FormerTeller
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So after lurking in the forum for a couple of weeks I decided to jump into CRH. Ordered a box of halves last week at one of the banks I do business with; it should be in tomorrow. Tried a couple banks over the weekend on a non-related out of town run, only came up with $100 in halves, resulting in a '81 proof.
Monday I ordered a box of dimes and a box of pennies at my other bank, got to wait till next week, but slowly gathering information.
Yesterday I decided to hit 3 banks after work. At the first one, no halves, and I got the extreme cold shoulder from the tellers. Don't think I'll be going back there. While driving to the next bank I started wondering if this was the hobby for me. I don't mind ordering coins from banks I do business with, but I've never been comfortable with cold calling, and don't really enjoy the thought of going up to strange banks and asking for stuff, even if it is their jobs. However, I decided I needed to man up, and hit the second bank anyway. What do you know, they have $370 in halves! Turned out to be someone else's dumps, but I got a 2005 NIFC out of it, and more importantly regained my confidence.
Hit the 3rd bank, where I had to make a deposit, and saw the Brinks truck. While I was making my deposit, one of the tellers brought out 2 boxes of halves, saying "better call Daniel and let him know his halves are here." *sigh* I did get a partial box of pennies there ($20), which I finished going through tonight.
I had recently rolled up all the coins I've thrown into the change jar for the last few years, which is how I found this site in the first place. I kinda enjoyed going through my pennies, looking for copper. With this $20 I got from the bank last night, I didn't really expect to find much; I figured it would be somewhat of a learning experience to see if doing pennies was worth my time. Turned out that I enjoy it - kind of relaxing after a hard day at work - so it's worth my time regardless. However, I was pleasantly surprised, shocked even, at the results. Out of $20, or 2,000 pennies:
541 copper, or 27.1%
7 wheats - 41x2, 45D, 50D, 55D, 56Dx2, and 57
8 Canadian 98% copper cents - mostly 1964
1 Indian cent - 1907.
I'm still flabbergasted at finding the Indian head. Beginner's luck, perhaps, though I sure hope not!
Monday I ordered a box of dimes and a box of pennies at my other bank, got to wait till next week, but slowly gathering information.
Yesterday I decided to hit 3 banks after work. At the first one, no halves, and I got the extreme cold shoulder from the tellers. Don't think I'll be going back there. While driving to the next bank I started wondering if this was the hobby for me. I don't mind ordering coins from banks I do business with, but I've never been comfortable with cold calling, and don't really enjoy the thought of going up to strange banks and asking for stuff, even if it is their jobs. However, I decided I needed to man up, and hit the second bank anyway. What do you know, they have $370 in halves! Turned out to be someone else's dumps, but I got a 2005 NIFC out of it, and more importantly regained my confidence.
Hit the 3rd bank, where I had to make a deposit, and saw the Brinks truck. While I was making my deposit, one of the tellers brought out 2 boxes of halves, saying "better call Daniel and let him know his halves are here." *sigh* I did get a partial box of pennies there ($20), which I finished going through tonight.
I had recently rolled up all the coins I've thrown into the change jar for the last few years, which is how I found this site in the first place. I kinda enjoyed going through my pennies, looking for copper. With this $20 I got from the bank last night, I didn't really expect to find much; I figured it would be somewhat of a learning experience to see if doing pennies was worth my time. Turned out that I enjoy it - kind of relaxing after a hard day at work - so it's worth my time regardless. However, I was pleasantly surprised, shocked even, at the results. Out of $20, or 2,000 pennies:
541 copper, or 27.1%
7 wheats - 41x2, 45D, 50D, 55D, 56Dx2, and 57
8 Canadian 98% copper cents - mostly 1964
1 Indian cent - 1907.
I'm still flabbergasted at finding the Indian head. Beginner's luck, perhaps, though I sure hope not!
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