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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Okay, so background:
In the last two weeks, I have found six silver dimes at work. Six of them. Keep in mind that while we are a gas station and go through probably $200/week in rolls, plus whatever we get from customers, I have found all six of these (except one that was sitting in my changer) in rolls. I can trace several similarities between them:
--all have come out of hand-wrapped rolls, not shrinkwrap
--all are Roosevelts--1958, 1964x2, 1959, 1962x2
--all show up when we get a new bunch of coins at work near the end of the week
I want to go to the bank where we get our coin and buy some dimes. I just got $90 from work (long story) and have another $10 I can pull from my account, so assuming they have lots of these handwrapped rolls, I can buy up to $100 worth (in theory, actually up to $160 worth, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable wandering around with that much in change--if I could even lift it!). Questions, therefore:
--how do I ask for these rolls, specifically? It does me no good to get $100 of shrinkwrapped rolls. I want the paper rolls.
--How do I mention this without sounding creepy OR potentially getting the tellers mad at my store? I'm not planning on doing this on a regular basis and I won't use the same branch as a dump--I just want to see if I can find any silvers this week, maybe for a week or two more if they keep turning up with this kind of regularity at work--but it feels like I'd have to at least mention my store to explain my interest in those particular rolls.
--other etiquette tips? I've previously hunted at two banks, one where I asked for small amounts of pennies and dimes and got treated like either a crazy or a bank robber, and one where the teller lit up and went "I have three half-dollars, but I doubt they're what you're looking for" and pulled out three clad non-proof Kennedys (you can guess which one I plan to go back to for future dime and cent hunting). You can tell my experience isn't, uh . . . ideal for running into a special situation like this.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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On a similar subject I realise I am missing a couple of varieties of circulating coin from the UK, which had lower mintage than other coins but that I would be quite likely to find if I go into a bank and order change.
The trouble is that I have a building society current account, and when I took change there to dump it the other week they told me they could take 5 bags maximum so I ended up losing 10% by using a coinstar machine at the super market.
When I worked in the retail sector many years ago I could walk into the bank and order change for the shop without any problems, now I wonder can I walk into a bank which I don't hold an account with and order change?
In this country I think roll hunters are very few and far between because there is no silver in our circulating coins. So if I ask for a load of coin it isn't weird its just assumed you are a vendor and need to give change.
Anyway, I have no experience particularly in what you ask but I find that writing something down can often be less embarrassing than saying it. So I would write a list of what you want with the denominations, amounts and totals. Just ask the teller "could I get some change please?" and hand her the list...
One dollar bills x60 = $60
Quarter rolls x4? = $20
Dimes (handwrapped) x80? = $80
Total =$160
I don't know how many coins your rolls contain so maybe my numbers are wrong, but if you are polite and take that approach whats the worst that can happen? If the teller asks you why you want them you can say "I don't know my boss told me to pick them up"
Edited by DavidUK
07/02/2012 09:32 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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--how do I ask for these rolls, specifically? It does me no good to get $100 of shrinkwrapped rolls. I want the paper rolls. I would just ask the teller for paper rolls brought in by other customers, not the machine wrapped rolls. Just tell him/her you collect coins and find these type of rolls to be the best at finding what you need. No need to clue them in on how much silver is worth and that you are mining for those. |
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Canada
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Agree with indiangold... I usually walk in and tell them that I collect coins and that I am trying to find really old coins. I'm always straight up with them and they usually are very accepting. I either pick up 20 rolls which means 1 bundle of 10 per hand or ask for a box. Find out right away if they want them back when you're done. I've had problems arise more than once because of me not bringing them back and depleting their stock. At that point I'm very friendly and mark every roll and box I search and show them my mark so when I go back in, they don't give them back to you. It takes time to build a relationship. Just be honest, nice, fun and occasionally and you'll be laughing!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How do I mention this without sounding creepy Classic! Lol just be friendly and use common cents. Never volunteer any info to the tellers. There is no need to know... And no gifts to the tellers! Fastest way to see your silver dry up. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
Edited by fistfulladirt
07/02/2012 3:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks, everyone! Also particularly to Indiangold, the suggestion that I just flat-out say paper rolls are better is super-helpful (Why didn't I think of that? Probably because it's so obvious).
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Valued Member
United States
157 Posts |
i ask for costomer rapped rolls, and as many as possible
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
One additional tip: If you find a particularly good roll, you may want to go to the SAME branch of the SAME bank where that one came from since the person making the deposit may have deposited more than one roll without knowing there were valuable coins in the rolls! I would buy every roll I could that had the same kind of wrapper.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1227 Posts |
Thanks, everyone! My purchase ($70 in dimes) was a skunk, but I did pick up something valuable: the goodwill of a teller who invited me to come back to make more purchases. This last week's box of pennies at work has been FULL of wheats, so I think I may buy one on Thursday when my cheque comes in. Obvi I'm not going to go every single week and eat up their coin, but hopefully every couple of weeks isn't obnoxious.
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Valued Member
United States
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if they say they cant sell them ask if you can bring in rolls of coin from the bank to trade so they still have enough, also I have never had much luck with goodwill, but more power to you for finding a worker thats helpfull.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Esandweiss, I was referring to the word in its original term, not the charity organization: I got the goodwill of a teller. Someone who's on my side, at the bank. I would never try mining at an actual Goodwill store--aside from being rude to customers behind me, the people who need to shop at Goodwill are probably not going to have what I'm looking for.
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Valued Member
United States
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Hope I can help here too... I bring my bank donuts on Saturday morning. They give me over $50 worth of hand wrapped pennies every time. In fact, my finds are so lucrative, that I barely have time to count them all now. Just nice to know they good stuff is ready when I am. Just be patient, it took me 10 banks to find this one. Yes, I am not even their customer folks!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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If you've built a relationship with your tellers (several of mine call me Santa because of my beard), you can ask for what you want and you'll get it. I ask my TD Bank people for dollar coins, halves, etc. and they offer to go back to the vault to loo. The same with cashiers at CVS. I ask them to look for halves and dollars for me and they produce when they become available. As a journalist, I remember the old saw: "It's the little people who give you the big things."
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm working on that relationship now, just found this bank a few weeks ago. It seems like I'm getting there, though!
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