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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CTRollHunter, post: 1971032, member: 41919&quot;]On October 31, 2012, I got very lucky: 3 Ben Franklins, a walking liberty and a Stone Mountain commemorative half plus 2 40% Kennedy halves (see post #23644).&nbsp; I decided to go to a few banks again today (5) and make the last stop the same one I got so lucky at a year and a half ago.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad I did.</p><p><br /></p><p>The teller had $71 in halves.&nbsp; All stored in a plastic tub.&nbsp; She counted them all out one at a time.&nbsp; She came to a few very &quot;dirty&quot; ones and asked &quot;Do you want the dirty ones, too?&quot;&nbsp; I said, &quot;Yeah, throw them all in.&quot;&nbsp; I could already see they were tarnished black because they were silver.&nbsp; She repeated &quot;Are you sure?&quot;&nbsp; I pondered a bit (not too long, I could hear the clink of silver) and said yes.</p><p><br /></p><p>To make a long story short:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>17 1964 Kennedy halves</p><p>8 Kennedy 40%ers</p><p>a 1943-D and a 1942 Walking Liberty</p><p>a 1951 Ben Franklin half</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>Throw in two more 40%ers from a different bank and I found just under 9 ounces today (8.7 ounces).</p><p><br /></p><p>Moral of the story: You want the dirty halves, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]349866[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]349867[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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