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Rest in Peace
United States
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In various threads about coin searching, I see people comparing how well they do searching Brinks boxes vs String and Son boxes, vs CW rolls. What I think people don't realize is that they're comparing  with  . As a kid, I heard of Brinks. They drove around with money in armored trucks. Other famous armored carriers included Wells Fargo and Pinkertons--"we never sleep". There's a new one that sounds vaguely Spanish. Other companies supply banks and businesses with equipment and wrappers. The big one used to be http://www.blockandcompany.com/ and now we're hearing more about http://www.nfstring.com/AFAIK, string & son doesn't handle boxes of coins, they just sell wrappers. That S&S box you got could come from a bank, armored carrier, business or individual who happened to have access to those wrappers. If you want to pay a bit more, you can have your own name on the wrappers, like Brinks does (cheap advertising). Same goes for zippered and lockable bank bags or canvas drawstring bags. |
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Moderator
 United States
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Here is my Two Cents worth,lol. I either buy Brinks or S&S or once in awhile CW. I have my best luck with S&S then Brinks and lastly CW. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3592 Posts |
IMO there is no difference in who wrapped them, it's all a matter of random luck....the cents come in, get rolled,then shipped out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4212 Posts |
CW seems to be either hot or cold, no middle ground. Nothing beats S&S for the suprises!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
My brinks rolls aren't branded (though the boxes are). They're clear shrink-wrap.
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New Member
United States
48 Posts |
I agree 100% with your point. However, I get pretty consistent results from the various differently wrapped coins. I'm sure there's not a lot of places locally that supply to banks so the results are pretty much the same every time I get a box. I sort cents and I get a pretty constant 25% copper out of brinks-boxed plastic wrapped rolls (and a lot of dimes mixed in) and 30-35% out of String rolls (with lots of wheats mixed in). The brinks boxed coins are always filthy too. My hands are black after sorting a box. Strings are nice and clean. Sometimes, you can't even tell I've sorted after a string box.
This is definitely a case of 'your mileage may vary'.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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IMO there is no difference in who wrapped them, it's all a matter of random luck....the cents come in, get rolled,then shipped out. I could not agree more. |
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Valued Member
United States
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It's all about what's dumped that week.
My first box of S&S wrapped coins had 40 wheats and around 40% copper. My last box had 5 wheats and around 15% copper....but it is very variable.
I'm just glad I haven't gotten any more boxes of 2011 coin!
What I don't understand is when people are talking about buying from a specific "vault".
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Rest in Peace
 United States
9104 Posts |
specific vault at one bank office, as opposed to various branches.
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Posted 07/28/2011 06:56 am
