Can You Still Find US Silver Coins In Circulation?
It seems like the subject of searching bank rolls for silver coins comes up in every coin or silver related forum I frequent these days. While some people claim that, after so many years, the search is fruitless, others claim to make a nice haul. The deal is, people go to their local bank (or banks) and ask for rolls of half dollars. I’m not sure why half dollar rolls are more fruitful then rolls of dimes or quarters, but maybe it is because half dollars were minted from silver for a longer time. While most coins were no longer made out of silver after 1964, half dollars were minted from 40% silver from 1965 - 1970.
Now I have seen the comment made that the larger coin distributor (think Brinks) sort the coin rolls by date, and probably do their own culling of sillver money. A company like Brinks would tend to deliver to larger banks, probably in larger cities. However, people in rural areas or small towns where distribution is less automated, tend to be the ones who report a good haul when searching half dollar rolls for silver coins.
One person, from a small town, did report searching about $2,000 worth of half dollar rolls and finding $1,000 in 90% and 40% silver halves! And of course, you can always take the clad halves back to the bank or spend them for purchases. I have seen other reports of less impressive hauls, and then of course, many people reported that they spent hours looking through hundreds of dollars worth of coins and finding no silver.
However, if you have some time on your hand, and a local bank with half dollar rolls, you could spend some time hunting. You may have to unroll and roll a lot of coins, before you find any silver, but when you do, I’ll bet it will feel like you struck gold silver!
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