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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 08/10/2007 : 22:12:29
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I promised a count over two weeks ago. So, better late than never. Out of one box of halves I found one 1964. I did find several very fine to AU halves for my folder, but only the one silver piece. At least it was a 90%er.
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just carl
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
601 Posts |
 Posted - 08/15/2007 : 08:42:05
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As to spending those new baby size dollars, I've had it. No one likes them around here. Maybe in other places they are more popular, but in the Chicago area they can just be a bad experience. Example was in a restaurant I left a few halves and a few of those new baby sized dollar coins for a tip. The waitress said rather loudly "Hey mister, you left some of your kids play money on the table"
Our commuter train conductors have those coin changers on thier belts. Some will point at them if you try to use the baby dollars or halves and note there is no place for them in those coin changers. Cashiers in stores also have no place in a new cashregister for those types of coins. They hold up lines while unknowing cashiers call for a person to verify the things. Funny story was a bum I tried to give a baby dollar to also turned me down thinking it was a joke. Even at a flea market they wouldn't take the halves saying it's not real. Then naturally I have fun trying to spend a $2 bill.
I go to a bank at least every two weeks and get 4 or more rolls of halves. Haven't found anything worth anything for some time now. Problem is getting rid of them. The banks tell me there is a waiting list for the Ike dollar coins but relative get first choices.
I think it is really getting to late for the usage of the half dollar coin and those baby dollars are only good for collecting. One bank I go to is constantly trying to get people to take the new baby sized dollars but they say not a lot of takers. AND please don't bring them back here.
If your in an area where all those coins are accepted, good. Have fun.
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Metalophile
Penny Collector Member
USA
320 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2007 : 11:49:40
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So far I've spent maybe 200 of the Presidential dollars. I've gotten responses ranging from frowns all the way to elation and excitement. I'd say about 40% of the time there is no response a tall. About 30% of the time there is some initial confusion/frowns, then they hunt for a place to drop it in the till. About 20% of the time they study it closely to make sure it's a dollar, about 5% of the time they call someone else over to look at it to verify that it's real money, and maybe 5% are happy to get them or see something new.
My local branch bank manager, however has gotten somewhat hostile. Twice I requested Jefferson dollars. The first time she said they didn't have them. I asked when they would have them. She was non-commital, and a little uppity, saying that she didn't know how to order them. I replied that the US Mint has instructions on their web site, and she told me to just get them from the Mint. The second time I asked for them a week later, I spoke to the same manager again. She again said they didn't have them, and that they weren't going to get them. I said that one of their competitor banks had them, and she just about exploded. I think next time I ask and they don't have them I'll threaten to move my account. I ended up getting them from a different branch, where one of the tellers I suspect is a coin collector. I also got a couple of rolls from their competitor bank. I have half a mind to order a whole box from the friendly branch, then take them to the unfriendly branch and deposit them! I'd like to see the manager's face then!
I've heard the mintages on the 3 presidential dollars have gone down dramatically since George Washington. I may hold on to my Jefferson rolls for a bit, as fatigue may have set in, and these may be more rare.
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2007 : 14:51:08
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Dramatic mintage reduction? Not quite...
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Far from the 90% drop that happened with the Susan B and the Sacagawea dollars.
RUNNING TOTAL
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3331 zincs (1982-2007) 75.5%
1053 coppers (1959-1982) 23.9%
26 wheats (1920-1958)
6 Canadian (1968-1995)
1 dime (2004)
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2007 : 14:53:56
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Originally posted by texcattlerancher
I promised a count over two weeks ago. So, better late than never. Out of one box of halves I found one 1964. I did find several very fine to AU halves for my folder, but only the one silver piece. At least it was a 90%er.
Are there any rare Kennedy halves?
1970- and 1987-dated halves are the hardest of the clad Kennedies to find. 1999 and 1982 also had relatively low mintages. I say relatively becuase half dollars circulate the least and have the smallest mintages of any current US coin. This makes a set of Kennedy halves one of the most challenging sets of current US coins to collect.
RUNNING TOTAL
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3331 zincs (1982-2007) 75.5%
1053 coppers (1959-1982) 23.9%
26 wheats (1920-1958)
6 Canadian (1968-1995)
1 dime (2004)
Wanna take money away from the Fed? Spend dollar coins! |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2007 : 17:28:28
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Along with a box of pennies, I sorted a box of quarters today. I found only one silver, a 1964. Getting another box of halves later this week. Century Bank in my area is a blessing with its free coin counters in its various locations.
