Kennedy roll finds

Last year, when I bought a Kennedy roll, I found 2 Bicentennials. Nothing else good.

Maybe next time I'll get lucky and find a 40% coin.

 

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I haven't managed to hit the probability jackpot yet; no silvers of any sort... BUT! I managed to find a 1971 Kennedy half that had been hollowed out. Pretty cool. Although, I still haven't figured out how to open it. haha.

 

I've gone thru about 400 dollars of halves in my last box and finally got 1 40% ugh. These odds of finding silver is not easy. Bicentennials is very common if your looking thru many halves...... Do you ever look for varieties? I look for these all the time and some are worth the look. Should check what to look for in the Cherrypickers book like no FG's and DDO's. Snowman

 

Thank you, Snowman! I went through my first $400 worth and came up empty in silver. I think around the $240 mark, I started to think "hmmm I bet there's an error coin or two in here..." and it turns out that hunting for mint made imperfections has been more valuable for me than just pre-1971 Kennedy halves. Question! What would cause a coin to take on a golden sheen?

 

this year has been very bad for silver halves for me. Last year I averaged 1.8 silver coins per box. Now my average is probably some where .3 per box.

 

I just purchased four boxes and was skunked

 

my odds of finding silver are much lower then last years also but i will keep trying been thru over 40 boxes this year so far

 

Yeah.

 

I'm about 2/3rds of my way through a dime box and still no errors or silver. In fact, i've been losing money on that box (i found a penny in a roll).

 

It's called toning...

 

I recently found 2 1967 half dollars at work. I have found several bicentennials as well. Are they rare or valuable?

 

bicentennials are not worth keeping even if they are in nice shape

 

My hate for the 1976 half is equal to that of the 64 Jefferson.

 

I have the exact opposite reaction to those two coins. I find alot of them in my searching although I don't keep either. Being born in 1964, I always felt I had a connection with the 64 Jefferson. More often than not, any "old" nickel I found was a 64 and I though there was some cosmic message that was trying to be sent my way. When I started collecting coins, I learned about mintage numbers and had my palm/forehead/DOH moment.

As for the 76 half, that just brings back fond memories of when I first had any interest in coins.

 

I see in another thread you opened it. How did you open it. Did you pry it? If it is scratched at all on the edge and not able to go back together properly and come apart properly with the special magician's tool it would ruin any value to a magician.

 

Harsh... but I can't disagree with you. Bicentennial halves are just way too common. Although, bidiots on ebay are always interesting...

 

They are if you like them. Not all of us are in the hobby to make a profit.

 

A few days ago i walked into a bank and asked the teller if she had any halves. She said a few and pulled out about 8 of them. I looked through and ended up leaving with a toned 1996 and a toned 1965. Pretty good catch for only $1.00 and 2 minutes.

 

Very nice!

 

The only bad thing was, in order to get to that bank, i had checked 7 others and none had more than 2 or 3 halves. The one that had those two was an hour from my house.