Great bag of dimes leads to real great bag of quarters !!!

treeslayer · Sep 25, 2012

I hope every ones is doing well. Its been a while since I posted. I went to one of my pickup banks for a bag of dimes yesterday, I got 76. Mostly rosies and a few mercs. I average about 10 per bag. I figured someone dumped a collection, so I went back and bought the quarter bag. The only problem was that they had 5 bags of quarters. I took 3 of them hopeing I got the one that was on the machine at the time of the dime dump. well I got the right one. It had 151 silver . This is by far my biggest score since I started this. Tomorrow i will go and buy the half bags . I know there are dump bags there, but i must try to find the one that was on at the time of the silver dump. I think this would qualify as a dream bag. I will try to post photos when I can . Happy hunting to all and good luck to all the new CRHs.

Okie115 · Sep 26, 2012

GarouLady said:
Newbie here and I have to ask a really dumb question. What is a dump bag and how would you go along to get any from the local banks and credit unions? How much do they normally cost?

There are plastic bags inside the coin machines once you top off a bag or two you'll see. Some banks will sell you the bag instead of ordering a box for you, others are very strict on the "rules" and would make you cut off their arm in order to get the bag. Now you never know who is using your coin machine as a dump for clad and who just was too lazy or uninformed to pick out the silvers and keep or take them to a lcs (local coin shop). Now if you go to the bank and dump $50 in halves and the bag is full be sure to watch and listen to the bag when the teller comes out to change it. As you know silver has a very distinctive sound and some can hear it call their name from the bowels of the bag. I would suggest speaking with a manager or a vt (vault teller) to see if you could purchase the bag. You might need to find a new branch or bank to dump at since your purchasing there. Now the bags contain various amounts of coin. My bank the bags hold 1k halves, 100 in nickles, 50 in pennies, cant remember the dimes amount. I havn't spoken with the bank myself but have read a few post about others here who have had great luck with the bags. HH

sheepdog_tx · Sep 26, 2012

What if you have no coin counters at your bank? Are thier other bags banks keep you can ask for prehaps like business account drop offs?

Okie115 · Sep 26, 2012

sheepdog_tx said:
What if you have no coin counters at your bank? Are thier other bags banks keep you can ask for prehaps like business account drop offs?

Find a bank with a counter and ask with cash in hand, cash is king....for now. If not you might ask the manager if members are able to buy the bags.

Wickaboag · Sep 26, 2012

sheepdog_tx said:
What if you have no coin counters at your bank? Are thier other bags banks keep you can ask for prehaps like business account drop offs?

Nope, a bank with a coin machine inside will have bags most likely, but it's not a 100% they will sell!