Are bags of halves typically skunks?

[Zero]

I'm new to this hobby. This was my second $500's worth of halves...both had no silver. I know a two streak of skunks is nothing compared to what y'all have been through.

Should I encourage my bank to order boxed rolls or should I just take the bags?

 

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[twiasp]

The delivery method doesn't matter much, every different bank requests bags or boxes from the coin couriers, it is just a bank delivery preference ONLY. In boxes though coins can not be rattled to hear silver, but they could be in bags if you knew what to listen for, then a teller could open them up and cherry pick. I would make sure the bags you receive are sealed, i had a friend that got bags and took him a while to find out that they were cherry-picking them before selling him his order.

 

[FloridaFinder]

That could go either way. The benefits of the bags is that you could get a whole collection that someone dumped into a coin counter.

If you get boxes of rolled coin, then that same collection could be spread out between several boxes. When coin gets rolled, several boxes worth of coin are dumped into a bin in the coin counter/sorter/roller.

So the short answer would be that you would be better off trying that source more before deciding if you want to change sources.

 

[CoinFetcher]

the machine might spit silver coins into a junk bin, or refuse bin, ect. I would test it, or ask.

 

[nube250]

I do 2 boxes a week, of the last 6 boxes one had 7x40%.. 5 skunks. They gave me bags(1x90%) one week a while back and told me brinks roller broke. Which tells me all they do is get full bags from branches and roll them.
There are 2 reasons I would not want bags. 1 as forementioned tellers picking visible silver. 2 there are alot of ppl that dump using coinlock bags, so they might just be handing you someone elses dump in a bag.

 

[maverick]

I don't know, I have never tried them, but I am going to order some next week I believe from one of my branches, going to try 8 in 1 shot and see what happens. Good luck and try a few more out just to be sure. HH, Maverick.

 

[ramjet2187]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/coin-roll-hunting/264159-today-s-1k-monster-bag.html

Something from the not too distant past. YES bags are the way to go.

 

[Zero]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/coin-roll-hunting/264159-today-s-1k-monster-bag.html

Something from the not too distant past. YES bags are the way to go.

Wow...okay I'm feeling better about the bags.

 

[minkybodl]

Basically bags and boxes are all supposed to be skunks and when they have silver in them you are lucky. It is also just a matter of the luck of the draw, one guy gets great and one guy gets skunked. Where you are and how your area is matters more than what kind of containers your coins are coming in. The only way to find out is by buying and searching. Good luck and HH.

 

[sagittarius98]

Bags from a coin counter should be bought, unless the machine rejects silver. Buying bags from the armored companies is more risky, as you could get full Coin-loks of dumps.

 

[Zero]

Bags from a coin counter should be bought, unless the machine rejects silver. Buying bags from the armored companies is more risky, as you could get full Coin-loks of dumps.

In your experience, do the banks who have the counting machines place the coins in CoinLock bags?

 

[fistfulladirt]

One of the credit unions that I use has one of the few counters in town. I buy the bags of halves off the machine, which normally fill once or twice a year. The counter doesn't reject silver, and the last 3 bags over 2 years have been shy of any silver, on the plus side, they've given $10-$15 over in clad change and guitar picks. And paper clips.

 

[Owassokie]

I've noticed that some times I get coinlock bags and other times I get something else. If it is coinlock, does that mean it is just someone's large scale dump? Do banks use coinlock?

OO

 

[sagittarius98]

I've noticed that some times I get coinlock bags and other times I get something else. If it is coinlock, does that mean it is just someone's large scale dump? Do banks use coinlock?

OO

Many dumpers use Coin-lok, like TimZim.

 

[kfs]

If the bank has fees even a small token fee associated with their coin counter and the machine will accept silver I would bet the half dollar bags would be very very nice. If they are free of charge, I would bet they are very hit or miss. Even more so than boxes especially if there are not a lot of banks in the area with coin counters. I would not want to by bags from the banks I dump halves at. Ya, there is probably a silver half in them occasionally but most of them are going to be clad most of the time.

Free machines are going to be used by CRH and what they are dumping in the machines is not something you really want.

 

[fjer]

With the exception of occaisional CWR, all of my halves have been bags. My numbers are at least as good as the average I see for boxes here. I have, however, only done smallish quantity, so my experience may not be representative.

 

[Zero]

With the exception of occaisional CWR, all of my halves have been bags. My numbers are at least as good as the average I see for boxes here. I have, however, only done smallish quantity, so my experience may not be representative.

That's encouraging. I will just keep getting the bags and see how it goes. Thanks

 

[sagittarius98]

In your experience, do the banks who have the counting machines place the coins in CoinLock bags?

It depends on the bank and branch.