New member! First post! Neat finds!

[thepianoman999]

Hello, fellow CRHers. Today I made your life a little bit harder by subtracting three 40% half dollars out of the mix. One of them I found was just one of three singles I spotted while talking to a Bank of America bank teller. She was telling me how sorry she was that she didn't have any rolls of halves, so I just fought back my smile and said, "oh well, I'll just take those three", already knowing that at least one of them contained silver.

Another one I found was from a roll with someone's initials on it. I had low expectations, but sure enough, I found a dirty-edged 40%er in the mix (someone probably overlooked it). I am only a couple years into the hobby, but one thing I've learned is to search halves even if (ESPECIALLY IF) the bank teller says that they've already been sorted through. Last week I found 17 40%ers in one roll, after the bank teller told me they were already sifted through.

The third 40%er of the day was just a regular find. I searched a roll of halves and said to myself, "Oh, that's neat. I suppose that fulfills my quota for the day(this being the first find of the day)."

Anyways, here's some pics to make your mouth water a little bit. I know that the pictures that the veterans post make me very silver-hungry...

 

[Bigheed]

good finds and welcome to the addiction!

 

[thepianoman999]

An interesting side note: the coins on the outside are rather dirty and one of them presumably went by someone's CRHing critiques, unnoticed by the searcher(which is why i found it, unless someone just has a habit of writing their initials on the outsides of coin rolls). The one in the center has two different colors on the edges and is not solid white/silver(which may be misleading), but when compared to halves with a higher concentration of copper(no silver), it still stands out, just not as much.

Why am I giving you advice, anyways? I'm just diminishing my own chances....

 

[ImpurestStewart]

Thanks for the pics. Now I can actually believe you. Lol. All kidding aside, Welcome!!

 

[fistfulladirt]

Good deal! Many people including tellers are unaware of the value of 40% silver halves, and seek only the 90%...unless they've become educated by customers or some other info.