Searching Rolls

There's always the possibility (if they were customer wrapped rolls) that you are buying somebody elses dump rolls. There are alot of people searching half dollar rolls. As a general rule when I go to a bank I have never been to or rarely go to and ask for half dollars, I let the teller ask me "how many do you want"? Then I reply with "how many do you got"? I then make a decision based on how many rolls they have. If they have over $400.00 worth I am pretty sure It's a dump bank and only buy around 5 rolls and go outside and look through them. If any silver or proofs show up then I'll go back and buy the rest. If not, then I go to another bank. If I have alot of money on that particular day and it's getting close to time to head back to the house, I might buy them and gamble. Either way I try to dump my rolls farthest away from my regular search area as possible.

I'm in NC and the city I live pretty near to has alot of searchers and dumpers. The smaller towns like the one I live in I don't have that problem...I take any and all I can get. I dump my half dollars in the city and often find them scattered all over the place at other banks when I try to buy from different banks.

Motos, I agree that there may be a roll or two with silver that somebody else may have turned in...that's why I buy a smpling of 5 or so. If I plan on hitting other banks before I go to my dump bank, I don't want to spend all my cash on what most likely will be junk. If it's my last stop before my dump stop then I'll buy all I can and see.

This is not really a search thing but does have to do with dumping at the bank. Small town just like ratman4762.

I walked into my bank one day and the asst. mgr. said, "You're a coin collector, aren't you?" I told her certain types and asked why. She had inheriteda major collection but decided to dump he Westward Journey nickels. I asked how much she wanted and she said, "I just sold them to the bank. They're just $2 a roll."

Well...expecting cherry picked rolls in after market wappers, I went to the teller she sent me to (salivating anyway at the thought of something good.) The teller had them listed by date, mintmark and number of rolls. How would they know that, I thought?

I said give me three of each (expecting Brinks rolls). She brought mint rolls out in the original boxes! Her list also had some years without mintmark stated. I asked to see them and they WERE Brinks rolls.

I wound up leaving there with about 24-28 rolls as I recall.

Sooooo...not all "dumps" are bad.

That's great. I'll buy them at $2/roll all day long.