Dime bag short or counters shorting

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Returned my dimes from the $1000 dime bag to 3 different banks coiunters.

I ended up with $979.

I took 7 SILVER dimes out and probably dropped at least 3 under my desk, that means it should have been $999. There were a bunch of pennies, probably 20 or so, so call it $998

SO either the bag is short or the counters are wrong. I don't dump where I get bags or boxes so ...

My feeling is that it could be a combination of both.

 

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[port ewen ace]

-- that should cover it

 

[scottw]

That's why I stopped dimes.
I always hated hearing the total was xx.03 when I knew I had all dimes.

 

[FormerTeller]

Unfortunately, that’s the risk you take getting bags, especially dime bags. Cent bags are better, because whatever coin their counter mistakes as a penny is almost always going to be more valuable than one cent.

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I usually do half dollar boxes, but when I forget to get some I take what I can get.

 

[Tommybuckets]

My dime bags are usually over what I pay but thats the risk. Also the risk buying customer wrapped rolls but you can say no thanks to a short roll. I think its $20 / lb on cupronickel coinage so a scale could come in handy if you plan on buying more bags. I buy them where they are heaviest lol.

 

[Clad2Silver]

Coin counting machines are notorious for coming up with a short count.

 

[port ewen ace]

just opened a Loomis qtr. box-- one roll stands out as shorter than the others-- 216 grams--- 2 coins short.

could it be?----
a silver GW hiding in those rolls?----
a Jesuit treasure medallion?----
a few dead caribou steels?----
we'll let you know---- after I finish my search...........................
in the WAR ROOM with Rick, Marty, metal detection EXPERT GAWWY DWAYTON, and the team(even the bearded bobbleheaded bald dork)..............

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I am sure you will find some $5 Gold Indians!!!

 

[Grizz12]

TD Bank was sued for shorting people with the coin counters. They lost and paid back some (very little) what they stole from us.

 

[cyberdan]

Coin counting machines are notorious for coming up with a short count.

When I was real heavy into cents and halves I bought an old bank coin counter. Well Fargo gladly accepted the heavy duty clear bags as a deposit from me. (they even gave to me for free) It probably weighed 50-60 lbs and was 2 feet wide. As you all know coins are dirty. If I kept me machine clean it was very accurate. Well never sent me a note saying I was short or over.

Coins spun in a big tray at the top and then were released one at a time onto a long shute as the went down this shute (like a slide) they would drop into the correct drawer. About every hour of use or so. I would clean the coins path with rubbing alcohol and then spray with a dry moly grease.

When I dump at one bank they have a counter and I can hear it in the back clunking away. I can tell she is feeding it pretty slow. It is always accurate. I have no idea if these tellers do any upkeep so I would never trust 1¢ 5¢ or 10¢

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I doubt they ever clean the coin counters, when they have to open them most of them don't even know how to.

I feed coins slowly and have never been shorted on halves, which is 90+% of what I do. I am ASSUMING that either the dime bag was short or when I dumped it didn't count them all. I will be getting another dime bag and then count every coin as I check them and put $200 even in each coffee can and then monitor each of the counters I use to dump.
I prefer bags to BWR/boxes BUT the best score of dimes I ever have was when I bought all the BWR rolls a teller had in her drawer, I found 21 silver dimes, so you never know...

maybe I will just do boxes, but you hate to give up the chance of a customer dump

 

[Dozer D]

Ben: if you refer back to my January 2017 posting of a dream MWR box of dimes with 98-silvers, ( 65-merc & 33-Rosies), will be one that I will never forget. Just hope it will happen again, I loved the excitement it created, even if it was just to me at one in the morning.

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Dozer that is why we do it! I even get a thrill with a single 40%

 

[Coincrazed]

When I purchased Dime bags, I once got shorted $20. I was pretty upset and never went back to that back branch except with customer rolled halves.

 

[Dozer D]

Ben: yep, even just one 40%. Me too, just one Rosie. That reminds me of checking a dime box last night, gone thru the entire box and nothing, finally in the VERY LAST ROLL, a white rim Rosie appears, what a sigh of relief.

 

[fistfulladirt]

For almost three years I dumped $500 bags of dimes at my CU. I searched boxes and CWR. I never counted coins and the CU sent the bags out without counting. They told me the courier weighed the bags and allowed for an over/under count of so many percent! Never once an issue.

When I did dump through a counter, my CU knew I was dumping dimes only. Many times dozens of dimes were counted as cents, and ended up in the cent bag. My CU would always credit me for the miscount.

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

For almost three years I dumped $500 bags of dimes at my CU. I searched boxes and CWR. I never counted coins and the CU sent the bags out without counting. They told me the courier weighed the bags and allowed for an over/under count of so many percent! Never once an issue.

When I did dump through a counter, my CU knew I was dumping dimes only. Many times dozens of dimes were counted as cents, and ended up in the cent bag. My CU would always credit me for the miscount.

That makes me think of something, I never look at the receipt other than for the total amount, I will watch it next time for the individual denominations