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I always thought that ebay would be a good place to buy coin rolls from but I have seen nothing but rip offs on there. So where do you recommend for me to get coin rolls from?  Thanks in advance for any replies.  |
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The bank. Easiest method I've found.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
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Dirt fishing since '72
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I can't imagine anyone selling rolls without looking through them. The ebay unsearched rolls are highly suspect IMO. My experience with 'cheapslabs' in John1's post above has been good. They sell what they advertise. I think I'll make an order from pennies dot com and see what they send (Thanks John). In the end, though, like fistfulladirt , the vast majority of my rolls come from banks. |
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True a bank is a good place to look but most banks will require a current account there.
What would your recommendation for young numismatist be? A couple of ideas that I have for YN are:
* Make a deal with your school's concession stand: you will count the loose change at the end of the game and then swap out some of it for dollar bills
* Offer to help the cub scouts when they set up to sell their popcorn and make a deal to buy what ever loose change they have for face value
Any other ideas other than banks for our YNs?
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Quote:Here is a couple to check out http://pennies.com/http://www.cheapslabs.com/shop/inde...ct_list&c=23Keep in mind that when you read "unsearched" rolls they almost never are.Also ask friends and relatives to save coins for you. I've known the guy that owns the cheapslabs website for many years now. He's a great guy and a stand-up dealer. His stuff is the real deal. I've bought thousands of dollars in coins from him in person at a local show. He's always telling me his stories of mass buying, usually estate sales with gobs of coins. People come to him because he will pay $20k and up for giant lots. At the shows he consistently has HUGE inventories of coins and always fresh material. He has so much he just throws most of it into bins organized by denomination and you have to look through them. Anyhow, he's a great guy! |
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Quote:I always thought that ebay would be a good place to buy coin rolls from but I have seen nothing but rip offs on there. There are no "unsearched rolls" on ebay. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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I'm finding that friends and coworkers are a great source. It's easier for them too because they don't have to roll the coins and write their name and bank account number on it, and go to the bank.
There a small pharmacy below my office and they have gobs of change at all times. They let me go through the drawer yesterday they'll let me do that whenever I want. There's also a nearby mom & pop convenience store which will do the same.
Think I'll skip the bank from now on and just use these types of sources.
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If you intend to go through large quantities of circulating coin, bank boxes are the answer. You may (?or may not?) have better luck with cash register drawer
contents or CWRs, but if you intend to hunt through $100-$200 worth of pennies, $400-$800 worth of nickels or $1K-$2K worth of dimes, quarters or halves
every week, bank boxes are the only way. I preschedule my pickups a week in advance, so they're easy to get quickly and I don't have to pay anything for them.
As a PS... If you do go the bank box route and you're working with one of those semi-hostile/marginally CRH-tolerant banks that requires coin to be rolled when
returned, banksupplies.com sells the best-priced flat coin wrappers you can find anywhere. I forget who the CCF participant was who gave us that tip, but ten
million thanks to whoever it was.
Edit: CoinsKelly had it right---you do need to have an account at the bank where you do your CRH pickups. Banks view us CRHers as an annoyance, so the
probability of them showing you any courtesy if you don't have an account with them is zilch.
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01/31/2013 09:49 am
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CoinsKelly had it right---you do need to have an account at the bank where you do your CRH pickups. Banks view us CRHers as an annoyance, so the
probability of them showing you any courtesy if you don't have an account with them is zilch. Probably true in general, but I have ordered multiple boxes at a time with banks that I'm a no-account. he he. Random no-account banks have also offered to order boxes for me from time to time and usually I refuse as I'm rounding up cwr and can gather several thousand in cwr (dimes) between 4 or 5 banks anyway. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
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@fistfulladirt---You're lucky with that. Where I live, banks where you don't have an account will give you any loose half or dollar coins they have and unboxed CWRs, but that's
where their hospitality ends. I can't complain, though -- at least my bank and credit union don't charge for bank boxes of coin, which I've read is common practice in some areas.
ffd--I'm going to guess you're in all those banks so often for so long that you've watched the staff turn over more than once and all the present staff probably think you're a revered
old account-holder. Did I get that one right?
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ffd--I'm going to guess you're in all those banks so often for so long that you've watched the staff turn over more than once and all the present staff probably think you're a revered
old account-holder. Did I get that one right? You are correct freddy! When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Wow...silly question....I think its called a bank. Is someone looking at these posts before they go up?...Just sayin....  |
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I already know about banks, but I can't get there without a license. I posted this to see if anyone had sites or something so I wouldn't have to bug someone to drive me.
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Zack, I always ask clerks at stores, gas stations, etc., if I can buy rolls of pennies, quarters, whatever. The drive through at Burger King got me some halves, and an Eisenhower dollar. Now the BK manager saves stuff for me. Any store I go to I always ask the clerk if they have any halves in the drawer I can buy. Some do & some don't but I always ask anyway.  |
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If you can get a hold of any fundraising change, this always works out good for me. Most kids aren't into coins so they spend whatever they want. Recently I was counting fundraising money and found about 5 rolls of pennies that were falling all to pieces. I traded for them and when I opened them up they were solid rolls of copper.
They were all pre 1980 with only a few 1980s that all looked brand new. Not a huge find, but who knows what you might find if you search fundraising a lot. I have also found all kinds of halves small dollar coins. I really haven't had a chance to try dimes or quarters. In paper money there are normally always a few $2 bills and stars.
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