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Valued Member
Canada
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Does anybody profile their banks in regards to roll hunting ? In Canada, we are very lucky since most banks are part of national chains. I usually rotate through about 30 different branches in my banking chain (RBC) over a period of several weeks. I am very impressive how polite all the tellers are, even though it is not my branch most of the time, when I am asking for coin rolls.
I found banks in wealthy neighbourhoods, in tourist areas and near major shopping complexes are where I get my best roll finds.
1) I find a lot American coins. I like fooling myself into thinking the 25% premium on a few dollars of coins pays for my gas for trip. 2) Older coins (pre-1965) and silver coins 3) Rarities like 1970 (5&10 cents), 1991 (5 cents), 2000P (5 cents), 2006P (pennies), etc
I find roll hunting at banks in poor neighbourhoods lead to rolls that are well picked over (usually no silver, no American and no older coins). In poorer neighbourhoods, commemorative coins (e.g. 2005V nickels, 1967 pennies, etc) are also well picked over . Fortunately, rarities are still found.
Usually, after I have been to the same bank on my list 3 or 4 times, I decide (based on my previous finds) if I will visit it again or not in the future.
Surprising, I am finding most of the rolls at all banks are not heavily picked over. I typically still find 50% in pure copper pennies (pre-1997) and 20% in pure nickel coins (pre-1982), indicating that not too many people are hoarding base metals.
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New Member
Canada
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I find that Bank of Montreal always uses old rolled coin in my town I never get new ones.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
9902 Posts |
I go to the bank next to the high school and middle school on Friday after they have made their deposit.Some nice finds in those rolls.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Interesting thread, hope to see more takes on this. My general thinking is that the areas with the oldest houses (and the oldest residents) are more likely to have older coins, so I guess a richer area with old houses might be the best of all. I guess people with more money are probably more likely to travel and bring back US coins as well. I'd like to try sorting coins near the us border sometime and see what the percentages are like. I suppose a lot of other people think the same way though so there might be a lot of skunk rolls.
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Valued Member
 Canada
386 Posts |
Good feedback. It matches up with my experiences.
PSI, one of my favorite banks for roll hunting is in a rich neighborhood with many old Victorian houses
DBM, there is one bank high on my list that did not match up to any of my criteria, but I have found an unusually high number of silver coins and good nickel and penny finds as well. You are right it is near two high schools.
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