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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think you're losing track of the point. A sample of a few boxes cannot possibly tell you the odds of finding anything in a batch for which there are tens of millions. You just happened to get more in one than the other a few times...says nothing, actually. Furthermore, why are you just concerned about finding wheat cents? Why not just buy a bag of common wheat cents? Guaranteed you'd find 5,000 that way.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Brinks wraps coins, String & Sons makes the machines and supplies the paper they use. They don't wrap themselves. Whether you get plastic or the String & Sons paper depends on what machines the firm doing the wrapping happens to be using. The banks probably contract with one firm or another so whatever they get they will probably keep getting unless the wrapping firm changes machines.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Murrellington...my best box I found 47 wheat cents....and it was from Brinks! Also found two Indian Head cents...also from Brinks boxes! I will say Brinks is very very bad for half dollars though...they take out all the silver right at the Brinks office.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Before I though Brinks some how take the silver and old coins away because they have a chance of make big bucks duo the large number of coins they deal with ! I keep searching don't matter what just for sake of my will than last year I found a 1916 Mercury dime in a penny roll Also found a 1945 as wel ,1940 ,1946 cannadian dime . I found a 1909 VDB as the single LWC in the intire box (hard to believe ) . Found about 20 VNickel and buffalos together during roll searching all in Brinks boxes ! the only S.S box I ever got was from my girl at mcds that gave me a full 2009 LSC . So I changed my mind and I don't think they search the coins before they wrap them , I just think the coins are pi ked at registers (bank ,fast-food , grocery store , all by chance ) is all about luck but in my conception the location where you live or get your boxes of ( big city, small old town ,state,east ,west ,) is a big factor in the roll search as how long this box was at the bank safe ?! If the coin box was wrapped years ago you have a better chance to find wethies for sure because every year represent millions billions of more coin to be mixed with ! It's what I learned during my roll search , all about luck and everyday more and more people getting into the search And holding the old finds what is gonna make very hard to find anything sooner then later Edited by Ricardocody
02/21/2011 1:29 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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I agree with lincolncent that it is completely randum chance. I have been successful with both types
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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okay you all convinced me. i'll stick to whatever the banks give me.
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Valued Member
United States
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Lol, well watch and you'll pull something amazing out who knows
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I sell my coppers for profit so I use coinstar to dump large amounts of Zincolns Don't they charge 9%? Keep Brinks and String, give me the handwraps that customers made when they emptied their piggy banks. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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customer wrapped are always fun too! could hit the mother load of wheats or BU 70's or 60's. I asked my bank last year to save me "old wrapped" coins and when I came back she saved me 5 or 6 OBW of 60-s and 70s and $6 in wheat rolls..
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Moderator
 United States
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When I actively roll searched, it was only the customer wrapped rolls. I was completely unaware of carrier wrapped coins and boxes until I joined this forum, many years after I had stopped roll searching. I still think they are the best opportunity for good finds; as long as they are legitimate customer rolls and not another person's dump.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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right after I posted this of course I did a brinks box and got good finds. 13 wheats, 20 s mint pennies. and got my 2 oldest wheats: 1917 and 1919. lol.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have had better luck with paper rolls but the best results buying pennies that that bank has taken in ($50 bags)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am curious, how much do banks pay when they buy rolls from Brinks or String? I assume they don't pay above face when they get coins from the Fed? But they must pay above face when getting circulated rolled coins from a company that rolls?
My bank always asks if I have an account when I ask for pennies. So I go to miltiple branches in my area, when I am out and about.I figured that they would get annoyed if I kept getting a $25 box every week from the same bank. Plus I never get more than $10 at a time, usually $5.
Only once did a bank only have uncirculated pennies. I said no thanks and walked out.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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If nothing else, they pay a delivery charge. It costs a lot of money to drive an armored car around, plus two guards, etc.
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