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captainfwiffo, yea, I'm not ready to give up, just tryin something different  |
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United States
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Sometimes I get a few skunks in a row from Brinks and sometimes I get up to 5-7 silver dimes in a box. It averages out to about 1.5 per box for me.
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United States
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I also heard a rumor that Brink's has a machine that filters out the silver from the rest of the dimes. And that's what it is, a rumor. Quote:
I have been told that all 3rd party coin rolling companies are using silver sorting machines. Complete rubbish. Coinstar may or may not be doing it, but all processors, nope. We wouldn't be finding silver in the Brinks and CWI processed coins if that were true...  Quote:
This is second hand info... 'Nuff said. Quote:
Lots of people do get silver dimes from brinks rolls (I get more silver that way than from halves, which are terrible for me), so they're not culling it, despite constant rumors to the contrary. But if you live in an area with lots of roll hunters, they've probably sucked most of it up. Yes sir... I find silver in Brinks rolls as frequently as I do CWI rolls. Just a friendly FYI, it is quite erroneous to refer to the paper wrapped rolls processed by CWI (Coin Wrap Inc.) as "string" or "String and Sons" rolls or boxes, or any other cute nickname I've seen on this forum. N.F. String and Sons only make the wrappers and boxes. They do not, and never have, ever processed coins. And CWI is not the only coin processor to use these materials. There are other regional processors that use these same wrappers and boxes. |
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United States
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For me halves are a complete waste of time. I felt the same way at one time. I had gone through a couple hundred dollars in halves with no luck. I was ready to quit. However, a few days ago, I found a teller with some loose halves and I took a chance. She gave me six, and two of them were 90% and 40%. I've found two more 40% in the last two days! At least one of them was in a Brinks roll. Apparently, the tellers and roll hunters around here don't know about 40% halves... Edited by CPC24
07/13/2011 5:50 pm
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New Member
United States
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Well, I got 3 boxes of dimes and they were all 2011 P uncirculated dimes. Wonder if they're worth anything...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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10 cents a piece!  |
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New Member
United States
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I found a 1936 quarter the other day from a Brinks roll. It was my first silver find.
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New Member
United States
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Went through my first box of nickles a few weeks ago. Usually do cents. Found 1 war nickle and a handful of pre 1960. The war nickle made it worth it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Brinks boxes have been very bad luck for us on any silver halves this year.
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New Member
United States
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So I wanted to chime in here. I just picked up my second Brinks box yesterday and the teller informed me that the Brinks guy said they filter out their silver by weight. I almost didn't get the box. It was a skunk, but on a hunch, I checked (124) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed and sure enough, the 90% coins weigh 12.5 g and the 1971-present are 11.34 grams. Discouraged, I checked the 40% coins and lo and behold, 11.5 grams. That's pretty close to 11.34. I'm betting that even if Brink's IS filtering them out, the 40%s are close enough to the clads that with some wear and tear, will pass through.
If I were Brink's, I'd be filtering out silver @ $33 an ounce too. But they can't catch them all.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A couple of weeks ago, I went to a bank I don't usually use. They gave me a whole Brinks box of halves that they accidentally ordered. I didn't find anything but a couple AU NIFCs.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just filled my 4th tube of silver dimes plus my album and all from brinks . But if you talk about halves in my op they are separating or they are long gone by the searchers as I find inumerous proofs but not a single 40% since a long long time
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Valued Member
United States
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My work switched to brinks for its coin orders 6 or 7 months ago and it seems to me most of the coins are dumped coins from other searchers. We will get 2 boxes of pennies in which all the copper has already been removed or a box of nickels that's full of 2011 p. Some one searched them looking for errors then dumped them. I can't wait to get a new supplier.
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New Member
United States
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Brinks doesn't search for silver. If people are getting skunked after a few boxes and giving up then they're giving up too quickly. More times than not you will find nothing.
I know people that buy rolls of halves all the time and find silver, all from Brinks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, I got 3 boxes of dimes and they were all 2011 P uncirculated dimes. Wonder if they're worth anything...
Hey coinhunter16! I live near Raleigh. What bank and location did you get the 2011 P dimes at? I'm looking at getting a few rolls. Please PM me. Edited by wquinn
02/17/2012 3:13 pm
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