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New Member
United States
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Just got what I think is my first skunk box of pennies.
Got a $25 box at my bank today, the box was a brinks box with those plastic wrapped rolls. I sorted through the first 2 rolls, and was surprised to get no copper whatsoever. Opened up another 10 rolls from various spots in the box, no copper.
I don't think I'm going to sort the rest... I figure it will be easier to deposit the wrapped rolls at my dump bank. Has anyone else had a similar experience?
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New Member
United States
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I just did a box of Brinks plastic wrapped and got about half copper. Probably just a bad box.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3167 Posts |
Someone else may have sorted through for copper and put the rest in the box you got.
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Valued Member
United States
250 Posts |
was the box cwr or bwr....were they plastic wrapped or paper wrapped?...i have a hard time believing that an entire box of pennies and no copper unless it was cwr then ya maybe....but even for plastic wrapped rolls or paper rolls that are bwr I have never found 1 roll that did not have atleast 5 coppers
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Valued Member
United States
250 Posts |
just read the post again and answered it for myself...long day....ya thats kind of maybe really bad luck or something especially the plastic wrap have been great for me in finding copper...when you look at the rims are they all shinny red or is some brown rims
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New Member
 United States
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Some are brown rims, the pennies are definitely circulated and from a number of years. I thought it was very odd as well, being bank wrapped rolls in plastic. The only thing I can think of is if someone had sorted a very large number of pennies and deposited them, and they all somehow got re-rolled together at the bank?
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Valued Member
United States
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The only thing I can think of is if someone had sorted a very large number of pennies and deposited them, and they all somehow got re-rolled together at the bank? While I have never had a pure zinc Brinks box, it wouldn't surprise me that it can happen. I know that I dump $50-$200 in zincs a week depending on volume into a coin counter, I also know someone else uses the same coin counter and has dumped $100 on various weeks from conversations with bank tellers. I'm sure those pennies go back to Brinks to be re-boxed, if $300 (6 bags) in pennies get dumped into a bin at brinks to be re-boxed and don't get mixed well with other pennies, you could have many boxes of solid zincs or close to solid zincs in plastic wrap. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2224 Posts |
Happens around here frequently. A few months ago I bought three $25 Brinks boxes in a row that contained no copper (OK, one of them had THREE copper cents in it; that's pretty much the same as none). They were from three different banks too. I do know there is somebody about forty miles south of here that dumps copper cents on ebay in ridiculously large amounts, so in order to try not to get any of the Zincolns that he is dumping back into the system I try to avoid boxes. I go to a number of branches and buy $10 worth from each branch, all the while asking for CWR's (customer rolls). I have been averaging 15 or so coppers per roll by doing it that way. Edited by copper nickel daddy
09/28/2012 08:21 am
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Valued Member
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The only way I would get a "box" is if I were looking to hit solid date rolls on the off chance. CWR's are far better. Once had $10 worth of 99% copper rolls. Another time hit $2 worth of solid rolls of wheats from CWR's. Everytime I get brinks rolls they are low on copper - 5-8 per roll.. I agree with coppernickeldaddy 100%!! CWR's baby!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1200 Posts |
The boxes from my 2 banks are machine-wrapped in paper wrappers. Haven't had a total skunk box yet, but the last few boxes have been running at less than half the amount of coppers and wheats that I've been accustomed to.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yes about 7 months ago I tried a penny box ( something I havent done in ages) and lo and behold there was only 84 copper coins in the box - oh yea it was also a brinks box I might try another box again but if its brinks I will pass on it no more brinks for me
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Posted 09/27/2012 9:27 pm
