Question for Half Dollar Roll Searchers

I take them to the Wells Fargo branch, where the branch mananger was a bit rude to me. I roll them all and just deposit one box ($500) at a time.

 

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As far as I know, and Red Book confirms, the 1976-S half dollar was either
a) a clad proof strike
b) a 40% silver business strike
c) a 40% silver proof strike

No clad circulation strikes were released from San Fransisco that year.

 

True Enough, it seems someone has put some in circulation, its just like the 2004's and 2006's I have found, they were also not for circulation, but I have found some in the rolls I've searched.

 

Yeah, that's weird. Red Book does say that none were released for circulation - which I would take as all of them were struck with a Satin Finish... I actually have a 2007-D business strike Sac$1 - which, again, according to Red Book were not issued for circulation. What's up with that?

 

Eureka! Perhaps when the Red Book says none were released for circulation it just means the mint didn't sell any boxes of coins to the treasury - BUT they still minted business strikes and just sold rolls on their website. That would account for these halves you found and the Sac$1 I have.

(Sorry to get this thread a little off topic)

 

Please help me learn

As far as halves: What years are the 40% and what years are the 90% silver ones?

Thanks for you help!

 

65-70 are 40% everything 64 and before is 90%

 

I have found a 2006-D and a 2005-D in rolls. What is the particular reason for keeping them, other than they were not made for circulation. I will keep them for that reason, but I am just wondering if there are any others.

Thanks

 

Don't forget the 75/76 Bicentennial halves were also made in a 40% silver clad and copper clad.

 

Quoting Topher:
"I just with that the banks here in Canada would get rolls of half dollars. They have all told me that they can't even order them at all, so I'm stuck with getting the odd coin every couple of months. All I want to do is put together a year set of the nickel and nickel-plated steel half dollars before I start working my way back through the silver ones. "



A Canadian 50 cent collection is quite a task. I wish you could see my 1908-2000 date set of Canadian 50 cent pieces. It took quite a bit of work to put it together. The 1932, 1948 and 3 of the 1947's are in there. Obviously I am missing the 1921. My 1921 is a proof reproduction.

I also have 1908-2000 Canadian 25 cent coins. All of the 1992 "Canada 125" coins and Milleniums are in it.

Good luck and hang in there. I know you can do it!!!

 

Can any of you more experienced searchers help me out with this? I gave back most of the ones I didn't want back to the bank I got them from (put them in their coin counter), the teller let me do it this time but she also told me that their higher ups specifically don't want this sort of thing being done by coin collectors/mass coin quantities so I need another way of getting rid of them.

Should I look for other places with coin counters, wrap them up in rolls, try and spread them around, that sort of thing? The teller said there were "industrial coin counters" or businesses like that which would handle large quantities of coins, but I searched and found no such thing.

 

You need to keep searching. I opened minimal accounts at a couple of local banks and order my halves through them, then take them back to my bank which has a coin counter. The main thing is to take them to a DIFFERENT bank than where you got them.

Or, I just saw a comercial stating that coinstar (in stores) is now free. You could do it that way.

Good luck

 

My bank told me the coin counting machine doesn't take halves. So I have to dump them in various places. So far I have been turning them at my main branch for cash and then go buy at other places, unless they have Fed rolls (yellow wrappers) from Loomis I believe

 

That's odd, the bank I worked for had a machine that accepted halves and small dollars...but didn't tale Ike dollars. I imagine some don't take halves but all the one's I have seen do. So, maybe you could find another bank to cash them in at.

 

why dont yah just spend them - I've spent most of the halves rolls i get from the bank
1) i never heard of any gripes
2) you can educate younger cashiers - most have never seen a half
3) its fun to hear cashier remarks like i havent seen these in years. Yesterday a older guy cashier said after i gave him a few said they must be putting these back in circulation. plus he loves the feel of them. glad i made his day
4) fair is fair - i wouldnt want someone elses half dollar bank dump and neither would you
Snowman

 

So far, among 8 random rolls I have searched since June, I have found 5 1964s and 6 1965-1968.

 

...But as of yet not one 1969 or 1970.....

 

heck out of about $620 worth of half dollars I've only found 7- 1965-1969 half dollars no 1970's or any 90%'s... kinda frustrating... I'd like to know exactly how you guys get these "boxes" would be nice to find some 90%'s or more 40%'s averaging per $88.50 in halves searched to get 1 40% is sad with zero chance on any 90% that and the banks around here REALLY frown to reject on cashing halves in so I have to actually spend them to get rid of the reject halves

 

Went through 2 boxes of halves and got nothing - its all luck of the draw

 

Well, I could spend them but but I am just really starting out, so I took 200 out of the house money as like seed money and I got 20 rolls, check them and begin again. I can't really afford to drop 500 on a box. If I go out 3 times a week, maybe 4, I spend evenings and late nights looking for them. I guess you would say I am not a serious collector as of yet. I always write on the outside of the rolls 71-whatever so the next person who collects may not decide to take them if they are just looking for the silver. However, if it is someone looking for a specific coin, they may buy it anyways. The main bank I dump in really doesn't mind, as a matter of fact, they will tell me "nothing new except the ones you gave me if they have nothing to sell"