Two boxes of halves searched - 2010-08-09

[ArkhamHouse]

This week I obtained two $500 half boxes from my local bank, both sealed and date stamped "Jul 29 2010"

I found:

1967, 1968-D

Both of these were found in the last ten rolls of the second box. The rest of the coins were dated 1971 - 2001. No 1987-dated coins were found, nor any proofs, or foreign coins. None of the rolls were "short".

Among the miscellany, there was a 1983-D half that had been stamped "1960 1980" above "In God We Trust". The coin also appeared to have been either polished or plated with some shiny metal. There was also a holed 1971-D half, and a 1976-D Bicentennial half with a very shiny observe, either highly polished or plated, but with a normal reverse.

I think I will search nickels in the future.

Thanks to all for the excellent posts.


-Arkham House

 

[CHAINCHOMP]

nice finds...i think that coin dated 1960-1980 was some sort of commemorative thing made by the mint. also, the other day i got one of those bic., that was extremely shiny in the front, but the back was normal...what r the chances of that, so i bet they were made for some sms or something.
keep it up and hh!

 

[enamel7]

They were sold by a private company, not the mint.
You found 2 silver, don't sound so down. It could have been worse.
HH
enamel7

 

[CHAINCHOMP]

They were sold by a private company, not the mint.
You found 2 silver, don't sound so down. It could have been worse.
HH
enamel7

oh...my bad, thanks for the correction.
but enamel's right, im going thru one of my largest skunk streaks...almost 5k, and still nothing, so an average of 1 silver per box would be like heaven to me!
keep it up and hh!

 

[dave5710]

It's gonna get better.