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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Club128, post: 1589087, member: 42697&quot;]Hello All.&nbsp; Complete newbie here.&nbsp; My first experience with coin roll hunting has been quite *interesting* so I thought I&#039;d share.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On a whim while I was cashing in some quarter/nickel/dime rolls, I decided to ask my local bank about any half dollars they might have.&nbsp; The teller produced a single roll of Halves in the same kind of sleeve that I wrap all my coins in (with the folded up/mashed ends - if there is a proper name for these, please let me know).&nbsp; Knowing full well that it had to be picked through, I said &quot;why not&quot;.&nbsp; I got the the car and gave a quick look at the edges and saw no silver.&nbsp; Oh well, some people go through boxes and don&#039;t get any so maybe this isn&#039;t so bad.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The following day, I went to a different bank and asked the same question.&nbsp; Turns out the teller is a coin collector and he ordered a box of Halves for some customers who only wanted a few rolls.&nbsp; He produced ~$460 worth of bank rolls (yellow wrapper).&nbsp; I opted to get two rolls, to double my chances, right?!?&nbsp; I saw that the end coin on one of the rolls he gave me was definitely silver so I got really excited.&nbsp; Once I left the building, I saw the end coin was a 1965 - SCORE!&nbsp; I went through the rest of that roll and the other one but found no more silver.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I got home and started sorting out all the coins from the three rolls just to see the year distribution and to see which I would be most easily willing to trade back in for cash.&nbsp; I got around to looking at the mint location and came across a 1992 Half that was quite dirty-looking.&nbsp; It had a &#039;S&#039; mint mark.&nbsp; Being that it was the only &#039;S&#039; in the bunch, I Googled it and came to realize that it was a proof coin.&nbsp; Once I saw that these coins were also minted in 90% silver, I immediately thought this &quot;dirt&quot; was tarnish.&nbsp; Sure enough, I used the baking soda+hot water+aluminum foil cleaning trick and it got the tarnish off.&nbsp; So, in three rolls, I scored a 90% and a 40%.&nbsp; Probably just beginner&#039;s luck.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, the 1992 coin came from the first roll that I picked up that was almost certainly checked over.&nbsp; The tarnish on the edges made it look like the rest!&nbsp; Anyway, just thought I would share, in case all you do is look at the edges.&nbsp; Here are a few picks of the very lucky finds.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]221233.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]221235.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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