Unless of course, I stop by the bank tomorrow...hmmmm.

Well I do have to cash in my rejects.

Anything worth getting in Brazil?

This search also puts me over 100 silver coins for the month. Easily my highest total ever.

 

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I heard about this beach called Ipanema that you might want to check out. Since it's late summer, the bikinis would be laying around just waiting to be detected. On a more serious note, Brazil is a very poor country with a very high crime rate against visitors. Don't be a flashy visitor with your $1000 digital camera etc. Leave your good watch at home and buy you a P.O.S. at Wal Mart. Try not to sit where you are accessible to being snatched. Taxis are very susceptible to thieves. I am sorry to be a downer for your trip. Cheers, Jim

 

[GMan00001]

Brazil is a very poor country with a very high crime rate against visitors.

I already knew that.


Actually, I am travelling with a group of people and I don't think there will be much time spent outisde of the work or hotel envirnoments. Most of our travel is arranged for us or we will be travelling with our hosts, so we should be ok. Also most of the people that are going have been there before, just not me.

 

[cyberdan]

I heard about this beach called Ipanema that you might want to check out.

Yea, I heard about a girl from there, a real knockout. But that song was written in 1962 so she must be pushin her middle 60's. Wonder what she looks like in a bikini now