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fb101
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USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2009 : 20:49:19
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A phenomenal box of nickels.
$100 yields 9 WN.
This was from a new pickup branch. Gotta hit that one more often! |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2009 : 21:24:28
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$500 NF String Box:
1 '54 well worn Ben
1 '67D
1 '03D
1 '04D |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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Jefferson
Penny Pincher Member
165 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2009 : 21:38:45
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$280 in halves: 1 90% ('64), 3 40% ('68), 1 Proof ('90)
$100 in CWR dimes: 1 '57 Roo
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"Specie is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level; because, having intrinsic and universal value, it can never die in our hands, and it is the surest resource of reliance in time of war." -Thomas Jefferson
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gothboi30
Penny Collector Member
USA
286 Posts |
 Posted - 03/08/2009 : 00:12:17
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| $100 NF String box of nickels from 3/4/09. Silver skunk |
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Posted - 03/08/2009 : 18:49:10
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$2000 (4 boxes) of Half Dollars this year...
23x 90% (2x Franklins and 1x Liberty)
30x 40%
Going through 1-2 boxes per week, dumping them is quite a pain. Using coin counters @ a banks with them in the lobby and loosing $5-15 per box. The bank workers swear it's impossible for the machines to mis-count. Whatever.
Will keep posting my results as they become available! |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2009 : 19:13:35
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Hey GoldANDSilver -
Me too. Never dump halves at a TD "Penny arcade".
Luckily, I have a couple other I can trust.
ALL the TD counters miscount halves.
I roll $500 a week and coin count $1000. |
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killerken53
Penny Pincher Member
172 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2009 : 19:26:30
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$300 dimes, 1 roos
$100 nicks, skunk
I have had very good luck with coin counters. The cummins machine at my dump bank counts very accurately as long as the coins are not mixed. Dumping mixed dimes and nickels leads to a few dimes showing up as cents. I have never been shorted on halves. |
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Posted - 03/08/2009 : 20:09:48
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Hey fb101 & killerken53 -
Can you suggest one of those other banks w/ coin machines in the branch? All the other banks I have accounts with say they don't have coin counting machines, and I don't want to dump at my source bank. Getting sick of getting majorly shorted at TD Bank.
Thanks!
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2009 : 20:16:41
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Gold and silver, Welcome to the forum. That was 23 90% and 30 40%? Just wanted to be clear, cause those are some sick numbers. "US bank" in my area, every branch has accurate counters IMO.
March 2009 RC Total
Nicks
$1100 Searched
12 WN
Dimes
$1980 Searched
7 US
0 Can
Quarters
$440 Searched
0
Halves
$6376.50 Searched
34 40%
9 90%
1 Proofs
0 Ag Proofs
6 NIFCs |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2009 : 20:23:38
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| I use some small locals; Harleysville and National Penn. I suggest you start checking the small local banks, they're more likely to have a counter. (IMO) - Also, you could ask if any other branches have a counter. Sometimes they won't volunteer that the branch 2 miles away has one. |
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killerken53
Penny Pincher Member
172 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2009 : 20:32:57
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| I also dump at a smaller local bank, Northwest. I might also suggest asking your local credit unions, they may offer the service. Be careful, there seem to be some "half size" machines out there that won't accept halves. |
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Posted - 03/08/2009 : 20:43:21
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Hey oober thanks for the welcome.
Yes those numbers are correct... majority from the first 2 boxes, last 2 boxes contained 2 40% and 5 90% total, so yeah sick numbers indeed, sure made me happy!
Wish I had some US Banks in my area, they always had great services from what I remember from "back home".
Thanks for the other bank suggestions folks, guess I'll start hunting down the smaller banks. |
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2009 : 20:51:38
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March 2009 RC Total
Nicks
$1100 Searched
12 WN
Dimes
$1980 Searched
7 US
0 Can
Quarters
$440 Searched
0
Halves
$8376.50 Searched
64 40%
32 90%
1 Proofs
0 Ag Proofs
6 NIFCs |
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mingusdew
Penny Sorter Member
64 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 09:02:01
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Originally posted by GoldANDSilver
$2000 (4 boxes) of Half Dollars this year...
