Last silver of 2012, and another first! (few pics)

[FormerTeller]

Well, my last box and the CWR's of halves petered out - nothing to show for them. My last $40 in nickels produced nothing. Same for the $100 in CWR dimes. Last thing I had to go through was $80 of MWR dimes, in this case clear wrapped rolls, which I absolutely HATE, as I have never found any silver in them. Ever. I'd got to the point where I'm about ready to turn them down; haven't actually done that, as I don't want to burn bridges, but I actively avoid banks that I know give nothing but clear wrapped dime rolls.

Tonight however, I saw something I've never seen before:




Had to look again and again. Viewed it under magnification, in the light, all without opening the roll, as I just could not believe my eyes.

Finally opened the roll, and out pops a 1956 Rosie.

Unreal.

Went through the rest of the clear MWR's, and lo and behold, I spy what looks like another.




Sure enough, a 1954 Rosie.

I am still in shock. I've gone through hundreds of dollars of clear MWR's, possibly thousands. I've talked with other CRH'ers in my area who also have never found silver in clear rolls, which is why I took the pictures.

Not exactly a huge score, but for me a great, great way to end the year!

Good luck, and HH!

 

[maverick]

Very cool! Happy New Year! Minutes Away! HH Maverick.

 

[Numismaniac]

Congrats!! Pretty cool.

 

[unclehuckelberry]

nice! I've only done one box of the clear wrappers and didn't find anything. A few of the rolls had some dirty dimes so I opened them to make sure I wasn't missing out on any silver. A real pain in the rear to open.

 

[hotrod]

nice! I find silver in those all the time u just need to keep looking

 

[Adamkir]

Mine was a 1958 rosie dime. S&S wrapped tho. Gratz on finally breaking through with brinks. I've got a few dimes from them as well as a couple war nickels. I've been skunked on their halves though...

 

[BuffaloBoy]

Awesome! I remember my first silver dime :-)

 

[OtlFrutiger]

There are plenty of silver dimes in those clear, Brinks tubes. Volume, volume, volume.

 

[FloridaFinder]

That's interesting about the clear rolls. Last week I tried my first two boxes of dimes and one had clear rolls. I found a 1943 merc that was the 2nd or 3rd one from the end.

 

[The_EE]

nice! I've only done one box of the clear wrappers and didn't find anything. A few of the rolls had some dirty dimes so I opened them to make sure I wasn't missing out on any silver. A real pain in the rear to open.

Pain to open? I use clear wrappers to store my dimes, quarters, nickels and pennies. I find them quite easy to open and I never search them without opening them. You will miss plenty if you dont.

Also, the clear rolls are Brinks rolls.

 

[unclehuckelberry]

I find the paper wrappers easier to open with my fingernails and my father uses a letter opener. The banks I normally visit don't have plastic wrappers.

 

[sagittarius98]

Some Brinks employee must have forgotten to turn on the culling machine. Lets just hope he/she still has a job.