Hi all,
I have recently gotten back in to collecting after dabbling in it as a young boy after stumbling across my late grandfather's collection.
In order to try to fill some of my dime and nickel books I was visiting the bank and ordering coins and going through them. Little did I know there was a term for this, let alone an entire message board devoted to it. Having discovered "Coin Roll Hunting" and the value of older (usually silver) coins, has made going through the rolls from the bank that much more enjoyable.
I do, however, have a few questions for the experts:
1. I have seen a few people mention their Brinks orders. Is it possible to order boxes and/or bags from companies like Brinks directly to the your house or are you referring to purchases via a bank and the bank is doing business with Brinks?
2. How do you return (or "dump") coins after going through them. I'm lucky enough to have a TD Bank with a Penny Arcade near my home but, if that were not the case, then what? Are there other banks or facilities that have this service, for free I might add, since obviously CoinStar is an option but who wants to pay the fees. Along the same lines how does one return hand rolled coins to a bank? How does the bank verify that you have the right amount of coins in the roll and that your not gaming them with slugs in the middle or something like that?
And to add to the fun of finds ... I recently went through a box of nickels trying to fill a Whitman vol. 1 book and found a 1909 Liberty Head which was pretty cool (along with 1 war nickel and a keeper for my book)
Thanks in advance for any answers. Looking forward to vising the board more often and posting my finds.
-Mike
I have recently gotten back in to collecting after dabbling in it as a young boy after stumbling across my late grandfather's collection.
In order to try to fill some of my dime and nickel books I was visiting the bank and ordering coins and going through them. Little did I know there was a term for this, let alone an entire message board devoted to it. Having discovered "Coin Roll Hunting" and the value of older (usually silver) coins, has made going through the rolls from the bank that much more enjoyable.
I do, however, have a few questions for the experts:
1. I have seen a few people mention their Brinks orders. Is it possible to order boxes and/or bags from companies like Brinks directly to the your house or are you referring to purchases via a bank and the bank is doing business with Brinks?
2. How do you return (or "dump") coins after going through them. I'm lucky enough to have a TD Bank with a Penny Arcade near my home but, if that were not the case, then what? Are there other banks or facilities that have this service, for free I might add, since obviously CoinStar is an option but who wants to pay the fees. Along the same lines how does one return hand rolled coins to a bank? How does the bank verify that you have the right amount of coins in the roll and that your not gaming them with slugs in the middle or something like that?
And to add to the fun of finds ... I recently went through a box of nickels trying to fill a Whitman vol. 1 book and found a 1909 Liberty Head which was pretty cool (along with 1 war nickel and a keeper for my book)
Thanks in advance for any answers. Looking forward to vising the board more often and posting my finds.
-Mike
Upvote
0
Seriously, there is TONS of knowledge here. Read everything, then read it again.
