why don't they do this anymore?

He's from Brooklyn.........

 

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Yes, he was using an ax and demanding quarters!

You have to have your bank order them for you. My bank is one of the rare ones which also doesn't ship out the incoming ones. But some banks (especially BofA) are unwilling to order them, and often will force you to wait several days before crediting your account when you bring them in.

 

The colloquialism will be lost on most of you........

 

If you you at the mintages of half dollars for the past decades, they are significantly below the other coins, including the dollar.

 

As I suspect that Christian is watching, I'll temper my discourse.......apparently you folks (most of you) ain't from NYC.....and you didn't find that 'funny'........OK, I can understand that. Hopefully, Frank (treashunt) will find it worthy of a wee bit of comment. 'Likes' not solicited. Who the devil needs 'em? Unless you're needing the social media attention. I'll tell ya folks, the goobers are probably following my tracks........and that ain't the bourbon talkin'


















Yes it is........

 

If so, they betta axe somebody...

 

Actually, it should have been worded' aks........

 

I'll keep that in mind... never know when it'll come in handy.

 

Indeed, but since 2002 they've only been offered in Mint Sets, rolls and bags to the general public by the Mint. Several dates and mint marks have seen only 1.7 million made (the lowest mintage for a circulation strike since the 1938-D), with a maximum of 5.0 million for the 2013-P.

 

Replying here from Lawn Guiland

I even gave ya a 'like'.

 

I guess I'm lucky. My local grocery store routinely circulates half dollars and has all along. Weaver's of Adamstown, Pennsylvania. They're kind of famous for it. In my cash transactions there, I receive a half dollar in change about 50% (Duh! Right?) of the time. (50% chance the right side of the decimal point will be under .51 and I tender only notes.)

 

That's very cool. I wonder if the manager is a coin collector?

 

Not sure it comes from the manager. It's a small family-owned grocery chain and I think I recall once reading that the founder was/is a collector. I'm not certain if he's still with us.

Tomorrow, all coins I have received in change in the past year, including the past year's halves that I didn't pull out, go into Metro Bank's (fee-free)coincounting machine. The cash is my son's starting budget for the ANA show. He gets to spend it any way he likes. A year's worth of change for me runs about $300ish.

Coins from coins.

 

Regardless, it's a very cool thing with that grocery store.

As for your son, it sounds like he's going to have a lot of fun! What does he like to collect?

 

This will blow you away - Soviet era Russian. I prefer czarist, but hey... He's also getting down to the tough coins in a well-matched VF-XF Buffalo nickel set and he's working on his 2 cent/nickel 3 cent combo Dansco album. I put him behind the 8-ball a little by snagging some really nice high end common date pieces for that. Keeping it uniform for the tougher dates is gonna get pricey.

 

WOW! That's impressive. I've got a few German and Russian coins. One of these days, I will organize them.

A high grade Buffalo set can definitely get pricey. I still need to complete mine. Only missing the type II 1913-S.

Someday I will tackle those 2 and 3 cent coins. I may get into them once I get an EF/AU 1914-D Lincoln to complete my EF and better set of them. Right now I have a VF-20 which has a tiny rub.

 

He's shopping for a nice, better than often seen raw, 1914-D, 1921-S, and Type II 1913-S. He found a great 1926-S in a bulk lot at an auction and slyly slow-walked bidding on it. There were 5 or 6 semi-keys in that lot. He has a "too good" Type I 1913-S in BU, really slab-worthy, but he'd like a better match for the rest of the book.

 

What a score! Looks like you're training him well!

 

I paid for some tacos at the taco bell drive thru with a bunch of half dollars. The guy got really excited and said "This is great, I collect these! I'm gonna swap them out at the end of my shift."

Most cashiers will try to give them back out as change before the end of their shift.

 

Yet another half dollar vs. cashier incident. Went to buy $5 in lottery tickets. Gave him 10 Kennedy clad half dollars.

Him: "Whoooaaaaa! Why don't you keep these, they are worth a lot!"
Me: "Only if they are silver right?"
Him: blank stare followed by "Whatever. They are probably worth a lot more than you'll win with these lottery tickets. Anyway, good luck and have a good day."
Me: "Thanks, you too!"

Amazing how he is probably both right and wrong at the same time.