23x 90% (2x Franklins and 1x Liberty)
30x 40%
Going through 1-2 boxes per week, dumping them is quite a pain. Using coin counters @ a banks with them in the lobby and loosing $5-15 per box. The bank workers swear it's impossible for the machines to mis-count. Whatever.
Will keep posting my results as they become available!
Are you checking the reject trays when you dump halves in those machines? If it looks like you've been shorted, reach up the reject tray. You may even want to ask the tellers to open the machine door. Sometimes the bags slump over the chute, and the larger coins get backed up against the bag.
And if the TD machines are anything like the Commerce machines, halves sometimes get stuck in the metal ramp thing you dump them in. Pull that metal thing out and shake it a little, more often than not coins will fall out. I usually do this after every dump before it counts the total just in case. There's a magnet at the bottom which is used to separate steel core Canadian coins, and unless they cleared it recently it could act as a blockage. If you're slick you may even be able to grab some when you reach up to check for blockages!
I only dump at the Commerce penny arcades, which I assumed to be the same as the TD penny arcades you're talking about. I notice these machines can be rather inconsistent, though I've never been shorted more than a dollar or 2. Are there other branches nearby you can use? Some machines may be better maintained than others. |
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
-Theodore Roosevelt
Fortune favors the informed. |
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jldco
Penny Pincher Member
USA
114 Posts |
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 17:17:30
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$250 in Nicks 4 WN's.
CWR mean "customer wrapped rolls".
March 2009 RC Total
Nicks
$1350 Searched
16 WN
Dimes
$1980 Searched
7 US
0 Can
Quarters
$440 Searched
0
Halves
$8376.50 Searched
64 40%
32 90%
1 Proofs
0 Ag Proofs
6 NIFCs |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 17:18:27
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quote:
Originally posted by jldco
CWR means????
Customer Wraped Roll(s) |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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Jefferson
Penny Pincher Member
165 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 17:20:24
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$200 in halves: 1 90% Ben ('63), 3 40% ('67, '68, '69), 12 NIFC (3 '07p, 9 '07d)
$100 in quarters: all minty fresh District Of Columbia, did not unwrap (are these worth anything over face?)
$100 in dimes: 1 '64 Roo
$100 in nickels: 2 WN ('45s, '45p), 2 Canadian ('85, '89) |
"Specie is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level; because, having intrinsic and universal value, it can never die in our hands, and it is the surest resource of reliance in time of war." -Thomas Jefferson
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 17:33:24
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quote:
Originally posted by Jefferson
$100 in quarters: all minty fresh District Of Columbia, did not unwrap (are these worth anything over face?)
They go for about $15 plus $5-6 for shipping on fee-bay. I would put 2 or more rols together, or 5 and sell.
If you can make 4-5 bucks a roll there is what 50 rolls in a box. 200-300 profit. Better than the few or no silvers you would have found. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 21:20:13
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$10,000 in halves
100 40%
12 90%
more than I had before |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 21:32:17
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| Only $10,000? Were you busy last week or something? |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 22:10:03
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$500 NF Ctring box:
6 40%'ers
5 '02 (3D 2P) |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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Jefferson
Penny Pincher Member
165 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 22:25:07
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quote:
Originally posted by slickeast
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Originally posted by Jefferson
$100 in quarters: all minty fresh District Of Columbia, did not unwrap (are these worth anything over face?)
They go for about $15 plus $5-6 for shipping on fee-bay. I would put 2 or more rols together, or 5 and sell.
If you can make 4-5 bucks a roll there is what 50 rolls in a box. 200-300 profit. Better than the few or no silvers you would have found.
Interesting idea... I do sell things on eBay occasionally so that's something I can try. However I'll see if a local coin dealer will buy for perhaps $12.50 or even $11 a roll so I can turn it around faster.
Definitely something to think about as the new quarters come out this year.
Any suggestions for the 2007 halfs? I'm keeping two P/D pairs; do coin shops ever buy NIFCs for even a few cents above face? Else I'll just turn them back in. |
"Specie is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level; because, having intrinsic and universal value, it can never die in our hands, and it is the surest resource of reliance in time of war." -Thomas Jefferson
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 23:15:25
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| Tax return and CD matured. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2009 : 23:28:13
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quote:
Originally posted by Epaphras
$10,000 in halves
100 40%
12 90%
more than I had before
Would love to be there when you try to deposit all 19,888 rejects at one time.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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