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cptindy
Penny Hoarding Member
572 Posts |
 Posted - 01/26/2010 : 19:07:49
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On a recent trip to the bank to buy some pennies for sorting I decided to ask if they had any half dollars. The teller said yes we have $160.00 worth. So I said in addition to the box of pennies could I get $10.00 worth of halves. Naturally she said sure. When I got to the car i opened the halves to find all 1965-69 coins. I immediately went back in and got $50.00 more. I got in my car and headed over to BK for some .99 cent doubles! (What a bargain) While there I went through the coins and found that most were in this range. I also found a 1964 Kennedy and a 1963 Franklin. After the feast i went back to the bank at record speed to grab the rest the teller mentioned she had. Unfortunately I arrived a few minutes after close and had to wait till morning. All night long I was dreaming about the rest of the coins being the same. Well morning came and off I went. I bought the rest of the coins and headed home. Not all it turned out were silver but I ended up with 151 40% and two 90% coins.
I have scoured my area and never have I came across such a score! I was excited so I thought I would share.
I would like to hear of anyone else's successful finds as I believe it is motivation to do the leg work needed to come across such a glorious find.
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 19:38:52
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congrats. welcome to the forum.
My best find was $90 face in halves. about 2/3 were 40% with the rest 90% including some franklins. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 19:39:20
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Congrats. A find that nice is rare indeed!
Welcome to the forum too.. |
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twocents
Penny Collector Member
398 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 19:43:28
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| Nice run. I am jealous. |
Just my two cents! |
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 19:45:59
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| By the way, I bought those $90 in the exact same way. $10 first, then I had to scrape up $80 for the rest. I sold them. Now I use that money to purchase larger quantities of halves. |
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Country
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3121 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 20:38:29
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FANTASTIC!! 
Come on over and post your finds in the Official 2010 thread. |
---> Come to the new and improved realcent: http://realcent.org
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
– Theodore Roosevelt
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 20:45:28
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| Awsome, totally awsome, an exciting jackpot, like a *** (great) dream! |
Come to the new and improved realcent: http://realcent.org
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kirkland
New Member
USA
0 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 20:55:47
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| What a great score! I once was able to buy around $20 face value of halves that were all 40%'s. Nothing as big as $75, however. Congrats! |
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cptindy
Penny Hoarding Member
572 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 20:58:43
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| Thanks Glad to be here! |
"It is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting"
" The average man doesn't want to be free. He wants to be safe."
H.L. Mencken
http://silver-news-today.com/ |
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 21:34:38
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I have a friend who works at a bank. She's had several people come in to cash in their coins, and sometimes they bring in all silver. We've had several collections that she bought and let me sell for her. So yeah, the coins keep coming in, but the biggest one was $325.50 face in 40% plus "only" $1.50 face in 90%. All of that came in at once, we're assuming because a hoarder died and his next of kin brought it to the bank. I still have most of that, and am selling it.
Because of all the luck she's had from people bringing in silver, and especially because of all the quick profit  , she asked the "coin order person" at her bank to order a $1000 halves bag, which she searched. She also got to go through the bag at the automatic counter when it reached $1000, within the same week. So in $2000, she came up with over $50 face more, including a better percentage of 90% silver. It's on its way to me right now.
So... yeah... that's a lot, isn't it?!? I wish I had kept track of how much she's "found" but it's got to be close to $1000 face if not more. Within the last year or so. |
Come to the new and improved realcent: http://realcent.org
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The Finest
Penny Sorter Member
USA
56 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 22:40:35
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Nice find I only have one question...
"I immediately went back in and got $50.00 more"
How do you not buy all they got???
jk nice score! |
A fool and his money are soon parted. I would pay someone a lot of money to explain that to me.-Homer Simpson |
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JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 06:57:29
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| If only it were this easy! I think i'll have found as many as you in 2 months. |
Selling Copper cents. $0 FV available at 1.4xFV. Also interested in trading for wheat pennies and other coins Please pm me for requests or inquiries.
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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
924 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 09:47:22
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| best score was ""70$'' that turned out to have $15 in each roll.so , it was really $110 face. with most of it walkers and franklins, 11 -64s and a couple rolls of 40%. only about 10.00 was non silver. i made almost 900 that day. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 10:02:05
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Looks like the Silver Santa arrived a little late for you.. but he really delivered! My best score was $120 in CWR halves that yielded 99 silvers.. 88 90% and 11 40%.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 11:13:14
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Jeez! All these wonderful finds. I can only dream of such finds...
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Selling Copper cents. $0 FV available at 1.4xFV. Also interested in trading for wheat pennies and other coins Please pm me for requests or inquiries.
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cptindy
Penny Hoarding Member
572 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 11:37:27
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Re: The Finest
Honestly I thought I had just got lucky and that it was a fluke or something. I did not think the rest would be the same quality.
On another note:
I sure wish I would have saved my Franklins from childhood. We used to gamble for them playing marbles. I had accumulated a gallon jar full and used them to buy a bike and a stereo with cool disco lights!
Live and Learn! |
"It is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting"
" The average man doesn't want to be free. He wants to be safe."
H.L. Mencken
http://silver-news-today.com/ |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 11:45:59
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| very nice score hope that it will happen again |
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Shattered
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 11:49:05
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| Next time I go to the bank I'm gonna ask for some halves. |
"I need metal in my life, just like an eagle needs to fly."
-Joseph DeMaio : Die For Metal |
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kirkland
New Member
USA
0 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 15:15:42
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| All this talk and stories of luck in halves makes me want to buy a lot more than I used to. Time to go to the banks. . . |
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Mcprice302
Penny Collector Member
USA
404 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 15:46:47
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| Enjoy it while you can. Its either feast or famine mostly. My best was on $320 CWR's which gave up 57-90%, and 51- 40%. Welcome to RC. |
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feirefiz
Penny Sorter Member
Canada
62 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 20:43:05
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| you saw 10$ face silver and still had an appetite?? i would not be able to leave that spot until i had all 160$ worth, just kidding congrats,i'm so jealous |
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myfundsarelow
Penny Collector Member
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 23:03:13
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| hi all reminds me of that song, when you walk to bank bring a lot of cash, and dont be afraid of the clad in every tellers both there may be a silver lineing the till PEACE !! |
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myfundsarelow
Penny Collector Member
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 23:08:52
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| hi all reminds me of that song, when you walk to bank bring a lot of cash, and dont be afraid of the clad in every tellers both there may be a silver lineing the till PEACE !! |
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marine70
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 23:28:38
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| That makes me want to look harder at those half dollar rolls. I see while making transactions at my bank. However I always get the ones with the black marker. |
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ME CO
Penny Pincher Member
USA
199 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2010 : 08:53:18
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| My one and only dream roll came with two other clad rolls- there are so many other hunters here I have to make myself stop in. Boxes are where its at for ME. Another memorable occasion was on my birthday in '08, went into Chase and saw shiny uncirculated halves- got all 11 and thought they were clad till I looked and they were my birthyear '66. Of course then I got pi$$ed about the other 9 they had given out as change haha. The next Wed I went back and got a couple rolls that were mostly 40%, the next Wed the same. Next Wed was all dried up- some kid got caught and got his a$$ beat I'm sure. HH all, Mark |
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