bank trip

atarian

im gettin in my car tomm and heading out to the local bank up by my college. ( good ole commerse) trading in a wad of useless coins and then investing 2 or 300 in halves. go from there. by then i should sort out what i need the cash them in then by the end of the week go to the coin shop and buy some real coins sounds like a plan. i wish i could get buffalo nickels out of nickel rolls but never happens

Placid

Goodluck

richbeat

Yeah, what Placid said.

atarian

my parents were none too thrilled tongiht that i walked though the door with a sack of pennies and nickels i got from teh bank last weke i kinda forgot to bring them in and also forgot to tell htem about it. mom was like what the hell did you do., tomm i have to cash them in and head back to the banks to order my halves. i hope they can do 300 at a time. think any silvers will come in the 600 coins? what is the noraml ratio you think?

Placid

Its just luck of the draw, you might find 50 or might find none.

XpipedreamR

I wish you the best of luck.

About one month ago, I was feeling lucky so I went to the bank and got $60 in halves, and got nothing of note. Then later that week I actually got a silver quarter in change at the grocery store! Occasionally I see a dime in change, but I was really surprised to see a quarter. I knew it by the sound it made as soon as the cashier put it my hand, but I waited until I got out of the store to check for sure. I was so excited!

My point is, there's cool stuff out there waiting to be found, and you never know where it's going to pop up so keep looking!

atarian

last time i did this was when i had 190$ and i got 13.00 in halves in silver and one was a 1942. also ive been to stores and gotten 1964 quarters. thats how i got my toned 1963D quarter. dimes right now i have plenty to trade. but i hope the halves will be a good hunt

Coppernicus

Good Luck! Most will be clad, an occasional silver (pre-65 unlikely) and every once in a while, a Frankie or a Walker. Whether or not you're successful, it's still a lot of fun. I always have several dozen OBW Lincoln wheat rolls hoarded for the winter here in Wis. Rarely do I find a winner, but it sure passes the time and keeps me from spending money in some tavern!!

Mike

RiffRaff1967

My wife just got a job at a local bank, and she told me that the vault superviser stated that she had $1000 in halves, that had been there since she started. I got all excited and had my wife bring $100 worth home - not a darn thing. I am going to keep trying, she told me that they are not all in the same rolls - who knows. Still fun though...

Steve355

Hi RR1967,

It's possible that, with a large amount of halves, it could be a "drop off" bank
for a regular half dollar hunter, and nothing will show up.


But, where your wife if working at the bank, you should have no trouble returning the rolls; with that
in mind, might still want to simply clear the vault of the remaining $900 before someone else comes in
looking for halves.

Worth a shot; happy hunting !!

Steve