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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;theshoegazer, post: 2061921, member: 69354&quot;]So normally I do small-time CRH and grab $10 or $20 worth of pennies and nickels at a time. I enjoy reading everyone&#039;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&#039;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&#039;ve come away with a few silvers, a bunch of NIFC dates, one proof, and more 71&#039;s &amp; 74&#039;s than I&#039;ll ever need.</p><p><br /></p><p>About a week ago, I popped into a local credit union that had previously come up short, but it&#039;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&#039;t know what I&#039;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&#039;s a Walker, a Franklin, some 90% Kennedy&#039;s, and a slew of 40%. I&#039;m in a hurry to get to work so I put my score away and hit the road. </p><p><br /></p><p>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&#039;d take them all. </p><p><br /></p><p>The total tally:</p><p>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)</p><p><br /></p><p>195 40%: armfuls of 66, 67, 68-D, a few 69-D and a handful of 65&#039;s, including some of the best conditioned coins of the pile</p><p><br /></p><p>clads: about $90 worth total, including quite a few XF+ Bicentennials</p><p><br /></p><p>The 90&#039;ers (a few are already in 2x2&#039;s)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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