Gotta Love CWRS

[CW3(ret) US Army]

I was on the road doing a dump when I had to take a wicked p**s. I saw a TD bank & knew the lobby was open to 5PM. It was about 4:50 so I stopped. After I finished my biological break, I went to the tellers & asked my usual question about half dollars. They had $100 (10 cwr). There was mixed silver thru the rolls but the totals was 69 silver halves but what silver halves they were!
51 90%
7 Barbers (1/1900, 1/1907,2/1907"D", 1/1908"O", 1/1909"O' & 1/1912"S'
5 Walkers (1/39"D", 2/44, 1/44"S" & 1/45)
9 AU Bens (1 each 1955 -1963 all Philadelphia - they actually look BU but because I found them in a roll, I call them AU)
9 Bens (1/51, 1/53"D", 1/54"S", 1/61"D", 1/62, 1/62"D" & 3/63"D")
16 Kennedy (14/64 of which 10 were gold plated & 2/64"D")
5 Silver (Cameo) Proofs (1/94"S", 3/97"S" & 1/2001"S")


18 40%
3/65 (WT 2/11.4 grams & 1/11.5 grams)
1/66wFG
3/67
3/68
4/69
2/70"D"
2/1776-1976 Bicentennials

The way this worked out, I wonder if this was someone who passed away collection whose heirs just cashed them in for currency or this was a stolen collection? What do you folks think? No matter what it was, it was a great score.

It's still out there

HH & Happy Halloween to All
Gary

 

[rcs]

That is amazing! I have dreams about finding that many Barbers at once.

 

[gravityrules]

Wow! That's quite a collection find.

 

[Avago]

So cool, what a mix to find! The modern silvers are a great score and the '55 Ben is a rarity in the wild. It's raining Barbers!

 

[Silver Saver]

The type of find we all dream to score. Lucky lucky you! Grats on it!

 

[scruggs]

That’s the way to do it, congratulations!

 

[Diver_Down]

Sweet cull of silver. I can only presume that seeing that many barbers caused you to overlook the haircut reference.

 

[Zomotion]

Great score!!! Incredible day. Did the tellers say the person who deposited those brought in anything else? Might be a good reason for another bathroom break

 

[FormerTeller]

Tell me you went back and asked for rolls of other denominations dropped off by the same person! Or just rolls.

 

[Argentium]

Absolutely legendary score for 10 rolls ! The Barbers kick it up to another level for sure.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Nice score! I like the rare '70 D's too -

 

[Dozer D]

I would say a collection from a deceased collector, and most likely other demon rolls were included.

 

[TheMastermind]

Awesome!

 

[BuffaloBoy]

amazing score, congrats!!!

 

[CW3(ret) US Army]

Sweet cull of silver. I can only presume that seeing that many barbers caused you to overlook the haircut reference.

You are absolutely correct. I was so excited & stunned seeing so many barbers, any thought of a haircut reference in the thread title went totally out from my mind. In the past, the edit button only worked in the message portion of a thread not the title. I sent a email to the moderators asking if they could change the title of the thread to " No Shave But A Great Haircut" today so I'll see how that works out. In fact, I needed all of them for my collection as I had only found 2 barbers previously (either crh or teller).

I'm still in a state of disbelief.

HH
Gary

 

[CW3(ret) US Army]

Tell me you went back and asked for rolls of other denominations dropped off by the same person! Or just rolls.

I went back there the following week & they told me that the person only dropped off half dollar rolls & not any other denominations. Oh well (sigh), you can't win them all

HH
Gary

 

[Dozer D]

I went back there the following week & they told me that the person only dropped off half dollar rolls & not any other denominations. Oh well (sigh), you can't win them all

HH
Gary

Better to have asked and got NONE, rather than have not asked and then wondered for the rest of the year.