October totals with a nice Halloween treat suprise

[SilverFace]

I had a nice end of the month October Halloween treat suprise today when I got to my dump bank today to dump some nickels and cents I searched over the weekend.

Last Friday (10-28) I stopped at a couple of banks I've never been to before and I got $25.50 in halves from one bank and $30 in halves from another bank. I searched and dumped the $30 skunk halves from the 2nd bank with some other coins I had on Friday and I also searched the $5.50 loose halves from the 1st bank which were all clads also. But for some reason I just didn't get around to searching the other 2 half dollar rolls from the first bank until I got to my dump bank today. I figured they were just more clad halves and I just left the 2 rolls in my car all weekend and I figured I would just search them today when I got to my dump bank and then dump them with my nickels and cents from the weekend.

Well, when I finally got around to opening the first of the 2 half rolls earlier today I was rather surprised to see several silver edges and I even spotted a WL as well. I then checked the second roll and I saw a few more silver edges. Here's what I got from the 2 rolls:

Half dollar roll 1:

1 x '42 WL - very clear date and lettering with full rims probably grades F+/VF
1 x '59 BF
6 x '64 Kennedy's

Half dollar roll 2:

1 x no date very worn slick WL
1 x '54D BF
1 x '64 Kennedy
1 x '68D Kennedy

And these were my totals for the month of October:

3 George VI Canadian cents ('40, '44, '47)
125 wheat cents - including a '18, 2 x '19, '19D, '38D (mintage 20,010,000), a bright red AU '40 and a bright red AU '58D

6 buffalo nickels: 1 full date '36, 1 partial date '20 and 4 no date
8 silver nickels: '42P, 43P x 5, 43D, '44P
1 '38S (semi - key date) nickel
1 '50D nickel in VF+ condition

2 WL halves
2 BF halves
10 x '64 Kennedy halves
72 x '65 - '69 Kennedy halves

2 red seal $2 bills
2 red seal $5 bills

Btw, ALL my half dollar finds for the month were from loose and cwr's - probably less than $500 searched. I love those customer halves. And I only searched 1 half box in October and except for 5 NIFC's it was a skunk.

I also got $75 in "big dollar coins" today from my dump bank that are probably all clad Ike's but I haven't really searched them yet. They are still in my car.

Finding silver @ face sure makes this hobby ohhh so great.

Hope everyone has a HH November!

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Upgraded Night Vision Monocular Digital Infrared Monocular Telescope for 100% Darkness with 8X Zoom - Grab it through Amazon!

[baddbluff]

Re: October totals with a nice Halloween suprise

Cool finds... lots of 90%. Those are always nice. I'm missing the 50D... I would love one of those.

Congrats.

HH
BB

 

[Bigheed]

good scores silverface!

good luck in November!

 

[YuriyV]

>...I figured they were just more clad halves and I just left the 2 rolls in my car...

>...Ike's but I haven't really searched them yet. They are still in my car.

Do you grow the silver in your car? :-)

 

[SilverFace]

>...I figured they were just more clad halves and I just left the 2 rolls in my car...

>...Ike's but I haven't really searched them yet. They are still in my car.

Do you grow the silver in your car? :-)

Maybe that's what happened with those two half dollar rolls I bought on Friday. Maybe they WERE all clad when I bought them but some of them turned to silver by leaving them in my car over the weekend. And maybe I might have the same luck with the Ike's if I leave them in my car for a few days before searching them. Or maybe some of the halves turned to silver because it was Halloween.

I'm sure we all wish we had some sort of silver coin making devise/method that could turn clad coins into silver.

Btw, I got my first silver of the month around noon today when I stopped @ a bank and got 2 loose halves - 1 was a '67. Small find I know but it sure beats searching and dumping an entire skunk box for nothing. Customer half dollars are definitely for me - great success andvery little if any dumping. The only problem is the limited amount of volume you can do. Fortunately I'm able to hit a couple dozen or so banks a week without much problem because I travel around town during the week because of my job.

 

[GEOFF]

awesome finds! my hate off to you.