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My First (Rather Timid) Venture Into Coin Role Hunting

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I have been intrigued by the whole topic of coin role hunting and reading about everyone's experiences & finds really whetted my appetite for it.

I decided to give it a shot the other day, but because I'm always a bit fearful of trying new things, I decided to "get in the water" gradually, so I walked into my RBC branch, explained I was a coin collector and asked for two rolls of quarters. I said I didn't want new rolls from the Mint, and the teller came back with two rolls and said they never got new rolls at their branch because they always had enough just from customers bringing their own coins in.

I took them home, eagerly opened the rolls and began sorting them. There was quite a nice range of dates, better than I expected, although nothing terribly old. I found the following:

"Regular" (Caribou) coins:
Singles from 1974, 75, 82, 83, 84, 86, 90, 95, 2002, & 04.
Doubles from 1969, 77, 2001, 03 & 07.
Triples from 1978 & 93.
Quads from 2006, five from 2012, six from 2008 & 10, and eight from 2009 & 2011. All too new for silver, but I'm going to have to read through my Charlton guide to see if any of them have anything out of the ordinary to look at.

I also had the following commemorative type quarters:
April & September from the 1999 Millennium issue.
A Saskatchewan Centennial 2006.
The following Vancouver Olympics quarters: Curling & Hockey from 2007, Bobsled from 2008, from 2009 a Non-colored Cindy Klassen, two Men's Hockey (one colored, one not), and a sledge hockey coin.
A Canada Parks 2011 Falcon coin (non-colored).
Two Isaac Brock quarters from 2012, one each of colored & non-colored, the latter is the first colored one I'd seen other than the set I purchased from the Mint's online free-shipping offer.
Finally, there were 3 U.S. quarters, from 1965, 66 & 97.

All in all, I thought this was a really great variety but, and some of you may have already noticed this, this only adds up to 78 quarters! LOL Yeppers, both rolls had 39 coins in them.

So, I close with some questions. Is this likely to be the norm? One roll being short wouldn't bother me, but two of two did bug me a bit. Should I keep at it, accepting the possibility of this happening a lot? Would it be unreasonable to go in and say to the teller "Please count them--the last time I was in, all the rolls had only 39 in them". I'm not going to try & get the bank to reimburse me the two coins--I can't prove it, and I can't realistically expect them to believe me, as I'd be suspicious if our roles were reversed--but a part of me really wants to mention it.

All opinions & comments welcome. Maybe I don't have what it takes to be coin role hunting. Or maybe this is just because I'm a total newbie and I will get more resilient.

Rob
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 Posted 03/09/2013  5:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add silverwolf to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i wouldn't worry about a few missing coins, it actually happens alot. I consider it the price of doing business.
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 Posted 03/09/2013  9:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CJ Cents to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Missing a coin or two can be an issue if they are CWR (customer wrapped coins), and it does happen from time to time. I havn't found too many in my area.
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People will often do a roll short by one coin. Some times it's intentional and other times they are using a device to count coins and the 'full' mark shows half way up the next mark so they assume it's full. Either way, it is common. If you want to avoid it, buy bwr (bank wrapped rolls). But I would stick with cwr.

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Ravenzcoin, were they clear plastic coin rolls?
Happens all the time if the coins are shoved in until it is full and snapped closed.
The us quarters are thicker and make the full amount not fit in the plastichange or ezrolls.
The worst I had was a box of dimes, 50 rolls, all short 1 or more.

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It tends to balance out over time, especially when you start finding things worth more than face value. I would not make a big deal, but if it continues to happen, you may want to consider sourcing your rolls from another bank.
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Thanks people. You are all very kind and you have encouraged me to keep at it. Obviously I couldn't possibly ask tellers to count the quarters in an entire box of 50 rolls. Well, I *could* ask, but I think I would very quickly become persona non grata if I did! If Bm0ney can swallow 5 bucks worth short, surely I can handle a couple of quarters here and there. I won't be buying boxes for awhile--gotta work up to that--but I will definitely try other banks if this seems to be the norm at my branch. Bm0ney, my rolls were paper-wrapped, but the US coins might still have added to the bulk--certainly the rolls seemed very filled.

Rob
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I search $30,000+ in coin every year. And I never count. Time's too valuble for me to waste time counting. Strange, but true.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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The other day I searched a box of Lincoln cents. Some of the rolls were short by one, but several were actually overloaded. In general, when I find a roll is missing a coin, I add it from my pocket change. Just making it right.
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 Posted 03/11/2013  10:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add socceraustin23 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
when wrapping my rolls I feel as if I add an extra coin or two just from human error
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