CoinHunter21
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I was typing fast so please excuse misspells. First off my name is Evan and I been in the Army for about 9 years and below is my first day as a CRH.
I was looking into investing in Silver and happened to stroll across this forum which got me out there hunting some coins! Last Saturday I went out and did some cherry picking because most of the banks were closed. Got me about $300 dollars of Halves with some other random rolls of nics, qtrs, dimes, pennies. Found my first 1964 Kennedy in the first batch along with 2 wheat pennies in the $10 dollars I hunted.
Then today I went to my regular bank (Armed Forces) and did a dump. I went out on the hunt again and found a great supply bank. Walked in and asked if they had halves and the teller said that she had 3 boxes. I was worried for a moment that it was somebodies dump bank and I would be wasting my time. I decided to pull the trigger and go for it. She told me that I had to have an account with them to get boxes but it was a $10 deposit with no fees attached. I said OK and started talking to her. She asked if I was a coin collector and what I was looking for. I told her that I was and I was looking for silver halves and key dates. She said that they have 3 other guys with accounts there that use the bank as their half dollar supply bank and I asked her if they ever bring the coins back and she said that they take them but never bring them back. I was certainly relieved to hear that and was told that I she orders boxes from the Fed for her collectors and always tries to keep a good stock and if they are out she orders more automatically. She also said that they keep an eye out for Eisenhower's or other good coins and call their collectors and the first one to answer and shows up can get them.
Anyhow, I got my account set up and grabbed my first full $500 dollar box and went on my way. Came home and found 2 more 1964s in the box, however the last two times I noticed something. In the first box and other rolls I've picked I noticed that some previous CRHs mark some of the coins to identify if they have already looked through them or not. This is two banks I seen different coin marks and it has me wondering. Do most of you see this as well or is this a rarity? I am happy about my 3 1964s in just two days of hunting but am a nervous about finding so many marked batches of coins. Also, besides the Franklin's, Walking Liberties, and Proofs what other key dates or Kennedy's should I keep an eye out on? Anyhow, today was fun and will post further finds later, happy hunting!
I was looking into investing in Silver and happened to stroll across this forum which got me out there hunting some coins! Last Saturday I went out and did some cherry picking because most of the banks were closed. Got me about $300 dollars of Halves with some other random rolls of nics, qtrs, dimes, pennies. Found my first 1964 Kennedy in the first batch along with 2 wheat pennies in the $10 dollars I hunted.
Then today I went to my regular bank (Armed Forces) and did a dump. I went out on the hunt again and found a great supply bank. Walked in and asked if they had halves and the teller said that she had 3 boxes. I was worried for a moment that it was somebodies dump bank and I would be wasting my time. I decided to pull the trigger and go for it. She told me that I had to have an account with them to get boxes but it was a $10 deposit with no fees attached. I said OK and started talking to her. She asked if I was a coin collector and what I was looking for. I told her that I was and I was looking for silver halves and key dates. She said that they have 3 other guys with accounts there that use the bank as their half dollar supply bank and I asked her if they ever bring the coins back and she said that they take them but never bring them back. I was certainly relieved to hear that and was told that I she orders boxes from the Fed for her collectors and always tries to keep a good stock and if they are out she orders more automatically. She also said that they keep an eye out for Eisenhower's or other good coins and call their collectors and the first one to answer and shows up can get them.
Anyhow, I got my account set up and grabbed my first full $500 dollar box and went on my way. Came home and found 2 more 1964s in the box, however the last two times I noticed something. In the first box and other rolls I've picked I noticed that some previous CRHs mark some of the coins to identify if they have already looked through them or not. This is two banks I seen different coin marks and it has me wondering. Do most of you see this as well or is this a rarity? I am happy about my 3 1964s in just two days of hunting but am a nervous about finding so many marked batches of coins. Also, besides the Franklin's, Walking Liberties, and Proofs what other key dates or Kennedy's should I keep an eye out on? Anyhow, today was fun and will post further finds later, happy hunting!
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