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United States
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Picked up 3 Loomis Half Dollar Boxes today. Bank teller hands them to me one at a time. I notice that each box is taped closed. I am starting to get a bad feeling. Then I notice each box has written on it No Silver. Me thinks this is going to be bad. I dont even want to open these SKUNKS. I wonder at what point in the process these boxes were designated as to not having silver. All the rolls are machine wrapped not taped or cut. Has anyone ever seen this before ?  |
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Looks like a bank employee is a halve collector. My bank does not even give me an option to get halves
Ive' seen where coin rolling companies send them through machines that throw out silver coins and only roll the clads - Lots of luck, that's why I have quit Loomis.
Edited by Mark1959
07/28/2017 8:30 pm
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I get searched boxes of nickels and cents quite frequently. Sometimes there are marks on each roll, like a check mark. This comes with the territory. Yesterday's box of nickels was like that. I know the feeling!
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United States
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I used to get marks on the rolls, but now seem to get them on the coins. Usually halves are the ones typically marked.
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Canada
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i would still open them, you already paid for them, perhaps it was a recycled box..
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United States
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Years ago I went to the bank and asked for half dollars. The teller says "Why do you want them, are you looking for silver?" I said yes. She says "You won't find any silver, the Asst. Manager picks out all the silver." I spoke to the Asst. manager and she said she saves silver. I asked if she would sell some and she said no.
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Valued Member
United States
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I always ask for loose Halves, and when I hear "I have a few, but you wouldn't want them" I take them off their hands anyways.
Once, they had a couple dozen that looked like they'd been in an outdoor fountain for years. About 2/3rds of them were 40% Silver.
I say, open them and CHECK THE DATES.
Edited by KevininFLA™
07/28/2017 11:30 pm
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 United States
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Thanks for the input. I opened 75 of the 150 rolls what a surprise all skunks. Every roll is tightly crimped no tampering. I was hoping the person who wrote no silver on the box might have meant no enders.Wishful thinking. One clown must have dipped a coin it stuck out like a sore thumb and writes in black marker Ha Ha. I dont take great pics but it is written in box no silver.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Alright you guys talked me into it, I will open them all and report back later.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'd open all of the boxes and all of the rolls. You can scan the edges for silver very quickly or you can hunt methodically. I've been in the same boat and found only a few proofs and NIFC. But, I could not resist hunting each marked/unraveled roll.
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I once got a bag of half dollars from a bank that had been searched and dumped. I thought that I would look for DDOs. The only decent find in the bag was a 1936 Delaware half dollar. It was toned and had black edges. I guess someone missed it edge searching because of the black edge. Probably the nicest half I have found roll searching. Still Lookin
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 United States
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i would still open them, you already paid for them, perhaps it was a recycled box.. So would I. "Trust, but verify."Quote:
I opened 75 of the 150 rolls what a surprise all skunks. Ouch.  Well, as least now you know. Hopefully the last 75 have something. Maybe some NIFC, proofs, etc. |
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United States
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Opened the other 75 rolla all skunks. Big time slump. Sometimes it feels like I will never get another silver. Gotta keep on trying.
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Valued Member
United States
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Sorry to hear of your horrible luck. Maybe try asking the Tellers for loose Halves?
Just today, I asked, and they all collectively had only two.
One was 1968 D and other was 1974. Just ask "nicely".
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Valued Member
United States
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I sounds like you are getting your halves from a dump site. I have one bank branch like that too. I usually ask for halves and dollars and end up with skunks. But, I think it is important to keep good relationships with the tellers. So, I usually take about $100 off their hands at a time - knowing that the coins have been hunted. The tellers know the good guys and the bad guys. So, it is my philosophy that eventually the tellers will save me a few keepers because I am polite and helpful. Either way, I enjoy visiting the bank and telling a few stories.
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