Going to look through $1000 in Half dollars (Pictures)

Peaceman · February 25, 2010 4:21AM

My son (14) is somewhat interested in coins so I suggested that we go on a treasure hunt at the bank and look for silver halves. He decided he wanted to take $1000 out of his savings account to see what we could find. We ordered them last week and are on our way to the bank to pick them up.... Lets here some guesses as to how many silver coins we find (any %). I guess 6.

Edited to add: originally posted $2000 worth...

Bochiman · February 25, 2010 4:22AM

Have fun carrying them

If I recall, I think each box of $500 is about 35 pounds

AnkurJ · February 25, 2010 4:23AM

I guess 10

derryb · February 25, 2010 4:35AM

Usually there are none in a brick or there are quite a few. Just depends on if someone turned in the brick after they picked through it. Had one bank give me a big clear bag of $500 once. Bet your son gets tired of doing it before you finish.

With $2000 I'm guessing 6 at 90% and 32 at 40%. Good Luck!

SilverEagles92 · February 25, 2010 4:41AM

13 90% half dollars

23 40% half dollars

I hope you find more than that. Good luck!

LotsoLuck · February 25, 2010 4:46AM

I bagged one 90% and two 40% yesterday out of 12 rolls.
Best of luck!

MadMarty · February 25, 2010 4:48AM

Depends on who the rolling company is, here in IL it's Brinks and silver is very hard to come by in rolls. The last 2 $500 boxes of rolled netted 0 silver.

ElKevvo · February 25, 2010 4:48AM

I hope you had better luck than I did! I went through 1K of them over the holidays...found nothing of value. Some nice coins to be sure but a lot of beat up ex casino coins. No Christmas gift to me from that endeavor! I have been slowly getting rid of them over the last couple of months...still have 500.00 or so to go.

K

Peaceman · February 25, 2010 4:56AM

oops... Bank (or me) messed up and we only got 1000 worth. If you made a guess above, I'll just cut it in half... Both weight 51 pounds... Let the picking begin!!!!!

Blackborder · February 25, 2010 4:59AM

1 90%

7 40%

MsMorrisine · February 25, 2010 4:59AM

I don't think it is as high as 35 pounds per $500... maybe per $1000.

I've carried $1000 without trouble.

you likely will not need this, but take some packing tape just in case. open boxes are a pain, especially if you have more than one box to carry.
the boxes and rolls might explode open if they are dropped from a height.

the last $1000 I went through turned up 2 40% and 2 90%, before that the kid and I found 2 90% and 7 40% in one box and 1 40% in another.

others have reported quite a number in a single roll out of a box.

be on the lookout for circulated proofs.... and may as well look out for circulated proof silver too.

I'll say 5 90% and 8 40%

LindeDad · February 25, 2010 5:00AM

I say skunked and someone else got there first.

guitarwes · February 25, 2010 5:00AM

good luck with your search. I bought $50.50 out of the local bank's counter yesterday and it yielded 1- 40%. The time before that yielded 2- 40% out of $23 face. The time before that yeilded 12- 40% and 3- 90% out of $103 face.

I've never searched rolled Halves before and think that most rolling facilities would search them for 40's and 90's before rolling them for disbursment. But, I've heard lots of folks say they've done well in rolled boxes.

I wish I had $2K in savings when I was 14........

ocon4008 · February 25, 2010 5:13AM

Good luck; two boxes is quite tedious. The last box I searched had 1 90% and 4 40%; hope you do better.

Flatwoods · February 25, 2010 5:25AM

Based on my experiences.... 0

jdillane · February 25, 2010 5:26AM

I searched $900 in halves a couple months ago. Not even a lone 40% in the bunch. That was most disappointing. I hope you and your son fare better than I did!!

NewParadigm · February 25, 2010 5:41AM

How do you order a case? Simply just ask at the tellers window? Is cost face value?

bushmaster8 · February 25, 2010 5:42AM

Only time I tried that (having a bank special order them for me) was 1980 or so. I ended up with a full mint sewn bag of 79-D's.

chucknra · February 25, 2010 5:43AM

0 and 0 is my guess. But I hope you get at least 10 and 5. That would be nice.

mbogoman · February 25, 2010 5:45AM

I've searched two $500 boxes in the past half year. The first box, from my local branch, turned up 49 40% and one 90%. The second box, which I searched over Christmas at my parents' house (from my dad's small hometown bank), yielded 3 40%. As always, YMMV...

