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I dont think brinks it self does but people who work at the wrapping facilities or on the transportation of the coins and have the chance to trade oor replace searched coins per coins that is in the way in or out ( people who receive and do the wrapping or people who send hlthe coins to be wraped) if they have any chance they ll do it for sure ! Why not ?!.
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f they pulled silver, none of us would find anything. Someone just found 296 40% in one box (half dollar thread) and 'Brinks' was labeled on the side of each roll. Any employee looking for the silver would surely not miss finds like that. I dont think they do  |
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There is no debate. Brinks does remove all silver from all the half dollar rolls.At least they do in my area. I have said this many times on the forum.I do work for Wells Fargo and visit a Brinks office everyday and I asked five of the six ladies that work in the office with the coins...and they all admited that they remove all the silver half dollars before they are rolled and go out.So thats why I dont even bother to search half dollars in my area,because if I'm looking for silver I know I wont find any.  |
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Lincolncentguy.....unless you don't follow the half dollar thread you are just trying to create controversy. The last two major hauls from roll searchers here were from Brinks rolls. You are making an error in your terminology. Brinks isn't pulling any silver, 5 women are pulling silver at a Brinks facility.
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i honestly think that what determines how much you find is entirely up to chance. it all depends on if someone dumps silver, the teller that takes it, does not snatch it up, and it successfully makes it to the deposirory, then into the boxes.. then untampered with until it arrives in your hands.... I bet at some etablishments, this process I just outlined, is broken somewhere along the lines, resulting in a lack of silver...
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unholyroller, I think "some guy" just likes to create controversy...not the first time I've seen it. He posts on the halves topic too. Now back on topic...
I've said many times that it's situation specific. I think its obvious that Brinks does not have a company wide policy to remove all silver. Now, are there people that work for Brinks that keep a pocket full of clads to replace silver finds while they are working...I think so. But its situation specific, maybe regional but I think it just depends on the tellers, security guards, and courier's in your neighborhood. There's a local hunter who's posted on our forum that states the security guards for a regional bank here look through all the coins before they leave the bank. I think we can put this debate to rest.
Owassokie
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Im not creating any controversy,its a poll it says does brinks pull silver from circulation? I voted yes. I'm not trying to start anything,just saying what happens in my area. |
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United States
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I wonder if they might be hiring high school summer help to cull the silver coins. You know, the kids would sit at the giant hoppers that move at high-rpm's. The kids would reach in and grab when they see a glimpse of silver. They might chant "got one!" Wish they were hiring in my area.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Come on LCG...You can both give an opinion and "needle" people at the same time. Not saying its wrong...you just seem like the kind that likes to poke the bear...the kind of guy that is entertained by giving an opposing opinion at a social gathering, even if you don't believe the opinion you're supporting. Maybe 'create controversy' was a little strong. You might call it "encouraging debate"?
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Hey Owassokie, more silver for us from brinks. I do think its luck and regional. One thing is for sure is nationwide brinks doesn't have a policy in place for silver coins, but do some brinks employees in the company cull silver, and somehow skirt whatever policy they have on bringing money to work, absolutely.
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I like your approach halfhunter but here is where I have doubts that any place that deals with that much cash would allow employees to do anything like that. It would be a huge security risk to allow employees to be walking in and out with coins, I just don't see that being allowed.
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United States
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I find some silver in the Brinks rolls . For whatever reason I do better with regards to finding silver with the yellow striped rolls. The blue stripes do not seem as fruitful. I think we get a little envious when we see the pictures of some amazing boxes . It stinks to be getting skunked after looking through a thousand coins and read about a guy that found a hundred or more in a single box. Hopefully one day , we will all be that guy. My best luck comes from tellers and CWR. I found two bens , a 1964 Kennedy and 6 40% ers in a single roll yesterday . My best roll ever. It was wrapped in an old wrapper with a piece of scotch tape on it . The best I have done with a full box from brinks was 3 40%ers. . Went through 690.00 worth today and I found squat . I ordered 6 boxes last week . They come from various wells Fargo banks and they will be brinks , I will post my results as they come in . Good luck to you all .
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I like your approach halfhunter but here is where I have doubts that any place that deals with that much cash would allow employees to do anything like that. It would be a huge security risk to allow employees to be walking in and out with coins, I just don't see that being allowed.
Yes I agree, they cant have people there opening their wallets and swapping out 20$ face silver halves for a 20$ bill for sure. The thing we all want to know is how to get to the "old stuff" they have if that is even true. I got that monster box 2 weeks ago, and a second box that same day, from the same bank, and second box was a skunk. Why is that?, did brinks deliver 10 boxes of halves around town that day, and 6 were like my monster, but I only got the one, is it how they were loaded, and unloaded? why was just that one box loaded, and not the other? certainly if someone cashed in as much as I found, it didnt all end up in one box, if I got the bulk of it, it had to spread to atleast a few other boxes Who knows, when we find silver we just have to think they dont filter it, its pure luck. Now do the drivers load the truck themselves? If so, and it is true the "old boxes" are deep, Id love to meet the guy delivering my boxes, and tell him heres 100$ deliver me the oldest stuff from the back.....lol..... |
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halfhunter, I was talking to the teller at my bank, who has interest in coin hunting, and she talked to our brinks guy. He told her its futile looking for silver halfs (of course he's the same guy that brought me my box of 302). But she went ahead and asked him how the process works. He spoke of a 'central location' that the teller took to mean 'not brinks'. and that they basically pull up to the dock or door and give the person their order for the day and those people fetch all the coin and bills. The drivers don't even know exactly where the coin is housed. Now, I don't know how much of this is true. It was a bit word of mouth but thought I'd pass it along to those interested.
Owassokie
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As I said in the half thread, it is completely the luck of the draw as to ether you get silver or not. There is no magical color of wrapper that says you will get silver. Nor type of box nor supplier. People keep trying to figure something out because they want to find stuff. No one wants to go 100 boxes and find nothing. There is no formula other than you have to just keep looking.
As for the poll, I have said this as well. NO WAY does Brinks or anyone else search for silver. The return on investment would be miniscule at best. That simple. If you think they do, you are fooling yourself.
As for sorters doing so on their own...again I call BS. This is big time cash handling. I would be willing to bet companies like Brinks have policies specifically AGAINST doing that. Besides, its not like this stuff is hand sorted. Its highly mechanized and any chance a person would get to handle the money directly outside of a sealed bag is minimum at best. So if someone is telling you that Licolncentguy, they are probably jerking you around.
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