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Pillar of the Community
United States
1189 Posts |
Hello, I have always thought coins were cool but never really collected them. I inherited some coins from my dad and grandpa when they passed away and recently got into the hobby. My grandpa collected copper pennies. My dad just had a Morgan dollar (1889) as well as 1 silver half and a bunch of regular half dollars/Ikes. Yesterday I went around and picked up some coins ($80 dimes, $30 pennies, $50 halves, and $25 in Presidential dollars). I know it may be silly to hang onto the non-silver halves and the SBAs,Sacagawea, and Presidential dollars but I still think those are kind of cool. I have a jar of them that I figure could be cool to give to my children someday. Anyway.. here is what I found in my hunt yesterday. Not too bad (1 silver half, 1 silver dime, and a handful of wheat pennies). I also learned everyone dumps their Canadian pennies in these rolls!  I want to get more coin but I feel silly going back in and asking for coins. I even got questioned when I got $20 of the pennies yesterday as to why I would want so many (my answer is always poker heh). I feel even sillier taking back a bunch of coins to cash in! I have to say it is fun and addicting to search through the rolls though! |
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Moderator
 United States
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In coin roll hunting, you shouldn't take coins back to where you got them. You could make the tellers/banks upset, and you might get your "dumped" coins back again. Nice group of coins   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1018 Posts |
I just tell them that I am a coin collector, the truth. I dump my unwanted coin at a bank that wouldn't give me pennies. Most tellers I deal with are kinda of curious what I search for after I tell them I am a coin collector, after that it really makes no difference to them. You may want to hang onto your Cnd pennies for awhile, they are disapearing quickly.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1189 Posts |
Thanks guys! I just have a bag for my "foreign" change. I think it's kind of cool so I will hang onto it. I also keep the pre-1981 pennies as well. Eventually it might become a bother if I get too many but I want to make it feel like my searching is going towards something :) For the record only about 1/3 of the pennies I went through were copper. $20 worth is going back to the bank since it was after 82. I always feel awkward asking for change but as you mentioned most of the tellers probably could care less (as long as I'm not dumping the same coins back to them).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4692 Posts |
Nice find and welcome to the forums.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1132 Posts |
Nice Franklin! Welcome to the CCF, from a fellow hunter. Copper variety cents are my thing (incase you couldn't tell from my avatar & name).  |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1109 Posts |
Like denny7000 said, I tell my bank I collect. It's paid off before, like the one time the teller held onto a $1 paper wrapped roll of nickels. I've never seen anything like it, and I even showed it to my LCS guys and they were confused about it too. It's in my display case with some other oddities now. You never know what your bank may hang onto if they know you like coin collecting!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you are concerned about asking for more coin, just place an order for a "box" of $50 cents, or $250 dimes, etc, so you have larger quantities to search. Dump the rejects later at a different bank -
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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United States
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Nice finds! to the Community! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1132 Posts |
Quote:
If you are concerned about asking for more coin, just place an order for a "box" of $50 cents, or $250 dimes, etc Boxes of cents are $25  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
My bad...I stand corrected.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1189 Posts |
Well I decided to say screw it and go get more coins and boy am I glad I did!! $50 in halves, $75 in dollar coins (for my own collection), $120 in pennies. Only have been through the halves so far but holy smokes! I know these aren't in good condition but c'mon 14 of em (65-69)!!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
Nice stack of 40%!
Now's the time to get halves, the price of silver is going belly up, and collections are getting dumped!
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
509 Posts |
Nice! This might motivate me to stop at a bank or 2 today... Its finally up to 0 degrees so I guess I can go outside.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1189 Posts |
Call it beginner's luck but my curiosity got the best of me and I had to go back. I asked for some more half dollars and I got the response "we don't have any." I said well last time they had to get them from the vault. She reluctantly got me more but I don't think she was happy about it. Now they are out of them completely. 22/100. Hope my luck continues! I only know of one more bank that has rolls of halves in stock but last time I tried $30 worth and didn't get anything.  These finds help reduce the loss I had on some rip off lots I bought on ebay (before I realized ebay sucks to buy coins from)! Overall 36/150 of the halves I picked up were 40%'ers. Crappy condition but I'm ecstatic! Great way to start up my collection! |
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Posted 01/06/2015 8:36 pm
