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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nobis1: Thanks! Things change on a dime when searching boxes. I've had 6/7 lousy, absolutely miserable boxes then nailed one or two big boxes! This one box could make your whole week/month etc! Hope it's a big one for you!  Chuck. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
802 Posts |
$5,000 and all SKUNKS! I hate the midwest :(
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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
Picked up 10 rolls from a teller today and one was a 68. I can't understand all you guys going through boxes and only finding two or three. I've always had better luck with loose rolls from the bank.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do you mean an entire roll was full of 1968's or there was just one 68?
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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
Just one coin. I wish it was a whole roll:)
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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
I meant to say $10 and not 10 rolls. sorry
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2168 Posts |
Yes I agree there might be better luck with a few rolls than a box, however, the tellers seem to never have any halves ubless I order a box
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New Member
United States
45 Posts |
Of course customer wrapped rolls and teller tray halves are much richer than boxes. My theory is that when you buy a box from your bank you are buying a big stream of sorted and dumped halves along with a trickle (if you are lucky) of customer-deposited unsorted coins mixed in. If a hunter hits every bank every day with "Do you have any half dollars?" then the game is over for the box buyers. We may not be far from this. I don't ask about other half hunters, but tellers often volunteer that they had a few but someone cleaned them out earlier that day.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1903 Posts |
Four boxes today...here are the results
Box 1... (1) 90%, (5) 40%
Box 2... (12) 40%
Box 3... (3) NIFC
Box 4... (1) 40%, (3) NIFC, (1) 87D
Overall I am pretty happy. The better silver boxes were literally over 80% "casino" coins with no reeding. When I first figured out the boxes were mostly casino coins I was very disheartened as I assumed boxes like that would have no silver at all and with the edges being so beat there would be no collectible or high condition coins. Boy was I wrong, best silver boxes I have had in a while. Is good to note, of you get a lot of casino coins check all your dates, some of them were so beat that on edge they looked like clad.
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Valued Member
United States
111 Posts |
Another box today. Typical Midwest box, Skunkerooo.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
802 Posts |
I know you and me Buffalo are midwest, not sure if anyone else is. What state you from? MN/SD here
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Valued Member
United States
61 Posts |
Tamshowoff - I agree. I got I think 3 40% from my last $1000 bag & $500 box, but this week I have gotton 15 40% from simply asking tellers for any halfs they have and a few rolls they took in.
I think I am mostly going to pass on the boxes/bags. The one thing about the boxes/bags, is they do offer a quick source of a lot to go through, if only looking for silver via a edge search.
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Valued Member
United States
364 Posts |
Thanks Chuck - don't I know it could change on a dime with a single box. I have not posted, but I had three solid weeks prior to this one (30-35 silver) so hard to complain. I just take the good weeks with the bad, they all even out.
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Valued Member
United States
111 Posts |
wrestling_135,
Im in the SE region of WI. I think our best bet in the Midwest is teller tray finds honestly. Boxes are definitely not for the faint of heart here :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nobis1:
Thats it in a nutshell.
You have to take it for what it is every week and not get frustrated when it's a bad week and decide to stop looking.
I just keep plugging away, and do 8 boxes every week, regardless of the outcome, week in and week out!
Chuck.
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