I guess 22 40% and 7 90%

Good Luck!!!

partagas · February 25, 2010 5:46AM

I will say you get 10 silver, and 13 40%. good luck! and have fun/

illini420 · February 25, 2010 5:57AM

those look like old boxes to me too, good luck!!

keepdachange · February 25, 2010 6:01AM

My best box ever was 63 silver, 30+ were franks and only 6 of them were 40%. But just like a weight loss add *results not typical*

I'll guess 9 40% and 3 90%

Peaceman · February 25, 2010 6:07AM

This is what I get doing it 4x in a row...

First $ 100 gone through and we neted:

1; 1974-s

I dont know anything about this series... ziltch.. any help would be great. I assume the "S" came from a mint set? Proof set? Or am I being dumb..lol.. What other errors should I look for? Dates of errors.... This is going to take hours....

DCW · February 25, 2010 6:38AM

I hope you are searching for errors and varieties as well... Seems like that would increase the chances of "treasure" in your "hunt."

Peaceman · February 25, 2010 6:44AM

He's stopped at $ 150 and now is watching TV... lol..

If anyone can be so kind as to post what I can look for.... I'll try to research it a little on my own as well..

Bochiman · February 25, 2010 6:50AM

Ok, 26 pounds per box.....they told me wrong

But, it still adds up getting multiple boxes (I usually get 2 at a time as well).

Go to the merchant teller is what I do here. They do the ordering for the branch they are in here.

The 1974-S is from a proof set. I usually get 1-2 of those per thousand as well....impaired proofs. Don't know why I keep them

tahoe98 · February 25, 2010 7:18AM

<< He's stopped at $ 150 and now is watching TV... lol..

If anyone can be so kind as to post what I can look for.... I'll try to research it a little on my own as well.. >>

....64-p DDO
....64-p DDR
....64-d DDO-3
....64-d RPM-3
....65-p DDR
....66-p DDO-4 special mint sets
....66-p missing designer's initials special mint sets
....67-p DDO
....67-p DDR
....68-d Tripled Die Obverse
....71-d DDO
....72-p DDO
....72-d missing designer's initials
....73-d DDO
....74-d DDO
....hope this helps.

1tommy · February 25, 2010 7:32AM

OK i have spent many a winter (work construction) getting the boxes from my local bank. Last year when i started i was totally amazed as too the coins i had found. But my most prized possession of a find was a 2000 (wished somebody would have seen it when it was new) i have learned to always turn each coin over from heads to tail and after years lol of searching i found this 2000 kennedy half with a 65 degrees rotated reverse haven't sent it to be graded as its badly scratched up but still got me hooked on halfs : } enjoy there does seems to be alot fewer finds this year But still i am flipper for sure : } woohoooooo

rbalderman1 · February 25, 2010 7:58AM

I'll say your search is over by saturday afternoon, 6 %40 and 2 %90.

kurtdog · February 25, 2010 8:36AM

If you don't find any silver in the 1st 10 rolls, that's a bad sign. If you don't find any halves marked with Sharpies in the 1st 10 rolls, that's a good sign. If you find a proof in the 1st 10 rolls, that's also a good sign. So, so far, you've got 2 good signs, and 1 bad sign.

lkeigwin · February 25, 2010 8:40AM

I'll guess 6 40% and 1 90%.

Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!
Lance.

fishcooker · February 25, 2010 8:43AM

For $1000, I vote 4 40% and 1 probable 90% that was run over by a truck so you can't tell for sure.

Oh! And 3 foreign whatevers that are similarly sized.

mbogoman · February 25, 2010 9:27AM

<< Oh! And 3 foreign whatevers that are similarly sized. >>

Yeah, I forgot to mention the pair of Panamanian halves in my two boxes...

mtnman · February 25, 2010 9:52AM

What does DDO & DDR mean? Thanks

mkman123 · February 25, 2010 9:54AM

double die obverse and double die reverse

lkenefic · February 25, 2010 9:56AM

<< Based on my experiences.... 0 >>

...me too

hammered54 · February 25, 2010 10:50AM

<< What does DDO & DDR mean? Thanks >>

show him some pic's of these if anyone has them.
Matt.

Gription · February 25, 2010 10:52AM

<< 

<< He's stopped at $ 150 and now is watching TV... lol..

If anyone can be so kind as to post what I can look for.... I'll try to research it a little on my own as well.. >>

....64-p DDO
....64-p DDR
....64-d DDO-3
....64-d RPM-3
....65-p DDR
....66-p DDO-4 special mint sets
....66-p missing designer's initials special mint sets
....67-p DDO
....67-p DDR
....68-d Tripled Die Obverse
....71-d DDO
....72-p DDO
....72-d missing designer's initials
....73-d DDO
....74-d DDO
....hope this helps.

