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1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 09/10/2009 : 20:43:01
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A few weeks ago I encountered 4 full boxes of BU 1995-D halves from my source bank. Prior to that, I got a few to a lot of silver in most every box. Now, I get either get great boxes or casino half skunks. Nothing in between - good boxes or skunks.
I have come to the conclusion that the delivery service Brinks ran out of halves on the pallet in my area. I think the BU half boxes are the signature that they had to go the Federal Reserve to get more halves. The distribution of halves I get in boxes is certainly different now.
Has anyone else encountered something like this in your half boxes?
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fb101
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 09/10/2009 : 21:18:09
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Seems like that around here too.
Just had 3 boxes of skunk, and the last 3 were 2 skunks and a twosie.
Picked up a solid clad box about a year ago, but can't remember the year.
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 09/10/2009 : 21:26:52
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I havent added to the 1/2 thread becuase my results have been insanely bad, but I accrued 2 90's and 4 40's in my last 38 boxes...
Ya thats 38 not 3.8....
I keep thinking it will turn around someday. Anyways I am still getting boxes stamped 2007 and I havent seen a solid date box as of yet. |
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Lemon Thrower
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1588 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2009 : 06:03:49
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| i have seen a lot of bu 1995's but they are not in fed rolls but have been opened and included in someone else's dump. |
Buying:
Peace/Morgan G+ at $15.00
copper cents at 1.3X
wheat pennies at 3X
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2009 : 07:09:16
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Halves died in my area at the beginning of the year. 13 skunks in a row is no fun. Then I get 1 40% then another 8 skunks. Plus getting 18 and 19 coin rolls, or quarters in a roll. I'm out of that game.
Too many hunters in my area, along with almost half of the tellers personally telling me they also hunt for Ag. Forget about CWR, they are someones dump...
Country, correct me if I'm wrong. The supply of halves in yours (or anyone's) area should be the same. Unless nobody is dumping, or dumping way way out of area. The coins should be going right back to the coin processors.
I've gotten back my own marked coins in just a few weeks last fall. I only marked a small fraction of what I dumped on 3 separate occasions. The only thing in common that my buy and dump source had was that they used Brinks. One was 5/3 bank, the other was my credit union, miles apart.
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JerrySpringer
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 09/11/2009 : 13:27:35
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Too many hunters in my area, along with almost half of the tellers personally telling me they also hunt for Ag. Forget about CWR, they are someones dump...
As silver price goes higher, count on more cowbell fever spreading.
A few months ago, I picked up some BU rolls of 1995 halves at a bank. Last year I picked up some rolls of 2001-D halves at a branch. There are still plenty of BU rolls of clads out there I am sure. I come across BU rolls of older pennies on occasion from people who turn in grandpa's collection at the bank.
If we have silver prices drop in the years to come (?) I am sure we will see stuff come back in fed rolls and CWRs. If, after 30 years since the Hunt brothers run-up, we could still find copious amounts of silver, given its rarity, in rolls, I believe that will happen again. I think most coinage sits in hoards and does not get melted down. Depressed silver prices will let folks dump their relatives' coins eventually as they inherit them. |
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rainsonme
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 09/11/2009 : 21:53:07
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Mr. BlueGill, I would suggest you dump at a bank with a different armored service. When you dump to a brinks bank, brinks recirculates those coins to the banks it services, which apparently includes your pick up bank.
I also think silver is drying up a bit in the pacific northwest; I still find silver, but I am running across more and more skunk boxes/bags. |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 09/12/2009 : 02:33:22
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Originally posted by rainsonme
Mr. BlueGill, I would suggest you dump at a bank with a different armored service. When you dump to a brinks bank, brinks recirculates those coins to the banks it services, which apparently includes your pick up bank.
I also think silver is drying up a bit in the pacific northwest; I still find silver, but I am running across more and more skunk boxes/bags.
I agree 100% with both statements.
Also, I always try to dump at a Brinks bank and only look for CWR's at institutions that use Brinks here in the Great Pacific North-wet. |
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zerocd
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 09/12/2009 : 15:45:00
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I believe last spring I had reached the bottom of the pallet at one bank. Everything changed.
I got whole and part boxes of BU 1998P halves. I believe they got bags and then rolled them which accounts for the mixed boxes.
Do they have scratches from bag handling, machine rolling?
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Country
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 09/12/2009 : 16:18:57
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Originally posted by zerocd
I believe last spring I had reached the bottom of the pallet at one bank. Everything changed.
I got whole and part boxes of BU 1998P halves. I believe they got bags and then rolled them which accounts for the mixed boxes.
Do they have scratches from bag handling, machine rolling?
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Not many scratches that I saw. I did get 4 full boxes of BU 1995-D halves, but there was a smattering of 1995-Ds in other boxes.
Sometimes change is good. I am hopeful that there may be some old bags that will be boxed that I have not seen yet. I got one box with 80 silvers and another box with 35 silvers recently. So, amongst the SKUNKS, there are some good boxes on the new pallet too. I'll see what I get next Wednesday from my source bank. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2009 : 21:15:14
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Originally posted by rainsonme
Mr. BlueGill, I would suggest you dump at a bank with a different armored service. When you dump to a brinks bank, brinks recirculates those coins to the banks it services, which apparently includes your pick up bank.
I also think silver is drying up a bit in the pacific northwest; I still find silver, but I am running across more and more skunk boxes/bags.
That was kinda my point. Halves don't exactly circulate like the other denominations. X amount of boxes go out because sortin' addicts like us order them, then X amount of boxes go back when we dump them.
On that note, Brinks and Coin Wrap Incorporated are the only two processors in my area. So it doesn't really matter if I buy from a CWI serviced bank and dump at a Brinks serviced bank, because another sorter is doing the opposite. 
Like everything else in life, things go in cycles. When I was sorting halves on a regular basis I would get other sorters marks for a while, then they would disappear. Then later they would come back for a while, then disappear again...
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WIZARD1
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 09/13/2009 : 07:53:09
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| I kinda dissagree with the whole price of silver thing when searching for halves. I also think with our economy as bad as it is, more sheeple are dumping their coins. Almost everyone I talk to has no idea about coins or their value and also most people that I explain what I do say, wow I wish I had a $1000.00 bucks to even try it. I continue to find that big bag once in a blue moon. Recently, got a bag with 90 plus 40%ers and 5 franklins, but for the most part its a few here a few there bag this morning 15 40%ers 3 franklins (love those franklins 46 53 56 what a beautiful coin)everything runs in cycles just keep working at it. |
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Jefferson
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 09/13/2009 : 11:10:54
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Originally posted by WIZARD1
...love those franklins 46 ...
Post pics!  
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