First post, question on CRH

[Bayquest]

My first post here, been lurking for a while. Fantastic site!
I just went through my first box of halves- Zippo! Oh well, I'm hooked though. Something that seemed strange though, a lot of the 74d and 82d were marked with a sharpie with "37". These rolls were Brinks machine rolled and according to the teller had been there quite a while. Why would someone go through the trouble of marking each one of these with a sharpie and 2 numbers at that. My guess would be while sorting they through the 74 and 82 to the side and went back looking for DD on the 74 and I don't know what 82 are marked for. Any ideas on this? Is this common?
Thanks,
BQ

 

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[Silver_Fox]

You found an "idiot box". Only idiots mark coins. JD? Do you wish to elaborate?

 

[Scott (Mich)]

I too feel it is a waste of time to mark them. I think the 82's were marked because they were looking for the no FG initials on the reverse.

Happy Hunting,

Scott (Mich)

 

[TxTim]

37 is probably March, '07.

 

[CLZinTX]

Bayquest sounds like your in the Houston area. Lots of different marks on coins around here, so you might want to get used to it. Don't change things any if they mark coins so just ignore them.

AWHITSTER, good thing you're in the LA area, no weirdo's out there in California.

CLZinTX

 

[thurmownator]

Bayquest sounds like your in the Houston area. Lots of different marks on coins around here, so you might want to get used to it. Don't change things any if they mark coins so just ignore them.

AWHITSTER, good thing you're in the LA area, no weirdo's out there in California.

CLZinTX

.........."no weirdo's out there in California." 8)

 

[Silver_Fox]

AWHITSTER, good thing you're in the LA area, no weirdo's out there in California.

CLZinTX

I'm in Cali but a long way from LA. LA sucks.

 

[cyberdan]

Only idiots mark coins. JD? Do you wish to elaborate?

Don't get him started again. Besides his soapbox is in the shop for repairs.

 

[srcdco]

I agree that marking coins for the sake of marking them doesn't make sense. I do mark coins, but do it to gather information. I only mark one half per roll. It's not worth the time it would take to mark all of them. I put the date on the back. Then, I keep track of where I dumped each week's rejects. It took more than a year for me to see any of my marked halves come back. The dates were 10/19, 11/09, and 12/21. This tells me a couple of things. First, they only roll them once a year and it seems to be December, which makes sense from what happened when I started in Nov., 2006. Second, both of my dump banks use the same carrier, which I believe is Brink's. I'm still curious as to what happened to all of the ones from earlier in the year. It may end up that they were processed in a first in, first out order. If that's the case, then I should start seeing earlier ones as time goes by.
I am seeing more and more halves with marks on them. In the last box there were many that were marked "22" "44" on the face. I also see them with the edges colored, with dots in Kennedy's ear (blue, black, red, and orange), a circle around his nose, and the date blacked out. I don't know what information can be gathered from those marks.

Scott

 

[Bjorn_MD]

srcdco,

That's an interesting analysis. I often wonder about the cycle the coins take. Do others have similar results as you have had? How do you explain a year period for rotation? If it's a first-in, first-out procedure, wouldn't you be seeing the same groups of coins over and over on a shorter revolving period.

I think those other marks are basically some other peoples methods of marking which are quite as advanced as putting a date on it. But they may be able to see when they start to get their own back, unless the marking they chose is also the same as someone else's... this could throw off someone's analysis.

Some of the coins I see are holed and really stand out. I might start to take note of these as they start their round trip through the system.

I do agree with the idea of a first in, first out processing to some degree. It makes sense that recently processed coins would be stacked on top of older boxes. Since they have no shelf life, rotating the stock is pointless. But they probably have a stack limit, like many other boxed products. Although they won't damage the product the boxes themselves would start to collapse or smash under the weight of a large stack. And if the box is damaged too much they won't hold the product as designed.

I sometimes find some damaged boxes, but most times they look pretty new. Most of mine are stamped with dates that are within 2 months of the current date. Because this is pretty consistent, I would argue that it's possible to see your own dumps in a bit less time.