So normally I do small-time CRH and grab $10 or $20 worth of pennies and nickels at a time. I enjoy reading everyone's stories about hitting it big on boxes of halves, and then go out and find that almost no local banks can even order a box of them. So I've taken to hitting up a few branches at a time, asking if they have half dollars, $2 bills, big dollars, or anything weird. I've come away with a few silvers, a bunch of NIFC dates, one proof, and more 71's & 74's than I'll ever need. About a week ago, I popped into a local credit union that had previously come up short, but it's near my regular bank and I had some luck at a different branch in a quieter neighborhood with less foot traffic. The teller says she has a few halves, so I ask for $10 worth, my standard amount when I don't know what I'm dealing with. She puts them in an envelope and hands them over. When I get out to the car I have a look - my ears perk up as I hear silver. All but two coins are silver - there's a Walker, a Franklin, some 90% Kennedy's, and a slew of 40%. I'm in a hurry to get to work so I put my score away and hit the road. Thursday I went back to that branch and introduced myself as the half-dollar fan who had bought some coins a few days prior. I told them I was happy with the coins I had received, and wanted to buy any more they had. I gasped when they told me there was $198.50 in the vault. They gasped when I said I'd take them all. The total tally: 61 90%: 4 Walkers (1934-D, 1943, 1945, 1946), 18 Franklins (worn 50s dates and VF or better 60s dates), the rest 64 Kennedys (almost exclusively Philadelphia mint) 195 40%: armfuls of 66, 67, 68-D, a few 69-D and a handful of 65's, including some of the best conditioned coins of the pile clads: about $90 worth total, including quite a few XF+ Bicentennials The 90'ers (a few are already in 2x2's)
Nice! I'm still (patiently waiting) actively pursuing my first big score, while appreciating the little goodies along the way.
I thought I had a pretty good haul last year (14 Walkers, 11 Bens, 17 Kens, ~45 40%) but yours puts mine to shame . Congrats!
Wow! Cool haul! Ive never had any luck finding stuff in half dollar rolls and I used to buy $1000 to $2000 at a time.
