Keepers, but no silver >> My first box 2/9/2007

[Cerulean]

After waiting with fading patience for two weeks, my ordered box of halves came in. Having found a Franklin two days earlier, I was psyched for silver. The teller gave me an amusing time, "I'll be right back with your box, sir... if I can lift it!"

Three hours and a whole lot of torn wrappers later... no silver! But I did find the following keepers:

The whole 1971-2001 range of halves, except for 1987, was inside, so I did manage to fill a Whitman's book in one sitting. I'll try another box in a few months, once this box has been spent.

 

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Whats the date on the Conquestador coin? Do you know what country it is from?

 

[Cerulean]

Whats the date on the Conquestador coin? Do you know what country it is from?

That coin is from Panama, dated 1993. The Panamanian equivalent of the dollar is the "Balboa". This coin is a "medio balboa", or half a Balboa. It's copper-nickel, just like US halves. Here's a link for more images of Panama's coinage: http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Panama.html

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamanian_balboa