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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jshellnumismatist, post: 3413792, member: 102164&quot;]The only reason half dollar coins are in boxes in banks are because someone brought them to the bank and deposited them.&nbsp; Anything newer than 2000 were NMFC (not meant for circulation) and were purchased through the US Mint from private collectors.&nbsp; It is very common that when “Grandpa does”, junior has no clue what to do with them so he takes them to the bank.&nbsp; Once the bank has a few thousand $$ of half dollar coins, the turn them over to their coin packaging service (Brinks, Coinstar, etc) and the reimburse them with a digital transaction.&nbsp; They then wrap these coins and hold them until some institution orders them.&nbsp; Then they come back in a box of 50 rolls.&nbsp; Many people think that these are Mint wrapped.&nbsp; I can assure you, they are not.&nbsp; The US Mint DOES NOT WRAP COINS.&nbsp; They use a wrapping service to do this with.&nbsp; They SOMETIMES use wrappers that say “US Mint” but only for special releases.&nbsp;&nbsp; Your welcome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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