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<p>[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 1133478, member: 12789"]<b>An Incredible Haul At My Credit Union Today</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Last Friday I was making a withdrawal at the local credit union and did my usual spiel of "do you have any half dollars, Ike Dollars or $2 bills. The teller replied that she did have some halves, and I asked her if she had any that were dated before 1970. Her response was "Yeah, but I don't think you will want it because it is old and dirty" I took it anyway and got a 1964 90%er. She said she had $340 worth of halves in the vault if I wanted them. <span style="color: red">I told her I would think about it, because quite bluntly I have never had luck with half dollar roll searches.</span> On a lark this morning while driving by the credit union I decided to give it a shot...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://scottishmoney.net/usa/DSC03760.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am very damned glad I did. The first roll produced two 1963 Frankies, then nearly entire rolls of 40% halves - getting near the end of the 34 rolls I found the Walkers. A grand total of 44 40% halves, and 9 90%ers including a 1942, a 1943, a 1944, four 1963 Frankies, and two 1964's. Then one of the rolls had particularly shiny halves, there were ten proofs from 1981 and 1982.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I might convert over from cent box searching now![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 1133478, member: 12789"][b]An Incredible Haul At My Credit Union Today[/b] Last Friday I was making a withdrawal at the local credit union and did my usual spiel of "do you have any half dollars, Ike Dollars or $2 bills. The teller replied that she did have some halves, and I asked her if she had any that were dated before 1970. Her response was "Yeah, but I don't think you will want it because it is old and dirty" I took it anyway and got a 1964 90%er. She said she had $340 worth of halves in the vault if I wanted them. [COLOR=red]I told her I would think about it, because quite bluntly I have never had luck with half dollar roll searches.[/COLOR] On a lark this morning while driving by the credit union I decided to give it a shot... [IMG]http://scottishmoney.net/usa/DSC03760.JPG[/IMG] I am very damned glad I did. The first roll produced two 1963 Frankies, then nearly entire rolls of 40% halves - getting near the end of the 34 rolls I found the Walkers. A grand total of 44 40% halves, and 9 90%ers including a 1942, a 1943, a 1944, four 1963 Frankies, and two 1964's. Then one of the rolls had particularly shiny halves, there were ten proofs from 1981 and 1982. I think I might convert over from cent box searching now![/QUOTE]
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