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hehehe googoo. I edited that post. those were actually different boxes, I just wrote the wrong number. anyways, during one of those skunks, when I bought the box I got 2 40% half dollars from the teller tray :) so it evens out I guess.
and I picked up another box that I will do tonight. I'm determined to find another dime. and I got a box of nickels for fun in case the dimes are another skunk.
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Here is a closer pic of the reverse of that 1900 Barber as requested. The suggestion that it could be solder from a pen was a good thought.  |
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Box #51 was fortunately not my 5th skunk in a row.
1958 d
1961 d
1998 mexico 10 Cents
my wife helped and she found the 1961 d. We edge search and I think if I came across the 1961 d I wouldn't have seen it. It wasn't dark and it didn't really look silver. it really blended in. She's a great little helper.
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Glad to see you break the streak murrellington.
Box #3 today produced a 1962-D/
It was on the end too so I noticed it right away. =)
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great job breaking the skunk streak, but man oh man edge searching scares me I do it when I first dump the roll into my hand, but then I check each coin individually. Those dark edges have been silver for me many times I wonder if your other boxes were really skunks  Nice finds though I am too affraid I will pass something by if I just edge search, plus I like a lot of other stuff besides just the silver |
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I see all of you talking about box searching. What all is in a box? All I have been doing so far is buying indevidual rolls of what I want to search at a time.
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I'd love to find a Barber jdot. Nice find! Last 3 boxes 7 silver. And I'm still only 1/2 way through the third box.
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googoo. We edge search but we check anything that looks strange or any dark coins. if we see anything that does not look normal then we check it. I really don't have the patience to look through dimes. I'm a cent/nickel guy.
firstcoin: You can get boxes of coins from the bank. All it is is a sealed box with 50 rolls of coins in it. You are roll searching but instead of getting several individual rolls, you can easily just get a box with 50 rolls.
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boxes are how the banks receive coin in their deliveries
pennies $25
nickels $100
dimes $250
quarters $500
half dollars $500
Some banks will order you coin if you ask nicely and you can sometimes get them to give you a box of whatever denomination you want
Just a way to search more coins thus increasing your chances to find stuff and its also easier to have a full box rather then rolls when turning in change in my experience
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Ahh, I figured it was something like that. Are the odds better of finding good keepers if the bank orders in boxes for you? I was curious, because the last bank I got indevidual rolls from I ended up with 5 out of 6 rolls of dimes new 2011 uncirculated. 1 roll stashed away for 40 years from now is fine, but 5 is too many!
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It's random how much silver you find firstcoin. however, if you get a box, usually all of the rolls are mixed. occasionally you will get a box that is 50 rolls brand new. but I've only gotten that like 3-4 times out of about 55 boxes purchased.
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How many of the banks keep boxes in stock? Is it better to have to order them?
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firstcoin - It completely depends on the bank and also how friendly the tellers are towards rollhunters. Almost all banks will have boxes, but some Scrooge-like tellers don't want to give them out. All you get is a Bah Humbug when you ask for them!
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I think I have an in with one of my local banks with the teller that handles their coins. It may be the beginning of a wonderful friendship!
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Box #52: another skunk
My average is dropping fast with all of these skunks. 3 silver in last 8 boxes. Gonna start doing cents again for fun.
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