Bags Vs. Boxes

Excellent advice, just carl. I never did think of that- just one more machine the coins go through. It's a terrible shame everything in my area is so new- no more than 20-25 years old. I'd be hard pressed to find a bank older than that... maybe I should try downtown Tampa sometime I'm over in that direction.

It makes no difference whether the coins come in bags or boxes. Armored services and the FED store coins in both bags and boxes. The only difference is that Armored cash services charge banks a little more for rolled coins versus bags. Most banks now do not carry alot of cash or coin because it is too much of a liability, so whenever they need something they just order from the armored car company through which they have an account. If the armored car service doesn't have something in stock then they get it from another bank during a "swap." Banks and armored car services usuually do not like to order from the FED because of the costs associated with this. I used to order cash/coin on a daily basis from an armored service for a bank I work at, and when ordering coin you always have the option of ordering bags or rolled coins. Also, some of the larger banks have their own rolling machines so they order bags to cut down on the cost of rolled coin. But, all in all, it makes no difference whether it is bagged or rolled, you can find silver either way.