Coin Roll Hunting Score!!!

[madfranks]

On the way out of the grocery store today I stopped at the little in-store bank and asked if they had any half dollars. The teller said they had one roll so I said I'd take it. The guy seemed curious so I told him I collect half dollars on account of how rare they are, lol. Anyway, I handed the guy a $10 and took the nice looking old hand rolled tube of coins home. Upon unwrapping, I quickly noticed two things: one, there was a lot of silver in that roll! Two, there was only $9 face in the roll! I laugh, because I bet the person who turned it in thought they were pulling a fast one on the bank for turning in $9 in coins for a $10 deposit! Ha ha! But now I'm the one laughing, because there were 7 90% silver Kennedy Halves, 3 40% silver halves, and 8 clad halves in that roll. ;D

[mamboni]

Silver is honorable!

Congrats you dog! ;D

[solid]

WOW! Great score!

[SeekYeFirst]

Nice work and funny about the "short change."

[SLV^GLD]

Any Franklins or older in the roll?

[JohnQPublic]

Good score! I'll be glad to donate the $1 to failing banks for that load!

[madfranks]

Any Franklins or older in the roll?


Nope, they were all Kennedy halves.

[gunDriller]

Any Franklins or older in the roll?


Nope, they were all Kennedy halves.


silver is silver. plus Kennedy's are full weight, .363 ounces of silver. or something like that.

nice score ! ;D

[Sparky]

Ka-ching! The melt value on those 90% halves is close to ten bucks apiece right now! 8)

[SLV^GLD]

My question concerning the Franklins wasn't so much about the perceived value of them over Kennedys but more a question of whether or not the idiot who deposited them had additional opportunity to recognize the error of his mission to rob his elders.

[sirgonzo420]

I like the "double lines" on the dollar sign on that coin roll.

Ya don't see that as often anymore...

[gunDriller]

I like the "double lines" on the dollar sign on that coin roll.

Ya don't see that as often anymore...


do the double lines mean something ?

... besides "no passing" when you see them on the highway.

[SLV^GLD]

There is no consensus on the origin of the dollar sign. I have always subscribed to the "Hermes theory" surrounding the single stroke sign and the "pillars of Hercules" theory for the double stroke variant.

The ziopedia article outlines several of the hypotheses on the origins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign

[Glass]

I like the "double lines" on the dollar sign on that coin roll.

Ya don't see that as often anymore...


do the double lines mean something ?

... besides "no passing" when you see them on the highway.


originally the double lines on the dollar symbol identified the US dollar symbol from every other country's dollar symbol which only have 1 line. From my recollection the double lines only appears in the US dollar symbol. This was apparent in the different versions of the game Monopoly as well. The US version is different from the commonwealth or UK based version.

The other thing that comes to mind is that a US Billionaire is worth 1000 x $1,000,000.00 where as a UK Billionaire is worth 1,000,000 x $1,000,000.00 (or pounds).

The billionaire distinction is gone as is the double lines. I suspect that the double lines ceased to exist when US dollars stopped being redeemable in silver i.e. they stopped being US dollars and became FRN's. No Dollars anywhere else have every been redeemable in silver AFAIK. Some countries may have had notes redeemable in silver but they were not dollars. Maybe pounds in some parts of the commonwealth for a while.

[StackerKen]

Great score! Congrats Madfranks
Shoot, My bank rarely has any halves at all when I ask, so I quit asking...may have to start again

[BrewTech]

Great score! Congrats Madfranks
Shoot, My bank rarely has any halves at all when I ask, so I quit asking...may have to start again


With all the "spare change" making its way back into circulation these days, I've noticed that my average take of pre-82 copper pennies in change is over 50%. I think prospecting may be a good idea, as madfranks hath shewn...

[madfranks]

Great score! Congrats Madfranks
Shoot, My bank rarely has any halves at all when I ask, so I quit asking...may have to start again


With all the "spare change" making its way back into circulation these days, I've noticed that my average take of pre-82 copper pennies in change is over 50%. I think prospecting may be a good idea, as madfranks hath shewn...


This wasn't even my bank. It was a little in-store bank at the grocery store. Whenever I get a chance I always ask, no harm in that. However, this is the first silver I've gotten from circulation all year. It's out there, but just not a lot of it.

[buyingsilvers]

I dont prospect anymore, but I imagine that with the weakened economy, coins are still finding their way into circulation. I'm also guessing that the amount being "cashed in" is less than it would be if there weren't so many "buying 1964 and before coin" ads everywhere. Our daily newspaper has a fold out ad (in front of the front page) advertising that they're buying junk silver and gold every day.

[ximmy]

a sweet find indeed... makes a day... ;)

[Neuro]

I dont prospect anymore, but I imagine that with the weakened economy, coins are still finding their way into circulation. I'm also guessing that the amount being "cashed in" is less than it would be if there weren't so many "buying 1964 and before coin" ads everywhere. Our daily newspaper has a fold out ad (in front of the front page) advertising that they're buying junk silver and gold every day.
It is interesting that ads have started appearing for silver as well as gold. Cash4gold ads etc. Started appearing when gold was around $800 a couple of years ago...

[ShortJohnSilver]

At local McDonald's, got a sundae ... as change, got some coins - including a 1957 Roosie dime!

Sundae: $1.06

value of silver Roosie: about $1.70

yoo-hoo!