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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mralexanderb, post: 489184, member: 7851&quot;]It;s been a while so now I can report my findings.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This really sucked big time. As soon as I started to open uniformly bankrolled coins from the $500 box I saw a pattern of many of the same coins repeating themselves. Out of 1000 half dollars I got ZERO dates before 1971. NO SILVER. Initially this convinced me that these were gone through before me and RE-bank wrapped. I made a list of all the coins you fellow CT&#039;s recommended but NOTHING showed up. This lot was picked clean long before I looked in on them. I pulled all the 72&#039;s for the DDs, I pulled at least 75 2001 P &amp; D because they were in excellent condition, but circulated and shiny. Not worth my time. </p><p>My ONLY single, lousy break was when I handled this group of coins and I felt a sharp edge to the coin, unlike any of the previous coins. Well, WHOOP-E-DOO, I had found a 1973 S coin, in circulated condition but with a sharp edge to it that I could feel with my hand. Maybe that&#039;s what I learned about Half dollar rolls--- the feel of some coins can be significant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve turned some into the bank to bring my account balance up a few hundred $$ but I&#039;m spending these Kennedy halves just to see the looks on peoples faces when they look to see if they&#039;re real or not. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It has been,in general, real disappointing for me to spend so much time looking and hoping to find something worthwhile within these 1000 coins. But I must have deluded myself into believing I&#039;d find something of value or something out of the ordinary or something &quot;magical&quot;&nbsp; I found out that I should leave the huge searches to those who aren&#039;t so inclined to believe in finding the rare coins in unsearched lots that pervade our wonderful hobby.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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