>>

74 d ddo for sure... and there's 82p & 83p that are missing designer's initials

87's - only available in mint sets, but who knows..

i like 86 p's.. hardest regular half to find, for me anyway

i used to go through boxes here and there and did well with silver but that was a long time ago... there can't be many left in circulation i'd imagine

see if ya can put a set together... that'd be fun for ya both

Mercfan · February 25, 2010 11:34AM

I predict that you'll find one piece of silver per six rolls.

If you have the lousy fortune of having purchased previously searched rolls, you might still find some 40% silver coins in there--providing you check the dates and not just scan the edges. I've found some dirty silver clads that others have missed with edges that looked a lot like clad edges.

While you're at it, I hope you and your son are thinking about assembling as complete and unblemished set of circulation issues as you can find in rolls.

Of course, if the right widow or widower has previously owned a significant number of the coins in those two boxes, you may have an experience similar to the one I last had on June 13, 2007, when the seventeen rolls I got from a local bank yielded the goodies pictured below (stacked by date and mm).

I did pick up six rolls about three weeks ago that contained eighteen 40% and five 90% Kennedys.

It's always a trip to strike silver. Enjoy!

Peaceman · February 25, 2010 11:46AM

Things are going VERY slowly... well, since I am looking at EVERY coin for DDO and die breaks....lol.. yea, I cant help myself. We're having fun just taking it slow. Went through not even 1/2 of one case thus far. I have about 10 coins on the sidelines to relook at. DDO, Die cracks, some crazy file lines, etc. No silver yet. I think this will mvoe into the next several days... sorry for no instant gratification.

Lakesammman · February 25, 2010 11:52AM

Looking on with interest........

Lakesammman · February 25, 2010 11:54AM

1796 and 1797 are keepers too - can't believe no one has mentioned those dates yet.........

MsMorrisine · February 25, 2010 11:56AM

71D & 77D has some rare strikes in 40% silver.

1970D (no P) plus the 87P & 87D were not circulation strike.
as well as many from the 200*:
2001P
2002P & D
2003P & D
2004P & D
2006P & D
2007P & D

source: 2010 RedBook
(and I wonder if years past 2007 were also not released into circulation)

and with your 74S find, you've beaten my earliest S Kennedy Half of 1979-filled-S

Gription · February 25, 2010 11:56AM

ha
ha

Gription · February 25, 2010 11:57AM

<< 
2001P
2002P & D
2003P & D
2004P & D
2006P & D
2007P & D
>>

yup

Bochiman · February 25, 2010 12:52PM

<< 71D & 77D has some rare strikes in 40% silver.

1970D (no P) plus the 87P & 87D were not circulation strike.
as well as many from the 200*:
2001P
2002P & D
2003P & D
2004P & D
2006P & D
2007P & D

source: 2010 RedBook
(and I wonder if years past 2007 were also not released into circulation)

and with your 74S find, you've beaten my earliest S Kennedy Half of 1979-filled-S >>

Bolded.....they didn't, so 2008 and 2009 (even 2010 currently) are good finds too. Usually means someone bought a bag, or rolls, went through for what they wanted, and "Spent" the rest

Robb · February 25, 2010 12:54PM

<< 

<< 71D & 77D has some rare strikes in 40% silver.

1970D (no P) plus the 87P & 87D were not circulation strike.
as well as many from the 200*:
2001P
2002P & D
2003P & D
2004P & D
2006P & D
2007P & D

source: 2010 RedBook
(and I wonder if years past 2007 were also not released into circulation)

and with your 74S find, you've beaten my earliest S Kennedy Half of 1979-filled-S >>

Bolded.....they didn't, so 2008 and 2009 (even 2010 currently) are good finds too. Usually means someone bought a bag, or rolls, went through for what they wanted, and "Spent" the rest >>

Are said coins satin finish like the mint sets?

sinin1 · February 25, 2010 1:17PM

check for anything 1970 or earlier

good luck - I am surprised at MercFans score

I always get skunked - to the point it has been awhile since I bothered doing it.

Maybe the economy is cleaning out the closets, I know I am spending some of my circ IKEs

tahoe98 · February 26, 2010 4:19AM

<< 

<< What does DDO & DDR mean? Thanks >>

show him some pic's of these if anyone has them.
Matt. >>

....you mean like these?

derryb · February 26, 2010 7:38AM

I once found a whole roll of unc. 64's in a brick. True! Now get back to the rolls.

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