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Message:: [QUOTE="John77, post: 2514648, member: 79277"]As someone who was victimized 14 years ago, I can speak from experience on this topic. I had about 300 40% Halves I had accumulated mostly from casinos. I decided I needed a roommate to help with payments on my newly purchased condo. I thought I had the perfect person. A guy I had been friends with for years. We had done mission trips together and other stuff. So what happens? About a week after he moved in, I get home from work and notice the dryer is going and there's a clanging noise... Well, it was a '67 half dollar. I looked in my closet where I had the halves stored and saw the container was gone. I called my local coin shop immediately but to no avail. I assume he took them to a bank and only got face value, since there was that one left over. Needless to say, I kicked him out on the spot. The above said, I think it's crazy to assume that the halves Danielle stumbled upon were stolen. The bottom line is we all have NO IDEA what really happened. Only God knows. I'm an eternal optimist, so I always try to see the best in people. Yes, there are bad people out there such as my ex-roommate, but there are many more good people than bad ones. Given how often people unknowingly turn in coins worth more than face value to banks, I am going to assume that this was likely the case here.[/QUOTE]