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If you are a beginner coin roll hunter, there are a few things to know before you get started. Keep in mind it is not the tellers' job to supply you with rolls of coins. Remember they are doing you a favor by doing this.
Make sure you have an account with your pickup bank. Preferably, you should be a customer of said bank often and use them for other things besides picking up rolls.
Never ask for "old" rolls of coins as opposed to rolls of current year uncirculated coinage. This tends to annoy the tellers unless you are a longtime customer casually asking if anything old or interesting has shown up from other customers.
Never dump coins at the same bank you pick them up from, even if they have a machine. Not only will you probably receive your own searched coins. The tellers will not like this either.
Always remember to thank your tellers. If they ask you what you are doing with these coins, be honest. Some will probably be interested.
If you are ever turned down or rejected by a bank, accept it. Usually there are ways to prevent this anyway:
-be careful of how many coins you get at one time. Depending on the size of the bank, you may exhaust your supply and your welcome there.
-same thing goes for amount of bank trips.
-keep your amount of rolls bought and bank trips consistent
Be friendly. Let them know if you found anything good. They will know that you appreciate it if you thank them for your finds and that it means a lot to you.
Every bank and teller is different. Some banks have a limit of how many rolls you can buy. Some tellers may not like your habit of buying rolled coins. Others may just be in a bad mood that day. Give them the benefit of the doubt.
If you don't like a bank, don't complain about it, just don't go there. A common CRHing myth is that machine wrapped rolls are worse than customer rolled ones. This is not true, and never tell a bank to carry one or the other.
Respect banks, and they will respect you and your hobby. Follow these rules and you will be rewarded with good teller relations and good roll finds. Happy hunting!
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Plenty of things wrong with there, but I am going to single out one;
"A common CRHing myth is that machine wrapped rolls are worse than customer rolled ones."
Got a laugh out of that.
Most of the advice is decent, though.
Edited by FadeToBlack
11/13/2013 3:48 pm
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By that I meant that all rolls are different. Some customer rolls are higher in keepers than machine wrapped ones. I have also seen the opposite in my years of doing this. Both types of rolls can have jackpot finds in which the majority of the coins are keepers.
I'm sure that if you did statistics and calculating customer rolls might have more keepers. I was just trying to say that just because a roll is machine wrapped doesn't mean it is bad. I've had great finds in both types of rolls. Just trying to inform the beginners this!
Also this topic is a matter of opinion, we may have different views on CRHing etiquette. The way it works at my bank is probably different from yours. There are no true "mistakes."
Edited by wheatchaser140
11/13/2013 4:06 pm
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Wheatchaser thanks for taking the time to type all that info on roll hunting 101, much appreciated!
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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My Two Cents: - don't short-change the roll or add foreign junk (US change especially) to it, not to mention candle sticks and washers! Dirty! - I'm doing quarters right now, and only a roll at a time because it's "laundry day". - I never tell my tellers if I found something. I live in a big city so I won't always get the same teller even if I wanted to. "Why bother with that" is my end. - I enjoy picking new rolls for the best of the litter in terms of grade. Edited by Libertad
11/13/2013 8:48 pm
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Any time, fistfulladirt!  Also, Good points, Libertad. If anyone has anymore ideas, please post them. |
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I do agree with both of you. If you live in a small town or get coins from the same teller, you could tell her what you find. But if it's a big city and lots of tellers, don't bother.
CWR: could be someone's dump or it could be a jackpot. More risk (in getting skunked) more reward.
Treat them. I have been buying cupcakes once every few weeks to my pickup bank. 6 cupcakes cost like $4. It shows that you care about them. I also bring treats to my dump bank a little more often because I always feel bad bringing in two mason jars of coins.
Great post wheatchaser. I wish I would have had this a couple months ago
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Wheatchaser 140, Many Thanks for starting this discussion. Great advice here from everyone. I usually rotate my pickup branches (I have 10 or so) so that I do not become a burden to anyone. I normally only ask for $10 at a time (of either cents or nickels, or both). Several times they could not legitimately supply all at once, but have offered me a lesser quantity. I certainly do not want to empty their stock (then they may remember me in a negative way). Regarding short-changed rolls, just last week I opened a roll of cents and found a felt wad in there (looked like a pool cue felt tip). But a few rolls later I found a dime inside. Made up for it, I guess.
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Iv been roll hunting ever since 2010, I am done with it now, it is over. All the rolls at every single bank are machine wrapped and have ONLY new coins in them because here in Canada they send back whatever they can and recycle all the old coins, then send them back to the banks. Roll hunting is very hard to do now and just not as it used to be a year ago. All I have to do now is look in change and ask cashiers what they got in there cash register.  |
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Some good advice here, but truthfully I've never had any real issues with tellers. My usual bank had a few tellers who were indifferent to my requests for whole boxes, one who would roll her eyes when I came in, and one who enthusiastically asked what I found in the last box and wanted to see anything especially cool or old. Also, as far as the CWR versus machine-wrapped, it's really a coin toss. CWR are significantly more likely to contain nothing of interest, but are also your best bet for dumped collections and foreign coins that machines would separate out. One of the last times I searched CWR nickels, I found an entire dumped collection of about 120 coins from 1938-1959. A customer also unwittingly brought in an entire roll of Buffalo nickels to my old bank, which one of the tellers saved for me. On the other hand, machine-wrapped coins come directly from large coinstar dumps and are almost never handled by humans directly. They tend to be consistent, meaning that they almost never contain dumped collections, but are more likely to contain coins that most people would notice and save, like Buffalo nickels and IHCs. When I was searching nickels, about 90% of the Brinks boxes I searched had at least one Buffalo nickel and one War Nickel. |
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There are no true "mistakes." IMHO, there are plenty of "mistakes" to be made. |
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wheatchaser - very well said
Normic - too bad Canada has to destroy the fundamentals of coin collectors. looking through ones pocket change - in years to come they might regret doing it with no new collectors looking any more.. I hope it never happens here in the US
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Normic - too bad Canada has to destroy the fundamentals of coin collectors. looking through ones pocket change - in years to come they might regret doing it with no new collectors looking any more.. I hope it never happens here in the US I can't see how we'd regret it. We are saving millions of dollars. |
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Here we go again! Remember the what if the penny was discontinued topic? Good times...  |
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I can't see how we'd regret it. We are saving millions of dollars. I agree. The government is doing its job, the People of Canada should come before the coin collectors of Canada. |
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United States
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As a coin guy who takes tens of thousands to the bank per month in coin, I can offer some tips to CRHers or bag hunters which may be of assistance.
1. It cannot be said enough. Be nice to the tellers and staff, especially the Head Teller and Manager if at all possible. Having good relationships go a long way.
2. When using a coin machine, try to go early in the morning or later before close, so you are more likely to not be interrupted by other customers. If they do show up, work in between them and play nice.
3. Try to determine whether its most efficient for you to return coin rolled, loose, in bags, etc. This can save you a lot of time when trying to dump or deposit.
4. The multiple bank strategy is nearly a must when getting coin and re-depositing.
5. When looking for banks, try to ask the manager whether they handle the local parking authority as a client. This is a huge indicator that they are extremely coin-man friendly! Three of the four banks I have now have the local parking authority as a major client. I smiled bigger when the manager told me this.
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