Desparately need advice on Kennedy Half CRH

[koala33]

I started $1K/week and now I am going to try and do $3-5K/week in Kennedy halves. I buy from 2 banks, and I open every rolls then take in $1K to my credit union and dump in the machine. While this was ok at first, I think it is going to get old fast.. Why? Every time I do $1K they have to empty the bag/reset the machine 1-2 times. They say they don't mind but they probably do. What is a better approach?

Here is what I am thinking - please tell me your thoughts...

I am going to start weighing the rolls carefully - I won't even open the ones that show a weight that will probably be a skunk ~226g + the wrapper. This way I can take the majority of the rolls back to a different random bank and get cash. Then the leftover loose halves from the "good rolls" will be a lot less - maybe ~1-200/week rather than $5K.

My limiting factor at this point is cash. I am working with $1K at a time.

So I take $1K to the bank and buy 2 boxes. That night I sort them, and the next day I cash in the coins and go back to the bank to get 2 more boxes. I live on base, and the bank and the coin machine (2 separate buildings that are next to each other) right now are only a mile away. So gas isn't an issue.

If I revert to taking unopened rolls, I may miss some silver, and I also will have to drive into town to take them to a different bank (~10 mile drive 1 way).

I am trying to think of the best way to do this. We all know some boxes are skunks and others are wonderful.

What is your method? Coinstars would be great if they didn't have a 9% fee - that machine would fill up quick anyways..

Even if I found different banks where I could open accounts that have free coin machines for members, going through $5K/week still would seem a bit tedious doing it completely by machine - for the tellers anyways...

I haven't found enough silver yet to even bring them goodies to make up for the work they have to do.

 

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[Agro]

you've gotta open all of the rolls! you might miss the only coin that prevents the box from being a skunk.

also, take the tellers at their word. you have a really good pickup/dump situation. make the most of it.

 

[Dok Holliday]

you've gotta open all of the rolls! you might miss the only coin that prevents the box from being a skunk.

also, take the tellers at their word. you have a really good pickup/dump situation. make the most of it.

I agree. Don't forget, tellers like treats. Get them some good candies or something for being so nice about changing the bags.

 

[koala33]

So just keep going in every day with $1K in halves?

 

[1stCAV]

What "Base" are you at? I assume Air Force.

 

[koala33]

What "Base" are you at? I assume Air Force.

Holloman

 

[byrne3]

I personally, open every roll I get.. I do weigh them, but this is mostly to tell me which rolls to open first, and/or to give me a general idea of how good the box is before I get deep into it.. If you don't want to do too much in the coin machine, why not open some of them and rewrap them and dump those rolls? I wouldn't dump unsearched rolls, but that's just me..

My personal preference is actually dumping in non-coin counter banks.. I dump in the wrappers.. My bank gives me coin bags. I put $500 of wrapped coins in the bag and they send them off to a coin facility. Like today, I did $1000 dimes, and $1000 halves.. It went in 4 bags, and I was in-n-out of the bank in 5 minutes.. So much better than a free coin counter, in my opinion..

 

[Hortstu]

I personally, open every roll I get.. I do weigh them, but this is mostly to tell me which rolls to open first, and/or to give me a general idea of how good the box is before I get deep into it.. If you don't want to do too much in the coin machine, why not open some of them and rewrap them and dump those rolls? I wouldn't dump unsearched rolls, but that's just me..

My personal preference is actually dumping in non-coin counter banks.. I dump in the wrappers.. My bank gives me coin bags. I put $500 of wrapped coins in the bag and they send them off to a coin facility. Like today, I did $1000 dimes, and $1000 halves.. It went in 4 bags, and I was in-n-out of the bank in 5 minutes.. So much better than a free coin counter, in my opinion..

I do the same thing. Weigh then open. I've only done 2 boxes, they're difficult to get here, but I'm afraid I'll miss some 40%ers. I spend as many as I can and dump the rest. My dump bank changes the half bag every 100$. That's stressful. So sven if I could get more boxes if limit it just to save myself the time of dumping them.

 

[SeaninNH]

Someone did a test of weighing rolls and found out that there is a GOOD chance of missing some silver by weighing them.

If you get 4 or 5 1996 coins that throws off your weight. They are thin just like a bunch of other dates.

There are also thicker coins as well.

I personally open and edge check every roll.

You may want to re roll them in the same roll and cash them in, but I'd just stick with the coin counter or see if you can find another bank with a larger counter.