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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Saturday I went to the bank, just signed up with a new bank that is A LOT closer than my original one, I got a box that looks like this (picture) so I go back today, and got another box that looks the EXACT same, it's almost as if the previous owner submerged all his coins in water for a few weeks and then rolled them, the earliest ones I could find were around 1975 (+/- a year or two) and the newest were 2011, what could have happened, two boxes. 100 rolls, 5000 pennies, ahhh    |
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Moderator
 United States
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Their hoard was flooded, so they cashed in.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
Can also be a storage issue from the company buys rolled coins from.
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Valued Member
United States
71 Posts |
Probably someone emptied out a city fountain or wishing well and rolled them.
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Valued Member
Canada
156 Posts |
I agree with tuleja, probably fountain coins. I have gotten several rolls full of coins like that but never entire boxes.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1177 Posts |
all 3 of those could be true (tueja) yours makes PERFECT sense. they have to empty it eventually, would make sense because I with-drawled 50$ and every penny was like that :) thanks!
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Moderator
United States
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Probably someone emptied out a city fountain or wishing well and rolled them. Ah, yes, good call.  |
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Valued Member
United States
250 Posts |
Haha oh wow I wud be upset if I received that...give that back to the bank and tell them to send it off to be DESTROYED haha
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Valued Member
United States
96 Posts |
Did you get them from a bank on the Jersey shore?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
I had a similar box myself a couple of years ago.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1723 Posts |
Never a box full but a handful of rolls like that in a box here and there. Disgusting huh
Edited by samsnate
11/18/2012 9:35 pm
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Valued Member
United States
366 Posts |
I've had lots of boxes come with coins like that. And not just penny boxes either. Those are most definitely all from the same person/place.
I'd like to venture a guess that a lot of coins were found in basement and became corroded from the humidity in the area they sat for some unknown amount of years.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4212 Posts |
I've had nics that were terrible, boxwise. Seemed they were exposed to exhuast maybe. I hate those things.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2224 Posts |
I've seen that more often than I'd like. Keep the hand sanitizer handy!
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Valued Member
United States
61 Posts |
Fountain coins are a possibility, but it seems like a large amount of them for that. More likely I would say a flooded or damp basement hoard cash-in seems a more likely scenario.
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Valued Member
United States
366 Posts |
Hand sanitizer or just heavy duty soap after you're finished sorting/pouring through your sorter.
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Posted 11/12/2012 6:04 pm
