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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tallbassguy, post: 464170, member: 16041&quot;]I did some prospecting on some half dollars today.</p><p>Started at one bank with 5 rolls.&nbsp; Went through them and found nothing.</p><p>Took them to another bank that has an automated coin counter, and a very fine looking teller, (I mean extra-fine), and sold them back.&nbsp; They didn&#039;t have any more halves.</p><p>Went to a couple more banks only to be told they did not have any halves.</p><p>So I went to the oldest bank in my small suburban town and bought 6 rolls.&nbsp; Went through them and found three 40% silver halves!</p><p>Took then right back in that bank to their automated coin counter, and came out with 6 more rolls.</p><p>Found nothing special.</p><p>Took them back in again, and went to the automated coin counter again, but this time when I put my 120 halves in, as it was counting it past $60....all the way to $95!&nbsp; I did my best to remain cool, knowing the entire bank building is surveiled at all times.&nbsp; It also rejected a few coins as well, one of them being a 5 ruble coin like this one.</p><p><a href="http://www.cbr.ru/eng/bank-notes_coins/coins/?file=Coins_97/rub_5_97.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbr.ru/eng/bank-notes_coins/coins/?file=Coins_97/rub_5_97.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbr.ru/eng/bank-notes_coins/coins/?file=Coins_97/rub_5_97.htm</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Carried my ticket to the teller, not so fine this time, and got my $95 and left.</p><p>Came out great today!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>3-40% silver halves</p><p>1-Russian 5 ruble coin</p><p>$35 more than I started with[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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