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Valued Member
United States
206 Posts |
Hey all-
Has anyone here tried roll hunting pennies, nickels, dimes or quarters from rolls that did not come from the bank?
I'm thinking about picking up some quarters after work. The banks all close at 4 around here...
Let me know your thoughts
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not a good idea. Most stores know how much change they need for a day or week. You may talk them out of a roll or two, but fifty or a hundred, forget it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think the only way you could do this would be to exchange rolls of coin for rolls of coin. You'd get some funny looks and probably have to convince the teller that your roll had the right amount in it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I used to get rolls at the grocery store all the time.
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Valued Member
United States
486 Posts |
I have and its a pretty good idea. Dont do it too often especially on a larger scale. I found them to have higher wheatie concentration than most bank rolls. Good Luck -PP
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2600 Posts |
Never thought about it. Let us know how you make out. Jim  |
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 United States
206 Posts |
Took a chance while I was picking up some milk last night and went to the customer service counter.
They had exactly
4 rolls of quarters
8 rolls of dimes
1 roll of nickels
3 rolls of pennies
no halves
I took the quarters and pennies
Findings: (not much)
Quarters - a 1963 silver, 1999 Delaware in very good, and a 2008 Oklahoma I needed
Pennies - 2 wheats - a 1946 and a 1950 both very circulated and a 1970D thats is very close to BU
I had visions of entires rolls of BU silver quarters.. didn't exactly work out that way haha
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't the grocery stores get their rolls from the same bank or community as you?..... Edited by eaglefoot
03/26/2008 12:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Banks in my area refuse to sell rolls to non-customers. I have turned to my local supermarket and recently local grocery stores. Today I went and tried a different grocery store in the area and got two rolls of nickels and cents each. Got home and found two dimes in one of the rolls of pennies. Which was also 'filled' to the edge of the roll. I don't think they counted them out before rolling them. Came out to be 9c extra in each of the penny rolls.  Another grocery store the other day I got two rolls each of nickles and pennies. One of these 'penny rolls' was filled with the ugliest cents I have ever seen. YUK  mila_ Edited by Mila_cent
03/26/2008 1:37 pm
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United States
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I have done that too with a few of the Quick mart around my house & now they call me if they find an odd coin that they are not the same as change normally take in.
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Valued Member
United States
328 Posts |
You found a silver quarter in just 4 rolls? Awesome! I go to convenience stores and ask for rolls. Some people, believe it or not, bring in rolls of silver dollars just to buy more alchohol. |
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United States
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Chaosmaster - I have a funny story about that. When I was in college I worked at a liqor store (one of those big wharehouse type places) and everyday at 1230 this one guy would walk in from across the street and buy a single can of Bud Light and a nipper of Southern Comfort.
He ALWAYS paid in half dollars.
If only I had known then what I know now...
I'm going to hit up a package store tonight after work.. maybe I'll get lucky
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
I work at a grocery store, the one I work at, I have only found 2 silver dimes, and a couple of wheats, sometime something good goes through grocery store rolls, I found a 50 cent roll of wheats a couple months ago! but havent had any luck with silvers :(
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I really can't believe there will be anything "special" in a roll from a grocery store or convenience store. All the coins are ultimately coming from the same source.
But ya gotta keep trying!!
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Posted 03/25/2008 6:12 pm
