Saw in the FAQ that posting about your first box of halves is a requirement (yes, newbies do read the FAQ) so here goes:
Called to place an order for a box of halves a few weeks ago and was told that they only did orders in $1000. I said that that was fine and figured that I had a bag coming my way. The next week I went to the bank to pick it up and it turned out to be 2 boxes with the teller explaining to me that they have to order 2 at a time to get them delivered. I tried to take one and save the other for later but she said that if her manager saw a box of halves laying around she would have to send them back so I just grabbed them both to save her the trouble.
When the tellers found out that "the guy who ordered a box of halves" had arrived they politely inquired why someone would do such a thing and I read them the company line about collecting, filling up books, etc. They were extremely nice and inquisitive about it and I noticed they had some loose halves in their tray so I asked if I could look at them and pulled out a 1959 Ben and a 1964. Call it beginner's luck. The teller's also nervously asked me what I was going to do with the ones that I didn't keep but I assured them that they would go back to a different bank altogether. Relieved they said that I could order halves any time I wanted, so the CRH-Teller relationship seems to have formed positively and I have a bank I can rely on for the time being.
No fairy tale ending as I took the boxes home and found a 40% in one of the first few rolls but that was it (2nd box was a skunk). Not too shabby for my first try but I will be working on the assumption that there is 2x more silver coins in the tellers tray than in the boxes... at least until next time.
Called to place an order for a box of halves a few weeks ago and was told that they only did orders in $1000. I said that that was fine and figured that I had a bag coming my way. The next week I went to the bank to pick it up and it turned out to be 2 boxes with the teller explaining to me that they have to order 2 at a time to get them delivered. I tried to take one and save the other for later but she said that if her manager saw a box of halves laying around she would have to send them back so I just grabbed them both to save her the trouble.
When the tellers found out that "the guy who ordered a box of halves" had arrived they politely inquired why someone would do such a thing and I read them the company line about collecting, filling up books, etc. They were extremely nice and inquisitive about it and I noticed they had some loose halves in their tray so I asked if I could look at them and pulled out a 1959 Ben and a 1964. Call it beginner's luck. The teller's also nervously asked me what I was going to do with the ones that I didn't keep but I assured them that they would go back to a different bank altogether. Relieved they said that I could order halves any time I wanted, so the CRH-Teller relationship seems to have formed positively and I have a bank I can rely on for the time being.
No fairy tale ending as I took the boxes home and found a 40% in one of the first few rolls but that was it (2nd box was a skunk). Not too shabby for my first try but I will be working on the assumption that there is 2x more silver coins in the tellers tray than in the boxes... at least until next time.
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