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Pillar of the Community
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The good news is that it gets better after you graduate and get a decent job! The bad news is, I got my Associates degree 4 years ago, and am still waiting for the job.  |
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The bad news is, I got my Associates degree 4 years ago, and am still waiting for the job. This. :( School is a lie, should have just gone right into the trades straight out of HS. If I were in your position, I'd focus on cents. Sort out the copper and sell it, then put that money back into roll searching. Every time you go to the bank, I'd get 2 boxes of cents and ask for any halves that customers have turned in. I doubt they'll ever have more than $25 on hand unless you live somewhere that is full of idiots turning in silver, which I certainly don't. |
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United States
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I search between $50 and $200 worth of rolls at a time. On a good week I can turn the money 3 times. That is Search it and dump it 3 times between Monday and Friday. By the weekend I have a decision, bar money or morer rolls To search over the weekend? I have had tons of luck not buying boxes! If I buy boxes it is cents and my Wheat penny collectio n looks awesome! I also buy a lot of. Nickels because there are a lot of silver War Nickels to be found. When I can get halves I buy them and they are always CWR and I have had decent luck. Out of about $500 searched (over 2months) I have found a few 40% a nice Franklin half and even a Walker. The more you hunt the more you find. But that doesn't mean that you have to hunt it all in one week. |
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Valued Member
United States
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The idiots in my area are too poor to have silver!
(Me included!)
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Valued Member
United States
439 Posts |
I would go to the bank and get dimes. Return the coins and sell any silver that I find and add it to the pot. $75 is plenty to go through dimes. I find about 2 in each box($250) So you should find 2 silvers in 4 turnovers. It will be slow but is is what it is.
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Pillar of the Community
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Ya I could do that, whats the easiest way to get them back to the bank..like is there a video on how to roll wrap or anything. I am kinda new and don't really know how to do this?
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Valued Member
United States
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You are probably going to need an account. Go to a bank that has a coin machine. Open an account. Put in your $75. Get $70 in dimes, return the non silver into the coin machine and get more dimes.
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Valued Member
United States
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Monkeyman, that's pretty much in direct violation of the basic tenets of roll searching and is an easy way to anger that branch. I'd HIGHLY advise not doing that.
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Correct. You should never return the coins where you got them, or you will end up searching the same coins over and over again.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Casutherland
First thing's first. Ask your bank how they would like your loose coins. "MY" bank asked me NOT to roll ANYTHING !
They said they wanted them loose, so that they could put them in the coin counter machine, and if they were all rolled, I'd have to wait while they opened each and every roll to count them.
So, I just bring "containers" full of the loose coins to them to "dump"......they run them through their coin counter, then I take the cash and hit some other banks to get some more coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ive searched 4 boxes of halves.
Total yield: no silver and 1 proof and 0 NIFC
customer rolls of halves
total yield: 2 90%, 50 40%, 20 proofs (included in this is 7 silver 90% proofs and 3 40% proofs), 1987 p and d, and 1970d.
Customer rolls have a better percentage but it is still a low percentage.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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sound like you found someones collection in them CWR
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Valued Member
United States
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I have actually had good luck with boxes of halves. In five months of searching, I have found many 40% halves and some 90% (even Walking Liberty halves!). I have never gotten any CWR, but one time I walked into the bank and the guy said "A customer brought these in today, do you want them?". Turns out I got 4 40%ers for $2.00! As far as dimes go, I usually average about one silver dime per $250 box. IMO, halves give the best silver returns. Of course, I am probably jinxing myself by saying this considering I have a box of halves waiting to be searched when I get out of the office today, so I'll knock on wood and hope I get some keepers tonight! |
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United States
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I think it is different for each branch. I bring my junk coins back after they have been searched, dump them in the coin machine, and they get sent all over the US. The bank already told me they order new coins, rather than reuse coins people bring in.
As to the OP, maybe look into a credit card instead of a loan? Just be very very careful. I know my parents don't have to pay much interest (if any) if they can pay off the card the same month they used it. Many will look at this as bad advice, but if you are cautious, careful, and wise with a credit card, it can be a great tool. My parents are a great example of this. They use cards for a lot of big purchases, have great credit, and will retire with a nice savings account to fall back on.
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02/18/2011 01:21 am
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm not sure if taking a loan out for this would be worthwhile? From what I've seen on roll hunting is: -TCF has free coinstar exchange= no loss on exchanging, and has an account minimum of $10 in the checking account. - Me personally, I don't use TCF because they hacked my account as well as many family members some time ago (paid another members fee's/overdrafts/withdrawl's from my account because his name was Mike also, NOT EVEN THE SAME LAST NAME@!!), but I have several locations of the same bank and I utilize them. Take from here, return to the other/etc.. You get the point. -Be extremely polite to the teller/try to find 1 single teller and build a relationship with her (I say her because the girls are more inclined to actually help you out, IMHO anyways). Don't go to the bank when they are very busy, they are already frustrated dealing with other customers and do not want to give any extra effort to help you, especially if they know what your doing. -There's nothing wrong with starting low, as in under $50 each time, Yes obviously the more your buying the better chances you are of finding something. Although I've gotten 10 rolls of Nickels once and ended up getting an 09-S Proof, 1 roll was entirely compromised of 1938-195x (forgot what it went to, but all were older). On the other hand I've gotten entire boxes of stuff and resulted in absolutely nothing. It's just the luck of the draw. Basically you can still do well if your broke. -------The comment about not saving everything you like, HUGEEEEE advice that you should definitely follow! I loved 80% of the stuff I was getting and set it aside, until my area was overflowing. To the point where I just stopped and realized it, just keep it to a maintained system and stay organized. Know ahead of time what you want to keep/save/etc.. and get rid of the rest. GL Just Google tips/help and you'll find a large amount of information on this too. + CCF is amazing, these guys are so incredibly helpful  Edited by nismojones
02/18/2011 09:30 am
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