Ceruleans Harrowing Half Hunting History

[Cerulean]

Cerulean's Harrowing Half Hunting History

(My 100% reusable thread dedicated to my personal exploits in half hunting.)

What's past is prologue:
2007-01-10: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,64219.0.html
2007-02-07: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,69608.0.html
2007-02-09: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,69855.0.html
2007-05-03: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,86347.0.html
2007-07-02: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,94509.0.html
2007-09-08: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,108271.0.html
2008-01-05: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,132764.0.html
2008-04-19: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,153500.0.html
2008-07-03: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,166697.0.html


As for more timely endeavors, on the afternoon of the 29th of August, I received notification that my preordered parcel of half dollars had indeed arrived at my banking institution of choice, and I dispatched myself there henceforth to retrieve it.

All other boxes of halves that I have ordered have been packaged in the "cubic" style of box, packed via the 5x5x2 manner in gray-and-white "shotgun" rolls. The box that awaited me was a "long flat" box, packed 5x10x1, all in brown handrolls without tape. Furthermore, the brown packing tape that spanned the box's girth had been split asunder, and the top flaps of the box stood agape, displaying the array of crimped roll wrappers. With great dread, I prognosticated that the bank's personnel had examined this box's contents afore I had chance to, and that scant pickings were in my future. However, I did accept the box in the gentlemanly manner, as not to arouse suspicion of my hunting proclivities.

Lo, what treasures did I unearth? Not a glint of silver did I spy. Found were a pair of 2002-D coins, a variety that I have encountered numerous times over. My first 2004-D made its appearance, and will fill a sore vacancy in my growing collection. Lastly a curiosity presented itself, in the form of a gold-plated coin. In this unfortunate specimen, the dates "1960" and "1985" had been smote upon the coin's surface with violent force. Though possessing little value, I retained this coin for novelty sake.

What shall my next adventure yield? My psyche swirls with fancies of luxurious doubloons, but only the Fates are certain of what may be.

 

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[Cerulean]

Re: Cerulean's Harrowing Half Hunting History

Since I planned a branch visit ahead of time (to renew a CD), I also called ahead asking for the tellers to pool together all their halves, $2s and dollar coins for my anticipated arrival. I was told over the phone at that time that some fellow had visited the branch earlier that day and taken all of that stuff.

So I was surprised to be offered $2s and halves by the tellers (who recognize me there as that weird money guy) when I arrived. I explained that I didn't expect to find any and wasn't going to bother them, but it turns out they had some anyway.

I took all 15 rolls of halves home with me, along with a generous stack of Toms. Many of the halves sported a hint of red edge stripe on the reeding, and a few had blackened ears, both telltale signs of being somebody else's search rejects. However, I did find a 2002-P half.

 

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[rileyboy]

Re: Cerulean's Harrowing Half Hunting History

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
rileyboy

 

[legend76]

Re: Cerulean's Harrowing Half Hunting History

Are you looking for the old $2 bills? I got $100 worth of consecutively numbered $2 bills a few years back for my neice's 2nd birthday, but they were Series 2003A.

Legend

 

[Cerulean]

Re: Cerulean's Harrowing Half Hunting History

Four rolls of halves from my usual Wachovia branch contained two 1967 JFK halves, my first silver strike in ten months. (Meanwhile, $100 in small dollars produced nothing of interest.)

Warning to other CRHers: To some tellers, "silver dollars" refers to Susan B Anthony dollars. Yuck.

 

[Cerulean]

Re: Cerulean's Harrowing Half Hunting History

240 halves in brown paper wrappers from my usual source bank yielded a 2002-D and a 2003-P, the first NIFC halves I've found since November.

 

[Cerulean]

Re: Cerulean's Harrowing Half Hunting History

No half dollars at the bank today, but I did get a few rolls of small dollars for spending. Hidden among them was a 2000-S Sacagawea PROOF!

 

[azlegends]

Re: Cerulean's Harrowing Half Hunting History

I don't know how I've never spotted this before, but this is a pretty cool journal you got going on here.

 

[ckrakowski]

Re: Cerulean's Harrowing Half Hunting History

Hidden among them was a 2000-S Sacagawea PROOF!

can we get a pic of it.