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<p>[QUOTE="dano, post: 856717, member: 16035"]<b>My half dollar drought has ended!</b></p><p> </p><p>It has been while since i've posted, mostly because i haven't had much luck. After many, many boxes with nothing but post '02 NIFC's (if even those), i gave up on halves and switched to dimes. It took about 4 months, but i found 53 silver dimes including 3 Mercs in about 25 boxes. Not a huge windfall, but considering how few halves i was finding, it was better than nothing!</p><p> </p><p>About 2 weeks ago i stoped into a usual bank and asked for a box of dimes. Sitting in the teller's tray was a stack of halves with many silver edges showing. When i asked if i could buy the halves, the teller said "sure, i think these are silver too!" He also had 2 rolls whichi bought also. The two rolls were completely 40% silver halves. Including the loose ones there were 54 silver halves!</p><p> </p><p>Yesterday i deided to buy a box of halves again. I had a feeling it might be good, because the box looked like it had been in the vault awhile. I was not disappointed!</p><p>19 40% and 1 1992-s proof!</p><p> </p><p>Next week: i'm ordering 3 more boxes. Hopefully the regional source (Wells Fargo) is near the bottom of pallet or digging into old boxes that haven't been searched, because i know i've just been re-searching searched coins!</p><p> </p><p>Continued luck to all you oter searchers![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dano, post: 856717, member: 16035"][B]My half dollar drought has ended![/B] It has been while since i've posted, mostly because i haven't had much luck. After many, many boxes with nothing but post '02 NIFC's (if even those), i gave up on halves and switched to dimes. It took about 4 months, but i found 53 silver dimes including 3 Mercs in about 25 boxes. Not a huge windfall, but considering how few halves i was finding, it was better than nothing! About 2 weeks ago i stoped into a usual bank and asked for a box of dimes. Sitting in the teller's tray was a stack of halves with many silver edges showing. When i asked if i could buy the halves, the teller said "sure, i think these are silver too!" He also had 2 rolls whichi bought also. The two rolls were completely 40% silver halves. Including the loose ones there were 54 silver halves! Yesterday i deided to buy a box of halves again. I had a feeling it might be good, because the box looked like it had been in the vault awhile. I was not disappointed! 19 40% and 1 1992-s proof! Next week: i'm ordering 3 more boxes. Hopefully the regional source (Wells Fargo) is near the bottom of pallet or digging into old boxes that haven't been searched, because i know i've just been re-searching searched coins! Continued luck to all you oter searchers![/QUOTE]
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