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<p>[QUOTE="AZSteve, post: 6318921, member: 114396"]Got a box of Quarters and a box of Halves from my CU. Last October was my only other box of Halves, in which I found 6 silvers and 4 NIFCs. Well, on the latest box (all bank-wrapped rolls) I found this coin in the <i>first</i> roll I checked ></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250362[/ATTACH]</p><p>Not sure of the meaning (maybe "CRH Forever") but I took it as a bad omen that much had already been checked. Indeed, in 1000 coins I found no Silver and no obvious NIFCs. But I was able to upgrade about a third of my JFKs, and filled in my last two "non-Ag, non-NIFC" holes, so I can't complain. There was one "colorized Elvis" (on the obverse) half. I didn't even take a pic because it was kinda scratched up and I wasn't interested in it. Upon soaking it in solvent the paint came off easily and revealed this, a 2009D NIFC ></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250365[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is my second 2009D - the other one being in much better shape.</p><p><br /></p><p>So on to the the box of Quarters. A quick check of those rolls showed no obvious good "enders", no obvious over-weight rolls (due to silver or extra coins), and five obvious under-weight rolls, which even looking at them shows they are missing a coin, which seems odd for BWRs ></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250372[/ATTACH]</p><p>So I have to hope for W's, upgrades, hole-fillers (not many holes) to make it worth while. But that's typical for CRH anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AZSteve, post: 6318921, member: 114396"]Got a box of Quarters and a box of Halves from my CU. Last October was my only other box of Halves, in which I found 6 silvers and 4 NIFCs. Well, on the latest box (all bank-wrapped rolls) I found this coin in the [I]first[/I] roll I checked > [ATTACH=full]1250362[/ATTACH] Not sure of the meaning (maybe "CRH Forever") but I took it as a bad omen that much had already been checked. Indeed, in 1000 coins I found no Silver and no obvious NIFCs. But I was able to upgrade about a third of my JFKs, and filled in my last two "non-Ag, non-NIFC" holes, so I can't complain. There was one "colorized Elvis" (on the obverse) half. I didn't even take a pic because it was kinda scratched up and I wasn't interested in it. Upon soaking it in solvent the paint came off easily and revealed this, a 2009D NIFC > [ATTACH=full]1250365[/ATTACH] This is my second 2009D - the other one being in much better shape. So on to the the box of Quarters. A quick check of those rolls showed no obvious good "enders", no obvious over-weight rolls (due to silver or extra coins), and five obvious under-weight rolls, which even looking at them shows they are missing a coin, which seems odd for BWRs > [ATTACH=full]1250372[/ATTACH] So I have to hope for W's, upgrades, hole-fillers (not many holes) to make it worth while. But that's typical for CRH anyway.[/QUOTE]
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