Went to the bank today for my first Half Dollar roll purchase
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They had 50 rolls, but only had enough cash for 14. While standing in line, there was an old timer next to me at the other teller.
I would say in his mid to late 70's. He saw the teller put the rolls on the counter for me and said
"Are you looking for gold coins?" I was thinking that at his age he would surely know I was looking for
silver halves. So I told him I was looking for pre-65 coins and he just looked at me like I was from Mars.
When you guys buy halves in rolls at the bank, do any of you use a metal detector to find out if they have
silver so you don't have to open and then re-wrap them if they're only clad?
What got me thinking about the detector is when she said she had fifty rolls and I thought how
cool it would be just to scan the rolls while at the bank and say "I'll take this one and that one
over there."
I would say in his mid to late 70's. He saw the teller put the rolls on the counter for me and said
"Are you looking for gold coins?" I was thinking that at his age he would surely know I was looking for
silver halves. So I told him I was looking for pre-65 coins and he just looked at me like I was from Mars.
When you guys buy halves in rolls at the bank, do any of you use a metal detector to find out if they have
silver so you don't have to open and then re-wrap them if they're only clad?
What got me thinking about the detector is when she said she had fifty rolls and I thought how
cool it would be just to scan the rolls while at the bank and say "I'll take this one and that one
over there."
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And ... did you find any?
<< <i>You really want to look for pre-71
And ... did you find any? >>
They are for my son. I'm going to let him open them. I forgot about the 40%ers
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Scratch the detector idea!
bob
Maine_Jim
<< <i>Good luck - you never know what might show up. When I get machine rolled coins I just crack them open then dump them in a plastic coin bag that the bank gives me for deposits. I fill the bag up and just deposit it like cash. Pretty easy system and they never complain. I never thought about using my detector on it. If they are customer rolls I just open them and slide them into my hand and take out any silvers and re-roll them up adding any clad needed. It's been a little slow lately but about a year ago I stopped in and asked for rolls and got about $350 worth, I was a bit surprised when I open the customer rolls and found this. Like I said you never know....
Maine_Jim >>
WOW
<< <i>I think the non silver ones are made of metal too.
Scratch the detector idea!
bob
Most metal detectors have a fine discrimination setting which in theory allows the user to cancel out junk metal but in reality i agree theres minimal chance it would work in this scenario.Copper/nickel isn't considered junk metal by most machines (detectors) Iron is the chief culprit it trys to cancel out.Oddly aluminium will give the same reading as gold in many instances , i think that's why the ring pull is the curse of the hobby.Just a bit of somewhat useless trivia there : )