Weaselbrott
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- Aug 12, 2012
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- Bounty Hunter- Quick Silver (I know, I am a novice, give me a break! :P)
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
First of all, how would you react when you see something like this?:
I went to one of the many banks in my home area the other day requesting a box of dimes. This was the first time I had requested so much coin from them, and they told me they would call me the following week to let me know when the box had arrived. They did call me Tuesday to let me know the box had arrived. I told them I would not be able to swing by until the following day, but that quickly changed when my plans after work changed, leaving me going near that bank the same day after all. Good thing I did! I arrive at the bank and the tellers were closing out their drawers as they were closing the bank. They saw me, and got the box out, but I had also asked if they had come across any customer rolled coins that day. One teller said "yes, we have some very old customer rolled dimes, and some quarters, how many were you looking for?" And of course, what would I or any sane CRHer say?..
A) Nevermind, please give me my box of dimes, and I will be on my way
B) I will just have one roll of customer rolled dimes, and then I will take the box
C) Just a few rolls
D) How many do you have?
If you don't know the right answer to this question, then welcome to coin roll hunting!
I took all of those coins. All of them! And I'm glad I did; CRHing brethren, because out of $400 face ($300CWR Dimes, $100CWR Quarters) this is what I pulled!:
When all was said and done, I had to line up all the dimes and quarters into a row on my coffee table
So here is the run-down on what I found (All stacks are 10 coins each):
600 silver dimes, 157 silver quarters, 1 priceless memory (without visa to thank)
534 Roosevelt dimes, 65 Mercury dimes, 1 Canadian Rex dime, 154 Washington quarters, 2 standing quarters, 1 Barber quarter (1910)
$99.25 face value in silver coins.
Now, the question is, where do I go from here? Can I have some advise from others on here whom have hit the jackpot? Please help your lucky weasel in need! I guess I will just keep hunting and hoping for another amazing find! Happy hunting, and wishing all of you guys your very own finds of a lifetime!
I went to one of the many banks in my home area the other day requesting a box of dimes. This was the first time I had requested so much coin from them, and they told me they would call me the following week to let me know when the box had arrived. They did call me Tuesday to let me know the box had arrived. I told them I would not be able to swing by until the following day, but that quickly changed when my plans after work changed, leaving me going near that bank the same day after all. Good thing I did! I arrive at the bank and the tellers were closing out their drawers as they were closing the bank. They saw me, and got the box out, but I had also asked if they had come across any customer rolled coins that day. One teller said "yes, we have some very old customer rolled dimes, and some quarters, how many were you looking for?" And of course, what would I or any sane CRHer say?..
A) Nevermind, please give me my box of dimes, and I will be on my way
B) I will just have one roll of customer rolled dimes, and then I will take the box
C) Just a few rolls
D) How many do you have?
If you don't know the right answer to this question, then welcome to coin roll hunting!
I took all of those coins. All of them! And I'm glad I did; CRHing brethren, because out of $400 face ($300CWR Dimes, $100CWR Quarters) this is what I pulled!:
When all was said and done, I had to line up all the dimes and quarters into a row on my coffee table
So here is the run-down on what I found (All stacks are 10 coins each):
600 silver dimes, 157 silver quarters, 1 priceless memory (without visa to thank)
534 Roosevelt dimes, 65 Mercury dimes, 1 Canadian Rex dime, 154 Washington quarters, 2 standing quarters, 1 Barber quarter (1910)
$99.25 face value in silver coins.
Now, the question is, where do I go from here? Can I have some advise from others on here whom have hit the jackpot? Please help your lucky weasel in need! I guess I will just keep hunting and hoping for another amazing find! Happy hunting, and wishing all of you guys your very own finds of a lifetime!
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Serious congrats, thats a treasure chest of goodies there. I think I know what happened. Its what in the gun business is called "tombraiding". The daddy is a good ol boy that knew what to buy/save etc be it guns, coins, tools, cars, etc. He dies, so the worthless son or son-in-law guts his loot as sells it either at face value or pennies on the dollar. its a same cause you know whoever rolled those knew what they were , probably did it mid 60s or not much later. Its a shame but good it feel into good hands.
Market prices do not necessarily go up over time. Just ask any of us who have closets full of baseball cards and comic books from the early/mid 1980's. We missed our opportunity to sell many years ago and there likely will be no opportunities to do so down the road. 
