Marking rolls of coins to alert potential holders the rolls are silver free?

Louie D

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Is there any accepted practice for identifying rolls of coins you've rolled yourself as already being worked over for silvers? Some discreet marking CRH hunters would recognize at a glance?

I'm busy working to liquidate my 5 gallon water bottle coin jar, and will probably have $1500 in quarters alone when all is said and done. My bank(s) in the area no longer have coin sorting/counting machines and will no longer accept bags of coins from a non-business account, so I'm forced to hand roll my stash. At least they gave me some free coin wrappers.

The forthcoming nickel/dime/quarter rolls may contain some rare modern coins, but no silver, that's for sure.

TIA for any input.
 

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ArkieBassMan

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Even if the rolls were marked, any CRHer worth his salt will still search them.
 

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No CRHer here would believe a claim of "no silver in those rolls". Too many stories that have shown otherwise. But thanks for thinking about us!
 

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They would still be searched, even for errors.
 

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I mark my half dollar rolls with a big black Sharpie stripe. This mostly to ward off the remote chance of buying back my own searched rolls at the one bank that requires coins to be rolled. I have on occasion dumped at this bank in one town, and bought rolls at this bank in a different branch in a different town. I once had to turn down a “box from the Fed” (LOL) at a branch in a town 45 miles away which were actually my own rewrapped & marked rolls I dumped from my home town. I’ve gone so far as to turn down CWRs that were re-used MWR wrappers. So, I think it depends on the denomination. I agree with the previous responders that with nickels/dimes/quarters most CRHers will search the rolls no matter how you mark them. For me, half dollar rolls are a different story.
 

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I would still search the half dollar rolls, the person searching may not have known about 40%!

I had a teller tell me they didn't have any silver halves when they handed me 3 40% halves
 

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I just searched a box of halves and 75% of them had a marked line from one end to the other end of the coin. What a shame to ruin all those coins as someone might need them to complete their set. Needless to say the box was a skunk.
 

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Anyone seen this before? I got it at a bank, but filled with cwr halves, not sure if it was placed there by the coin service company or by the hunter....
 

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Was the message correct?

I get the same square boxes, but my skunks, 19 in a row now, are not advertised.
 

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and that s why I have 500 40's--- just sold a roll for $72:laughing9:

Why would you not sell all 500 at this price???
I have 500 I would let you have at 60$ per roll, which would be profitable for you!!!
 

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Anyone seen this before? I got it at a bank, but filled with cwr halves, not sure if it was placed there by the coin service company or by the hunter....

I have gotten that before and found silver in them. It is put on by the courier/sorting company. They try to get you to stop forcing them to work by doing their job to deliver them
 

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Why would you not sell all 500 at this price???
I have 500 I would let you have at 60$ per roll, which would be profitable for you!!!

I sell solid rolls of all a single year from '66 to '69. no '70's found, only have 6 '65's after selling 1 roll of those for $72. the roll of '64's needs a home but they aint's gonna gets it furr no stinkin' "melt" or "scrap" price. miss the days when I could sell a Forty % for $5 :BangHead:--- that would fetch $100 per roll--- minus the 9% fee
 

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Geez, you are all too honest. I would mark the rolls. "silver, '64 and earlier, etc." If it slows down or discourages another hunter, then mission accomplished.
 

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My bank(s) in the area no longer have coin sorting/counting machines
TIA for any input.
Looks like you live near Detroit. TCF Bank has coin counting machines. This is the only bank I have joined because of Coin Roll Hunting. Also some credit unions have coin counting machines.

Keep on Searching
Dad and Tanner
 

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