FormerTeller
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...of copper (and wheats).
Got a call this morning from a bank teller, who said that a customer dropped off $80 in old pennies. She said she looked through a couple rolls, and saw mostly wheat. Did I want them? I said, did you say $80 or $18? She said, $80; that is, 160 rolls. I said I'd take them all, and be there in 30 minutes.
Got there in 20 minutes, and sure enough, there were 3 boxes plus. I couldn't thank her enough! Most of the wrappers were quite old, and many had writing on them, such as "1955", "up to 1955", and "1917 to 1955". Turns out that any rolls with a date meant the coins in that roll were from that date or earlier. Most of the rolls without dates that I've spot checked so far are also loaded with wheats. The few coins that are non-wheats are mostly BU red copper cents. Most of the wheats are from the 1940's and 50's, and are pretty well circulated. The earliest wrapper that I've seen so far says "1912-1955".
It's going to take me a solid month to go through them all in my spare time. Haven't decided just yet how I'm going to sort them, or what to do with them, but man am I stoked! 8,000 coins!!!
Called her back just before the bank closed, and asked if there were any other coins dropped off by the same person (I was too flustered to ask when I picked them up). She said no, and that if there were she'd give them all to me. Not sure I believe her, as I know she collects silver, but I don't begrudge her if she did keep them; I was hoping to get nickels if she kept the silvers. I told her I'd stop by next week with an update on what I found, as well as some treats. Boy, will I ever!
It's been said again and again, build your relationship with the tellers. You never know when it's going to pay off!
Good luck and happy hunting!
FT
Got a call this morning from a bank teller, who said that a customer dropped off $80 in old pennies. She said she looked through a couple rolls, and saw mostly wheat. Did I want them? I said, did you say $80 or $18? She said, $80; that is, 160 rolls. I said I'd take them all, and be there in 30 minutes.
Got there in 20 minutes, and sure enough, there were 3 boxes plus. I couldn't thank her enough! Most of the wrappers were quite old, and many had writing on them, such as "1955", "up to 1955", and "1917 to 1955". Turns out that any rolls with a date meant the coins in that roll were from that date or earlier. Most of the rolls without dates that I've spot checked so far are also loaded with wheats. The few coins that are non-wheats are mostly BU red copper cents. Most of the wheats are from the 1940's and 50's, and are pretty well circulated. The earliest wrapper that I've seen so far says "1912-1955".
It's going to take me a solid month to go through them all in my spare time. Haven't decided just yet how I'm going to sort them, or what to do with them, but man am I stoked! 8,000 coins!!!
Called her back just before the bank closed, and asked if there were any other coins dropped off by the same person (I was too flustered to ask when I picked them up). She said no, and that if there were she'd give them all to me. Not sure I believe her, as I know she collects silver, but I don't begrudge her if she did keep them; I was hoping to get nickels if she kept the silvers. I told her I'd stop by next week with an update on what I found, as well as some treats. Boy, will I ever!
It's been said again and again, build your relationship with the tellers. You never know when it's going to pay off!
Good luck and happy hunting!
FT
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