Thank you Cerulean for the lower mintage dates. I have never found a 1987. |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2007 : 07:18:58
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This is what I used as a reference when I searched my halves.
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Aside from errors look for:
1970D - issued only in mint sets
1987 and 1987D - issued only for sets
2002 to current - only sold to collectors and dealers
anything with an S - issued only as a proof
Also as I said on another thread I searched 2 boxes last weekend and all that I found was a 1976 S that is worth a dollar or two. So I got totally skunked on silver on the only two boxes that I have ever searched. I'm not sure if I will do any more.
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SmallCHange
Penny Sorter Member
USA
70 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2007 : 08:28:43
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| I live in NJ and I could not find a casino in Atlantic City still using coins, all TITO, but did not check every single casino of course. Does anyone here know if there are any casinos left in the country which still use coins. Indian casinos? Anything in Nevada or down South? |
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just carl
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
601 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2007 : 09:56:34
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Odd that some find spending halves and the new baby sized dollar coins easy. I am now going to stop even trying. A waitress at a restaurant I frequent where I always leave 3 halves nicely told me to stop with the half stuff. She would rather not have a tip than to try to get rid of them herself. Conductors on our commuter trains have told me to stop with those stupid things since thier coin changers do not have a place for them. Even at a flea market I was told by the people at the front that those are not preferable. No vending machines around here take either the halves or the baby dollars. No one wants them. Anyway, why would anyone want to carry excessive weight in coins just to prove a point that they are real.
My biggest irritation is holding up lines in a store by trying to use those things. If in a grocery store and you have frozen foods and you are held up in line because of those stupid coins, I just have lost it with those things.
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2007 : 06:43:28
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| Yesterday's box of halves yielded 2 1964s and 7 from 65-69. I feel like I just got a 30% return on copper! |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2007 : 15:31:33
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| I sorted another box over lunch. Very fast sorting on halves. But, got skunked -- no silver. |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2007 : 13:26:44
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Searched thru $200 in halves and found:
1- 1964
2- 1967
2- 1968-D
3- 2005-D
One of the 1967 halves seems to be gold plated. Has anyone come across a gold plated coin in circulation? What is the best way to find out if it is a real gold plating? |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2007 : 08:25:43
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Originally posted by Hirbonzig
One of the 1967 halves seems to be gold plated. Has anyone come across a gold plated coin in circulation? What is the best way to find out if it is a real gold plating?
I've found two 1976 halves that appear to be plated with a gold-like substance. The plating must be quite thin since it has rubbed off on the higher points on JFK's jawline and the base metal is visible once more. I estimate that there's less than a gram of gold (or gold-colored metal) on the entire coin.
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I've searched through four boxes of halves and hundreds of vault rolls and loose halves since November. So far I've found six 40%ers, three Ben Franklin halves, sixteen 2002+ halves, and one proof, but not a single 1964 yet.
RUNNING TOTAL
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3331 zincs (1982-2007) 75.5%
1053 coppers (1959-1982) 23.9%
26 wheats (1920-1958)
6 Canadian (1968-1995)
1 dime (2004)
Wanna take money away from the Fed? Spend dollar coins! |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2007 : 08:48:19
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| You guys have had way more luck with halves than me. I went through 1k worth a couple of weeks and only found a 1976 S (worth a buck). Anyhow I've decided to give it one more shot and then call it quits if I get skunked again. I am picking up another 1k load this weekend and we will see what happens. |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2007 : 10:58:57
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| I have been through about $2,000 but I don't know what my specific silver count is. Best guess from reviewing some of my previous posts is about 4 to 5 1964s and 10 to 15 40%ers. I have also found and kept a number of 2002 and later, and then the few AU specimens I have found in the clad dates for my collection. However, I have not come across a single 1970 or 1987. I think those two dates are more rare in circulated coins than even the 80% silver ones. |
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ME CO
Penny Pincher Member
USA
199 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2007 : 20:12:52
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| Horgad, are your boxes Fed boxes (single layer w/ peekaboo holes in bottom), or are they maybe Brinks (double deckers)? I am through with Brinks- seems they have more than one pallet, ones loaded with boxes with little silver, other ain't got squat. I have done pretty good since I started hunting halves just 2 monthes ago. Last night I broke the 90 ozt mark but I have been working my a$$ off ordering, buying, sorting, and dumping the same $1000 about 5 times a week. HH all, Mark |
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Posted - 09/19/2007 : 20:33:27
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Originally posted by just carl
I have no problem getting halves from any bank in my area. I usually pick up 4 to 10 rolls every few weeks of half dollars. Never find anything I need anymore. Several full albums of them so now just getting them to spend to irritate people has been my goal lately. I've been already told not to use them in certain places due to the problems they create. For example a conductor on a commumter train has a coin changer that has no place for a half dollar. No place for the stupid baby sized dollars either. At one restaurant a waitress said "What the h--- is this supposed to be?" when I left her a $3 tip in halves. Kids at places like McDonalds look at them as if they were play money. Some think they are something new. The other fun thing is to get a bunch of $2 bills from the bank and try to spend them.
