So I stroll into my bank today to see if they have any Half Dollar Rolls?

[kryptonitecomics]

In the past 5 years I have gone to the bank only one time looking for rolls of Half dollars.....and came away with maybe two loose rolls worth (20 coins) and you guessed it...no silver. So I go through the drive through to make a deposit today and out of the blue I decided to ask the teller if they had any Half Dollar rolls. After talking with the Vault manager she stated that they did and that I would need to come inside the bank to pick them up. 5 minutes later the vault manager asks me how much I wanted and I said the only thing that popped into my mind......."how many do you have?". She stated $400 dollars worth and I said wow....not that many.....give me $100 worth

 

 

As they began to place the rolls on the counter I could see they were bank wrapped rolls and my heart sank, assuming that these had been searched and re-rolled by the bank several times over . Just as I began to pay for them I looked over and noticed one of the rolls.......and immediatly asked for another $50 worth Can you guess what I saw???

 

 

 

I had always considered myself a somewhat advanced collector with a descent yearly budget so looking through rolls never felt like my cup of tea, since typically the coins you might find aren't in particularly good shape. Needless to say that after my finds in these rolls I have re-evaluated my position on searching bank rolls and I plan on going back to the Bank on Monday to pick up the other $250 worth

 

Total haul:

(15) 40% Silver Halves

(1) 1964 Kennedy Half

(5) Franklin Halves including (1) BU

(1) 1939 Walking Liberty Half :1Applause;

 

 

 

 

I can't believe I pulled a nicely circulated walker out of a Bank Roll

 

[HaydenTubbs]

Great find Shane!

[cpm9ball]

Good for you, Shane! That was quite a haul from just 15 rolls.

 

Every couple of months I order two FRB boxes ($1000) from my bank. To date, I've found 9 proofs, 122 - 40% silver, 25 - '64, 3 - Franklins and zilch for Walkers. Your batting average is much better than mine, but I don't intend to give up. I keep thinking about the convenience store manager who walked into my bank one day for the change he ordered. When he opened the $500 box of shrink-wrapped quarters, he discovered that they were ALL silver.

 

Chris

[RoelSports]

Very nice...I just looked at $500 worth and got 5 silver 1964's...scr

[Brotherman]

Are you kidding?! There is still silver to be found in bank rolls? Holy cow, I search circulated cents (going through about $200 right now) but I never even thought about finding silver! My newbieness is showing I'd better get my butt back to the bank!

[EZ_E]

Shane, great finds! Too bad that you couldn't search all of them.

 

 

I keep thinking about the convenience store manager who walked into my bank one day for the change he ordered. When he opened the $500 box of shrink-wrapped quarters, he discovered that they were ALL silver.

 

Great story, Chris.

 

Remember about a year back when I got 32 Mercury dimes from a McDonalds? A kid spent 3 rolls worth. But $500 in silver quarters.