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Weird that you say that because I had a similar dream last night. A friend of mine bought a box of halves but instead of rolls in it, it had a block of foam with holes cut out where the coins were stacked. It was all Morgan dollars and Walkers. I was scrambling because I didn't have enough money to go buy the other box that the bank had. So I guess this is more of a nightmare than a dream!

 

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After reading the thread, I got curious and picked up 2 rolls of half dollars at my local bank. Oddly enough, both rolls were entirely bicentennials (38x 1976-D and 2 1976 unmarked).

Are there any varieties I should look for? Or are those all catch-and-release coins?

 

Usually after doing a box of halves I end up with approximately a roll and a half of bicentennials and I usually dump them, because they are abundant and I already have some from my Grandpa. I only keep them if they look nice or if I find a proof...someone else may add something here...

And Moonshine, I still don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing...

 

Dump those bicentennials. I dumped a bunch of MS65's yesterday... just not worth keeping when they made over a billion of them.

 

I just bought $100 in Ikes that a customer just deposited. Nothing. But now what the heck do I do with them? I feel bad taking them to my dump bank.

 

Sell 'em. They can command a slight premium to certain people.

 

Just sold 90 Ikes for $120 on Ebay......after fees, it puts $17-$19 in my coin budget for this year....

Also, spend a couple of them. The reaction you get is priceless.

 

BIN or auction?

 

Thanks I just put them on Ebay. I think you'd be nuts to buy these for more than face but I guess people want them for some reason.

 

Interesting. I've purchased and turned in 100s of these over the last 6 months. Wish I had kept them all now.

 

Crazy,

I can't get anything over face around here for the IKE's but for some reason people are buying them up on Ebay. I'm going to run an auction for 50 bicentennial IKE's in the near future. I've seen them go for a premium lately on Ebay.

 

I've picked up 40 in the last 2 weeks from 2 different banks. I think ill holdem but yea they seem to go for 1.50 or 1.80 on ebay.

We got a few boxes of halves today, ill post results if i find anything good.

 

I have sold two lots of 100 ikes on ebay. Cleared about $15 on one and about $25 on the other. I also sold one lot on craigslist and cleared $20. Works for me.

 

HUGE SCORE!!!!! I stopped by a bank looking for halves and the nice teller said they were out, but she would be bringing her collection in to cash in on Wednesday and if I wanted to come back she'd hold them for me. Of course I pounced on it.

$90 in halves and I scored 43- 40%'s!!!! I'm crazy with silver lust at the moment...

edit: I see in the redbook that there were some modern releases in silver in the 90's and such. Doesn't say what % they are. Anyone know if you can tell by the rim like the others at a glance? I assume so since I'd guess they were at least 40%'s.

 

I think silver from the rim looks like silver no matter what. I did notice that if you drop a 40% on a hard surface it has a different sound than a 90%...

 

Question about 40%s, do they appear like silver 90%s from the side?

 

Not nearly as bright but you don't see the copper. You can also tell by the year. 70 and older has silver.

 

I've had one 40 that looked exactly like a clad and it almost fooled me until I heard that distinctive ping when I dropped it into the box.

 

I always check the date on all of them. I've never NOT had a 40 stand out though. Was is pretty well worn IBurgguy?

 

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