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AmalekiDad
Penny Pincher Member
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 Posted - 02/26/2010 : 18:01:02
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Stopped at a few banks on the way home today.
$18 in teller halves yielded
5 - 68s, 7 - 67s, and 2 - 66ers
All but one of the 40%ers came from a bank that sold me $9.5 in halves. As the teller was giving me the halves she said "there is no silver, I already checked for those. Too bad you didn't come in a couple of days ago. We had $60 of these but a lady came in and said said she wanted some halves to give to her grandkids and bought $50 worth."
More than half of the banks I stop at tell me that someone else just bought all of our halves yesterday, last week, or 10 minutes ago.
Most banks have no halves.
Are the rest of you having the same kind of experiences?
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kirkland
New Member
USA
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Posted - 02/26/2010 : 18:09:35
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| Yes, absolutely. In fact, it just happened twice today. I wonder if it's just an excuse the tellers made up so you will stop bugging them for halves. If it is true, then we have a lot of future competition to worry about. |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2010 : 18:22:48
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I hear this every time I go to the banks looking for CWR's
Do you think that you are the only one in town looking for silver? |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2010 : 20:09:02
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| My banks call me on my cell when they get CWR halves. They hate dealing with them. |
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garnede
Penny Collector Member
USA
386 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2010 : 20:44:05
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| I have some banks that call, some that always had someone just buy them, and some that are someone else's dump bank. That is why I am glad I can get some ordered for me. |
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
629 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2010 : 20:58:46
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It's amazing you scored any silver!
It's been like that in Houston for the last 2 years. |
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JustSayNoToFiat
Penny Pincher Member
110 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2010 : 10:23:56
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It's like that where I live, too. There are quite a few stories of "this old guy" coming in and buying loose halves off my banks.
I don't think it is necessarily the same old guy, either. |
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rosco
Penny Collector Member
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2010 : 12:14:00
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I don't think it is necessarily the same old guy, either.
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rum3002576
Penny Sorter Member
42 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2010 : 12:28:26
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| Any of you from Pa? i get that alot from the banks here. |
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Slapshot
Penny Sorter Member
USA
63 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2010 : 08:01:33
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quote:
Originally posted by rum3002576
Any of you from Pa? i get that alot from the banks here.
I'm in south west PA. I get some CWR of halves when I can. But I hear all the time "there are no silver in these". "Someone just came in yesterday and bought them all". The one bank I stop in the teller always says "a guy that makes jewelry out of them buys them all" |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 03/04/2010 : 09:44:51
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Hmmmm... "old guy" "gets around" Hitting banks everywhere we are.
Could this be what Santa does during the off season?  |
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2010 : 11:28:56
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
Hmmmm... "old guy" "gets around" Hitting banks everywhere we are.
Could this be what Santa does during the off season?
LOL. As long as he dumps them where we can find them come December. I would be o.k. with that. We could just sit back all year, let him collect them, mark the rolls 40% for us and we could stop by the bank on christmas eve. |
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rosco
Penny Collector Member
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2010 : 22:24:40
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LOL. As long as he dumps them where we can find them come December. I would be o.k. with that. We could just sit back all year, let him collect them, mark the rolls 40% for us and we could stop by the bank on Christmas eve.
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