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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CTRollHunter, post: 1573715, member: 41919&quot;]<b>Nov 13, 2012 Half dollars</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Half dollars started out miserably today, got much better, then got great!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I asked a teller if she had any half dollars and she said no, so I just got $10 in nickels.&nbsp; When she opened her drawer to get the nickels, I saw about a dozen half dollars in her tray...and 6 or so were silver!&nbsp; And they looked like 90% silver coins!&nbsp; So I said, &quot;Aren&#039;t those half dollars?&quot; and she said &quot;Where?&quot;&nbsp; I said, &quot;In your drawer.&quot; to which she replied a sharp &quot;No!&quot; and that was that.&nbsp; I left a little disappointed!</p><p><br /></p><p>But I went to another bank and was pleasantly rewarded with 12 silver half dollars, including 6 1964&#039;s!&nbsp; The teller was so happy to get rid of them she said, &quot;You want all of them?&nbsp; Great!&nbsp; You&#039;re my best customer!&nbsp; My best customer ever!&quot;&nbsp; I was happy!&nbsp; Here they are plus a few more (6 1964&#039;s and 9 part silver altogether):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]215938.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought that was pretty good, but the best was still to come.&nbsp; I found another bank with $55 in half dollars in a plastic bag.&nbsp; I said I would get them all, and the teller started to count them out into piles of 10.&nbsp; Right away I saw (and heard!) a part silver half dollar.&nbsp; &quot;Great!&quot; I thought, &quot;At least I&#039;ll get something.&quot;&nbsp; I saw almost all the coins as she counted them out.&nbsp; While I did not see any more silver, I heard silver at least twice more.&nbsp; I got back to my car and took the first handful of half dolalrs from my pocket.&nbsp; A Franklin!&nbsp; And a couple of 40%ers!&nbsp; Three more handfuls later and I had a 1945 and 1946 Walker, 1951-D, 1952, 1953, 1954-D and 1961-D Franklins, and 5 40%ers.&nbsp; How cool is that!&nbsp; Here they are:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]215939.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Best part of all: the teller said she gets halves from time to time and to just call her to see if she has more![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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