Carl
It would really be convenient for me (I have a side job at a grocery store) and countless others if soda machines took half dollars. Too bad.
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"The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." -John Maynard Keynes |
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Posted - 09/19/2007 : 20:37:46
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Another thing- probably 90% of my retail purchases are done at "self checkout" machines.
My parents always use those things. They say they like to avoid annoying cashiers.
I always tell them that they're being screwed. To me, I pay the cashiers' wages, and I deserve their service. I won't work for free for a commercial, for-profit company.
Plus, those things always screw up, and you get the cashiers anyway.
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"The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." -John Maynard Keynes |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2007 : 06:59:50
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Originally posted by ME CO
Horgad, are your boxes Fed boxes (single layer w/ peekaboo holes in bottom), or are they maybe Brinks (double deckers)? I am through with Brinks- seems they have more than one pallet, ones loaded with boxes with little silver, other ain't got squat. I have done pretty good since I started hunting halves just 2 monthes ago. Last night I broke the 90 ozt mark but I have been working my a$$ off ordering, buying, sorting, and dumping the same $1000 about 5 times a week. HH all, Mark
The boxes I got were large flat boxes with a single layer of stubby rolls in them and yes I believe they were holey. Are you saying these are the type of boxes that you have had bad luck with also?
By the way the halve boxes came from the same bank where I avoid ordering pennies because I have gotten so many 2007s from them. Unfortunately my other bank where I get my good Brink's penny boxes from could not or would not order me halves. They said they tried and couldn't get them and I tend to believe them since they are generally really nice to me. |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2007 : 15:00:03
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Originally posted by Old_Nickel
It would really be convenient for me (I have a side job at a grocery store) and countless others if soda machines took half dollars. Too bad.
Most vending machines I encounter have slots too narrow for anything bigger than a dollar coin. There's an older soda machine in my office that has a slot wide enough for halves, but the thing  JAMS when I try to spend a half dollar in it.
RUNNING TOTAL
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3331 zincs (1982-2007) 75.5%
1053 coppers (1959-1982) 23.9%
26 wheats (1920-1958)
6 Canadian (1968-1995)
1 dime (2004)
Wanna take money away from the Fed? Spend dollar coins! |
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Jason
Penny Pincher Member
USA
138 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 01:45:54
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I've never had a problem spending half or dollar coins. If someone did give me any trouble i would just take my business elsewhere. What is the face value on a box of halves? I haven't bought a box yet, but i'm going to start ordering halves to make my sourcing life easier and i'd like to do it by the box to make my bank's life easier.
M20/1USMS:US1Cu22700:US1Zn7500:US5CuNi720:US10Ag128:US25Ag89:US50Ag43:Us100Ag3 |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 06:23:59
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"What is the face value on a box of halves?"
$500...a serious chunk of change, but you could sort them and return them practically in one day if you wanted |
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Posted - 09/21/2007 : 16:22:23
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)(@#$I)$(#@I)$#(!!!!
Listening to the stories here and elsewhere about half dollars, I sent my father out to get some along with my usual roll of quarters, and if not, to get two rolls of quarters. Apparently, my local bank (Wachovia, or at least the local branch) doesn't stock half dollar rolls; they only store the ones people dump off in their drawers.
And if that wasn't enough, I got ripped off! There was a nickel in with the quarters!
I did get another Bicentennial, though, and that's good.
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Posted - 09/21/2007 : 16:27:45
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I don't bother with the dollar coins anymore. I stopped after Adams, and went out and bought the proof set for $20. That'll actually be worth something someday, anyway.
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 20:47:03
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| Total skunking on this week's box of halves. At least I have a full $500 for the free coin counter. Zero silver, zero AUs for collection, zero post 2001. Simply nothing to keep. Worst sorting experience ever. So far I have had what I assume were FED boxes, has holes in the bottom to confirm the half dollar rolls. But, that's two silver skunks in two weeks. |
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