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Valued Member
Canada
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I roll hunt here in Canada on occasion, but I have the opportunity to bring some rolls home from America. My father will be going to Appleton, Wisconsin soon on a business trip, which would provide me a rare CRH opportunity to get him to pick up some rolls. I've saved up US$53 in rolled coins and bills plus a little more change, and I am looking how to get my money's worth. My main focus would be getting nickels for my circulation set, which is missing a lot of holes, but would consider pennies (copper and potential Canadian) and half dollars (since I don't have any, and potential silver). I might even consider a box of nickels. I am hoping for some advice ahead of time; only my father is going and he would not have time to visit multiple banks. Are all banks welcoming of selling rolled coins to customers without an account? Would I run into any problems doing so? How likely would it be for banks to have either loose halves or a box of nickels? If I manage to get a box of nickels, how should he handle the situation if they're all solid date mint rolls? Are there any banks or areas to avoid for any reason?  Thank you in advance for your responses. |
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Valued Member
United States
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What nickels do you need Shoeplier, I have a big pile of 1938 up? On the welcoming of cashing in coins without an account, I'm from a small town (everybody knows your name lol)and never have problems, but I would think that any bank would cash them in. You might have to wait for them to run em through the auto counter tho.
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Valued Member
United States
265 Posts |
Email me what nickels ya need if you want to, this aint the proper thread for want lists.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
519 Posts |
As I posted in another thread, Chase bank is very unfriendly to non-account customers.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
Hopefully your dad is driving else a box of nickels could be troublesome. For $100 you can have some fun one weekend working on your US set. I think your dad has a great story to tell and most banks should be able to accommodate provided he doesn't visit one of this kiosk style banks barely larger than a drive ATM. I'd pass on the halves and dollars since you'll diminish your funds rapidly and based on what I've read likely get skunked on silver. If your dad is flying then an assortment that can fit in his carry on bag would be best I think. He will likely get searched though. Cents will take you longer to search if you look for varieties so a box and a mix on the rest might suit you. Really depends on what you're most interested in finding. Good luck!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Shoeplier, I live near the border here in the Metro Vancouver are, and I tried my hand with roll hunting in the USA, I got a CWR of halfs, as well as boxes of both halfs and pennies. I think the most interesting find was a mid 90's s mint half.
I do have a bank account at US Bank, and I use this to dump all my US change I pull from the rolls, so I have no problem getting rolls, the problem is with roll hunting, to really find something you need VOLUME.
Unless your dad really likes stopping at banks I would suggest maybe rethinking that idea. I would suggest maybe looking into if there were any local coin shops in Wisconsin, and go there, cherry pick through their bins and see what you may find.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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An entire box of nickels may be problematic to get back across the border. The Treasury Department enacted a melt ban on cents and nickels in 2006, part of that ban also includes a $5 limit on traveler exports for cents and nickels(there is no limit for all other denominations). You may be able to get it across the border but you also risk having the box confiscated. http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/ind...lease&ID=724 |
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Valued Member
United States
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It depends what you're looking for. I find an OK number of pre 64 nickels but it takes volume to find anything really good, condition or mintage.
In cents, I do OK with pre 82s, but typically find less than a dozen wheats per box and they're usually common.
What are you looking for specifically, and we ban probably help tell you the odds of finding those coins.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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I thought a little about any laws/regulations of exporting large amounts of coins, but the box is out of the question since I also realized I don't have enough in cash. However, a limit of $5 is ridiculously low for what I wanted. He will be flying. Should I get him to put it in the suitcase, carry-on, or both? Quote:
What are you looking for specifically, and we ban probably help tell you the odds of finding those coins. I mainly wanted nickels since I have most years and mints from 1970 on, but have few pre-60s. As for cents, I was hoping to maybe pull a few Canadian cents and use up any remaining money. For halves, I am not expecting silver but it would be really nice. If I want to be safe, then I could bring halves back just for fun since they can't be confiscated over a certain limit. |
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Valued Member
United States
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That's tough. The volume isn't enough.
$25 in cents will weigh about 14 pounds.
20 rolls of nickels and 20 rolls of pennies might be over the limit of $5 but it wouldn't be too heavy IMO. Flying makes it more difficult.
I would personally skip the halves because $50 in halves would most likely result in nothing unless the were wrapped by little old ladies from their coin collection.
Out of 20 rolls of nickels you'd probably get less than 10 pre 60.
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