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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
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 Posted - 07/18/2009 : 19:04:00
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On my vacation to the north west part of Wisconsin I visited 44 banks asking for halves. Of the 21 banks that had half dollars available, just one bank had one 40% half!! More than half of the banks told me someone came thru and bought all of their halves within the past month. Maybe it was someone who posts here that was one step ahead of me and cleaned out north west Wisconsin.
On a good note-when I came back home my favorite bank had $150 in loose halves for me and I got 1 90% and 14 40% silver half dollars!
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JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2009 : 19:42:47
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Hirbonzig, it's your vacation why use the time banking?
I was in Baltimore a couple months back and walked from bank to bank looking for halves and large dollar coins. Found nothing...
Sometimes you score sometimes you just move clad coins around. It's nice to find anything though and it's probably the variable return that keeps us looking again and again even after 'skunked' boxes.
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Selling Copper cents. $0 FV available at 1.4xFV. Also interested in trading for wheat pennies and other coins Please pm me for requests or inquiries.
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2009 : 23:41:26
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| My daughter will go with me, and she loves to check the dates for silver ones. She's only 6 and has'nt missed a silver one yet! We will make a day of it with a picnic, playgrounds and alot of time to talk as we drive to the next bank. I did'nt hit all 44 banks in one day-it was over a 2 week period. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2009 : 23:52:56
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I think it's great that you can share the hobby with your daughter. My dad got me started when I was 6 and those are some of my fondest memories of times shared with him.  |
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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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2009 : 00:27:07
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I know we have at least one member up in that neck of the woods, but it could have been anyone. I think more and more people are hearing about this and doing it, even if they are not active members on forums like this.
At least you came back to your regular bank and found a few pieces of silver. :) |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2009 : 00:47:23
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| I know of at least 3 members in that neck of the woods. We gotta stop Nickelless from educating the masses. |
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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buyingsilvers
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 07/19/2009 : 07:08:00
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^yeah, that sometimes happens when you're going bank hopping. I've had it happen within the same week I visited the bank. But you just gotta keep plugging along.
I've had a phenomenal run of "surprisingly consistent boxes" for months. But out of the last 40 boxes or so, there was only one or two boxes that produced a total of 6 silvers.
Right before those crappy 40 boxes, I was getting some pretty awesome boxes. So if I had to guess, I depleted an old stack in the regional vault, and now I'm pulling a newer set of someone's skunk returns. So I'll keep digging, and hopefully there will be more silver boxes at the bottom of the stack. |
Edited by - buyingsilvers on 07/19/2009 07:09:19 |
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NDFARMER
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1197 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2009 : 07:11:56
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| I picked up my first 2 boxes of halves on Friday. It wasn't a total skunk but it was starting to smell. They only yielded one 90%er and one 40%er. |
COPPER - the "poormans" precious metal!!!
SELLING - $100.00 face copper shipped to you for $189.00 machine rolled or bagged - PM me if your interested. |
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Corsair
Penny Hoarding Member
811 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2009 : 07:17:02
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| I'm on vacation right now, in beautiful Branson, Missouri. We are going to try to hit every bank around here, but I'm thinking I won't find anything too great. I saw a coin shop right in town; they've probably hit most of the banks before. But, I'll still try, and I'll get back to everyone and report what I found. |
So long, Realcent 1. Come visit us at Realcent.org! |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2009 : 21:47:28
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| 2 more boxes of halves and not 1 silver, with alot marked with a red dot on the reverse. |
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JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 07/20/2009 : 22:22:24
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Corsair I think that's a little crazy, but then I also think vacationing in Missouri is a little crazy :P
If you were really outgoing, you'd try and call up the banks before hand and have halfs waiting for you there. OR at least ask if the tellers have recently received halves. Just a thought.
~ JobIII |
Selling Copper cents. $0 FV available at 1.4xFV. Also interested in trading for wheat pennies and other coins Please pm me for requests or inquiries.
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2009 : 00:33:09
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I went to 25 banks. only got about $130 in halves. One had $56.00 and one had $59.00. The rest were either none or 1-2 dollars worth. Got a 90% from a bank that had 3 halves and 18 40% from one that had the $56.00. She said someone emptied out their safe deposit box.
I go to a bank and hear this..." We sold them all yesterday" or "Someone got all of them this morning" How am I a day late or a few hours late to every stinking bank?
Just gotta keep plugging along. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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G Powerbuck
Penny Collector Member
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2009 : 17:05:47
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| I think sometimes they say that because they don't feel like going to the vault, because at some banks it happens all the time. |
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Corsair
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 07/21/2009 : 17:16:54
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I went to a bank yesterday and asked if they had any halves. The teller said she might have some in the back. She asked how many I would want. I said whatever they had. I said, "Oh, and if you could spare two boxes of pennies, or a bag of pennies, that'd be great."
This is a pretty big bank right on the riverfront in downtown Branson. She smiles and goes into the back. She's gone for a few minutes, then five, then ten, and she comes back empty handed. She said, "I'm sorry, but we don't have any." I looked at her and said, "You don't have any pennies?" "No, I'm sorry."
I wouldn't have minded just getting the "We can't sell to non-customers" line, but to make me wait and then lie to my face, which I assume she did, is just ridiculous. |
So long, Realcent 1. Come visit us at Realcent.org! |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2009 : 17:18:00
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I agree with you Powerbuck. Some tellers just spat out "NO HALVES!!" and went back to sleep. While others were glad to get rid every last 50 cent piece they had so they did not have to count them at the end of the day. |
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Maine_Jim
New Member
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Posted - 07/22/2009 : 21:45:02
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Just did ten boxes - skunksville
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