So... Today I did my usual payday ritual. I spent my lunch hour driving down this one street where I live, hitting all the banks for half's, Ike's, $2's and anything unusual. There are about 9 banks on a two mile strip on both sides of the rode. I hit my first bank, my bank, and deposited my check, and asked my usual teller for the stuff. She tells me that a guy had just come in and bought all the rolls of half's, and all the two dollar bills. Next bank same thing. After the 4th bank I got the hint and realized that someone was on my turf. I felt like I was a Shark and some Jet wandered over onto my block... Well I might have to change the day of the week that I hit the banks. Cheers, David
At least your bank knows that half dollars exist. I went to mine one day a few years back and asked if they had any half dollars. The young teller said, "You mean dollars?" I said, no, half dollars. She clearly never heard of them and asked the branch manager, " Do we have any HALF dollars?" with the emphasis on the half to indicated that this strange guy was asking for something that didn't exist. The branch manager knew about them, of course, but the only had three rolls. I took them and ther was silver in them although I don't recall how many.
