kennedyfan
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- Jul 22, 2011
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Hi folks, I thought I'd say hi since I've been lurking and catching up on old posts for a bit. I'll share some of my recent finds here.
I started CRHing earlier this year. My local chain bank's branch offered to order a box of halves for me after I had asked them a few times. But I have had only a modicum of luck (1 Franklin and a handful of 40's over the last 10 boxes) so it hasn't been particularly encouraging....
But I was in last week and the teller (head teller I think) says "Hey, I got some halves today that are really shiny!" I immediately asked "Can I get 'em?" and of course the answer was yes. 5x90, 4x40 in that handful. So one helpful teller moment was more valuable than lots of slogging through rolls.
Anyhow at this bank, I made a little card asking them to order one box a week (about as much as I have time for), but also mentioned my quest for halves, big $, and unusual coins. With my name and number. The standing order gives me an excuse to come into the branch frequently, even if I get skunked a lot. I'm hoping for more teller saves. I know this bank will be a good source for now - this head teller even pointed out to me that the older silver coins can be pretty valuable (to which I replied "yeah, but you don't see them very often") but he's still happy to send them all my way. Clearly he's not a collector.
Inspired by past posts here, I've started walking into as many other bank branches as I can when I'm out and about, asking for halves, and big dollar coins. (I need to add "or any other weird-looking coins" to that request!) One local bank was sure there was some at their other branch, and sure enough, they had 11 rolls in the vault. About half of them were scribbled in a "Grandma" writing "copper"… and two were marked "65-66-67-68-69". Of course I didn't let the teller see the twinkle in my eye as I picked them up. Hurray, the wrappers hadn't lied! Who knows, maybe there had been some 1964's in a different roll that had been held back, but I'm not complaining!
At another bank that same day I got just a few clads, but the teller was really friendly. Somehow our conversation went in the direction of the halves and the big dollars being a lot of trouble for her, so she offered to hang onto them for me and got my number to call if some others come in. (I'll still stop by from time to time!) So my new quest, as I go around my local banks, will be to try to steer the conversation in the direction of how much of hassle they are, and how I'm happy to help take them off their hands. And hopefully that will lead to them saving them for me and calling me. I love those grandma-wrapped rolls!
One bank I will avoid in my town was the one where the teller basically sales-pitched me for 5 or 10 minutes about getting an account there. I'd rather just be asked if I have an account and turned away if I don't! I tried to be polite, but I can't go through that again!
Let's see, what else ... Oh, there's the woman who owns a local retail establishment, and somehow we had been talking about how she switched to a different behemoth chain bank only because the other banks charged her. She orders a lot of coins to give out as change to her mostly-cash business. (I was originally interested to see how she managed deposits, hoping for a good dump bank since where I live, everybody only takes rolls.) Anyhow, as I'm buying something, she hands me a merc and a buffalo -- on purpose! She has been keeping interesting looking coins aside in the register! Now I just have to train her on what other stuff to look for! (I'm thinking of saying to look out for particularly "dark" or "frosty" coins as an indicator that they are old enough for me to be interested in.)
So far, I feel blessed that there doesn't seem to be much competition in my town, knock on wood! I just have to keep stopping in and being extra-friendly. I'm ready to bring some treats to my main bank and my dump bank. (Ideas I've liked so far: chocolates, donuts, bagels, popcorn, homemade cookies, and chocolate half dollars http://amzn.to/rsJnsg that somebody mentioned here.
HH!
I started CRHing earlier this year. My local chain bank's branch offered to order a box of halves for me after I had asked them a few times. But I have had only a modicum of luck (1 Franklin and a handful of 40's over the last 10 boxes) so it hasn't been particularly encouraging....
But I was in last week and the teller (head teller I think) says "Hey, I got some halves today that are really shiny!" I immediately asked "Can I get 'em?" and of course the answer was yes. 5x90, 4x40 in that handful. So one helpful teller moment was more valuable than lots of slogging through rolls.
Anyhow at this bank, I made a little card asking them to order one box a week (about as much as I have time for), but also mentioned my quest for halves, big $, and unusual coins. With my name and number. The standing order gives me an excuse to come into the branch frequently, even if I get skunked a lot. I'm hoping for more teller saves. I know this bank will be a good source for now - this head teller even pointed out to me that the older silver coins can be pretty valuable (to which I replied "yeah, but you don't see them very often") but he's still happy to send them all my way. Clearly he's not a collector.
Inspired by past posts here, I've started walking into as many other bank branches as I can when I'm out and about, asking for halves, and big dollar coins. (I need to add "or any other weird-looking coins" to that request!) One local bank was sure there was some at their other branch, and sure enough, they had 11 rolls in the vault. About half of them were scribbled in a "Grandma" writing "copper"… and two were marked "65-66-67-68-69". Of course I didn't let the teller see the twinkle in my eye as I picked them up. Hurray, the wrappers hadn't lied! Who knows, maybe there had been some 1964's in a different roll that had been held back, but I'm not complaining!
At another bank that same day I got just a few clads, but the teller was really friendly. Somehow our conversation went in the direction of the halves and the big dollars being a lot of trouble for her, so she offered to hang onto them for me and got my number to call if some others come in. (I'll still stop by from time to time!) So my new quest, as I go around my local banks, will be to try to steer the conversation in the direction of how much of hassle they are, and how I'm happy to help take them off their hands. And hopefully that will lead to them saving them for me and calling me. I love those grandma-wrapped rolls!
One bank I will avoid in my town was the one where the teller basically sales-pitched me for 5 or 10 minutes about getting an account there. I'd rather just be asked if I have an account and turned away if I don't! I tried to be polite, but I can't go through that again!
Let's see, what else ... Oh, there's the woman who owns a local retail establishment, and somehow we had been talking about how she switched to a different behemoth chain bank only because the other banks charged her. She orders a lot of coins to give out as change to her mostly-cash business. (I was originally interested to see how she managed deposits, hoping for a good dump bank since where I live, everybody only takes rolls.) Anyhow, as I'm buying something, she hands me a merc and a buffalo -- on purpose! She has been keeping interesting looking coins aside in the register! Now I just have to train her on what other stuff to look for! (I'm thinking of saying to look out for particularly "dark" or "frosty" coins as an indicator that they are old enough for me to be interested in.)
So far, I feel blessed that there doesn't seem to be much competition in my town, knock on wood! I just have to keep stopping in and being extra-friendly. I'm ready to bring some treats to my main bank and my dump bank. (Ideas I've liked so far: chocolates, donuts, bagels, popcorn, homemade cookies, and chocolate half dollars http://amzn.to/rsJnsg that somebody mentioned here.
HH!
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