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smokeriderdon- sorry, released all 3 rolls back into the wild. They were definitely BU and some would probably grade very high. But after seeing what high grade 71 go for, I wasn't too interested.
I didn't see your post in time! Maybe next time! I'll keep you in mind.
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As my boxes ll arrive only on noon and I took the day off of work I went to 13 different banks looking for cwr's . 1st bank had 7 cwr's = 0 ( I figured as someone's partial dump as it was wrapped on the free paper whappers provided by the bank ) 12 more banks and only foun $15  in loose coins = 0 I dont know how you guys can find so many cwr's because where I live 99% of the banks have coin counters what makes impossible to find it ! Still have hope on the boxes to coming ! End of report  |
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look at page 369--that is why I like brinks!
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Pillar of the Community
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90% yes I ll have to look right now because I just finished 1 of my today 2 boxes and the marker on the back of jfk's head is killing me ! Had couple rolls with 8 halves marked on the back of the head , this guy must be doing this for years . There is some of his marks that are about to desapear and I'm not talking about only him but many differen marks and letters and numbers ! He must dump like 10 bags twice a week !(lol) he must have a silver brick house , and a silver car etc lol , 1 more to go OMG!!....
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Pillar of the Community
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While on vacation I picked up $200 worth of MMF boxed halve rolls. I have never seen boxes like these so I thought I was going to be in luck. Both skunkeroos :(
Worst part was the huge number of marked coins...was like each roll was polka-dotted with marks...yellow rim marks....black spots on cheeks...red dots on the neck...there must be a ton of high volume roll searchers up in Wisconsin. So many marks it makes me not want to look for more up here. The only nice part was the boxes the rolls came in...at least I will be saving them :-)
Addendum...the rolls in the box were string and son...nice tight factory rolls...I just realized the MMF are just the box maker
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08/01/2011 4:51 pm
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Omg ! My second box started with 3 rolls of solid marked on the back of the head . I'm starting to think there is a gang who members use the same mark on the back of the head , kind of bloods coin searchers lol ! Is it possible to search and mark so many coins in a life time ?! Whoever you are , you are the king of the roll searchers lol !
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Rcardo, in my book you are the king of roll searchers, you have BY FAR the most success I have seen. If I could have 1/10th of what you find I would be SO HAPPY! :( :(
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I am not at all lazy and I do mark coins. I want to know if the coins I have been dumping are coming back my way. If so, then I know the odds of me finding anything are now lower. And how exactly does me doing that indicate I dont care for the hobby? Me marking up coins that arent worth anything other than spending money (if they were actually collectable they wouldnt leave my house at all now would they?) hardly makes me uncaring or a pig. I think it's inconsiderate of others in the hobby. For example, I have at least 20 NIFCs from 2002-20011 that have been blotted with a black marker. I'm new enough that I'm not sure if it is ok to "clean" them, but those are clearly a coin that people that are not searching for silver collect. I see lots of other halves that I'd grade pretty high that have been marked. You also never know what some searcher wants: maybe some guy just like collecting bicentenial coins or all of the coins from his birth year? Plus, god only knows what our kids and kids' kids will be wanting to pull out of these rolls, so why mark on them? Maybe it's because I still feel like an outsider, but I'd rather not leave a mess when I'm done sorting for others that are sorting. |
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Who actually uses half dollars? Businesses don't. You never see halves in the change compartment in a cash register. Businesses don't order them so they can make change. Cashiers usually seem to be unfamiliar with them.
I wonder if the "flow" of halves isn't driven completely by silver searchers. We order a box, search it, dump it, bank sends to Brinks, Brinks rolls, sends back to bank to fill our order... The only thing that makes this remotely worthwhile is that when we dump at the bank, the next guy puts Grandpa's rolls of silvers into the coin counter and these get mixed in with the searched coins. So all we are doing with the box search is finding the few good ones which got mixed in at that one step.
I have only bought one box, and it yielded one 40%. From reading this thread, it seems that is about average. Contrast that with my results from buying halves from tellers, 71 40% out of about $500 worth total bought. Granted, this is a small sample, but my teller halves have been 71 times more likely to be silver than my box halves. My results are skewed by the three rolls of 40% out of a seven roll buy, but even if you throw that out my cashier halves are still 11 times more productive than an average box.
So here are a few questions:
1. Does anyone other than silver searchers or coin collectors buy boxes of halves?
2. Are all the 40% and 90% halves introduced to the stream when someone either spends (and the business turns them in to the bank) or cashes in silver halves at the bank?
3. At what point is the game over, skunk after skunk after skunk, so people just quit?
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I haven't had any luck recently, until today. One bank yielded $120 in customer or teller-wrapped rolls (I suspect the tellers rolled them) and there were 26 silver-clad Kennedy coins plus one 1964-D. The silver-clads were very dirty-looking, with the greenish, greyish patina they tend to develop. I "cleaned" them by putting them in a jar with white vinegar for about 5 minutes. After rinsing with water I gave them a final rinse with acetone to help dry them quickly. The appearance is greatly improved IMO, with most of the coins now appearing as lustrous AU. I know many would prefer to leave them "as is" but since they are basically bullion coins I'm willing to use this simple fix to improve their eye appeal. Here are before and after pictures of the pile:   Rawmeat, I expect you can easily remove the black marker with acetone. This is totally harmless to the coins as long as you don't rub them or otherwise cause physical damage. As always, be careful with the highly flammable acetone. |
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United States
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You also never know what some searcher wants: maybe some guy just like collecting bicentenial coins or all of the coins from his birth year? Plus, god only knows what our kids and kids' kids will be wanting to pull out of these rolls, so why mark on them? Maybe it's because I still feel like an outsider, but I'd rather not leave a mess when I'm done sorting for others that are sorting.
imo the microscopic benefit of marking bicentennials for those who want to still outweighs the microscopic benefit of not marking them to whatever rare specimen out there seriously collects them. Nobody's going to cry that joe blow sharpied up a 1976 when its almost next to impossible to find a roll in the wild without one or several. The point where they'll actually be worthwhile is too far away to worry about now and besides by that point we'll be too busy with our flying cars and robobutlers.
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Rest in Peace
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And how exactly does me doing that indicate I dont care for the hobby? Me marking up coins that arent worth anything other than spending money... If people must mark coins, collectors would prefer they mark ones with no collector value. It's just that there's no need to mark coins. Just because something's worth face today doesn't mean it will never become collectable. In comics, there was sudden interest in first appearances. People discovered just how hard they were to find, and they went from the quarter box to $100 and even $200 in mere months. |
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... there were 26 silver-clad Kennedy coins plus one 1964-D. Very nice and thank you for the photos!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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The first line of what Pen wrote is why I believe Brinks doesn't silver search their coins. They are in the business of picking up coins and dropping coins off, correct? If they silver search their coins, and people find out, customers going to avoid banks serviced by Brinks. Which means they won't need to drop coins off anymore, hurting their business.
I could be completely wrong, but I don't think they'll make more silver searching than running their business.
NF String seems to have a higher per box ratio, but the biggest hoards I've read have been from Brinks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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NF String seems to have a higher per box ratio Just to clarify, NF String is not a carrier, they are just a maker/supplier of the wraps that the coins are wrapped in. Around here Loomis uses NF String. |
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