ID Guide for Boxes and Rolls

[Fredness]

This is something I'll need help with, especially from the moderators, not only to build but to present in a meaningful manner while giving the proper credit.

First, is Brinks:
These are Halves Only - it's all I do...

Brinks have a standard brown box that is taped on the flap - BE SURE to open and inspect the box before you leave - I have seen a missing roll. The box uses a standard brown sealing tape (not fiber reinforced, and never over another piece of tape). These are 2 rows high, 5 deep and 5 wide.

 

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[Fredness]

This is Loomis:
These are Halves and one shot of quarters...

Loomis has a standard brown box that is glued on the flap - BE SURE to inspect the box through the sight holes before you leave or open the box. These are 1 row high, 5 deep and 10 wide.

Halves: Brown box, yellow stripe and printing. White and yellow labels.
Quarters: Brown box, orange stripe and printing.

 

[TxTim]

Nice effort but...

Those are examples of your locality and what you get at your branches.

Brinks may come in many more styles than shown and other services have similar schemes to Brinks (Garda, etc..).
The Loomis boxes you show are mainly from CWI (Coin Wrap Inc.), widely used by Loomis but also by others such as Rochester, Dunbar, etc...

The themes are mostly local depending on which carriers and contract wrappers are in a given area.

 

[Fredness]

Agreed, and it would be great if others could post their findings here for comparison, in a similar format.

 

[AGCoinHunter]

I will post pics of my boxes when I start getting boxes again. So far the supplier is only sending bags.

 

[SMPress]

I WISH I could find a supplier doing bags. The biggest thing that irkes me with this hobby is oppening the rolls. I enjoy searching the coins, and I am ok with making dumps, but I hate the paper rolls...

 

[AGCoinHunter]

Yes, bags are nice. Dont spend wasted time opening the rolls. Just grab a hand full and get to sorting.

 

[Yinzi50]

Some small banks in a remote area will roll their own halves. They will buy rolling paper from this WI company and make rolls in a few minutes. Here are some rolls that a small bank teller kindly rolled for me on site. Some nicest teller only if she knew that I would tear them open once I left the bank.

 

[DFX DAVE in M.D.]

I never bought a bag yet. I like the rolls, I can deposit them in my bank account. I used my work as a dump place at Christmas, i put the word out that I had rolls of halves, I sold 100 bucks worth at face value, lol. The halves were at hit at Christmas in my family. I give cash to the kids and some adult family members, I gave halves and Two Dollar Bills, everyone was quite excited. They had questions like, do they still make halves and Two Dollar bills.

 

[coinmojo]

Agreed, and it would be great if others could post their findings here for comparison, in a similar format.

Your Brinks and Loomis boxes are identical to what I get here in S.E. Michigan (Detroit)

Except We don't get hand rolls in Brinks boxes.

Mojo

 

[Fredness]

I never get hand rolls in boxes either, those were the 4 rolss I had searched already (with the 4 silver coins found on the lid).
Good to know this may not be a "regional" issue!

 

[ronbo22]

I only get brinks hera and the rolls are the brown/white. the box is the double layered 5x5 but is printed in yellow with "Dist. by Dub Harris Inc. on the bottom.

 

[WrapNRoll]

Does anyone know which banks use which armored car companies? At least out here on the West Coast?

 

[coinmojo]

Does anyone know which banks use which armored car companies? At least out here on the West Coast?

It's not cut and dry. Around here I'm able to determine who they use by the type of boxes they get. but I think on a branch by branch basis it could be the closest or which ever fits in their schedule better.

I've seen Loomis, Brinks & Dunbar in our area. We also have Total Armor (which basically is a subcontracting delivery service for Loomis) and All 4 of them are within a couple miles of each other in the heart of Detroit and near the Detroit branch of the Chicago Federal reserve.

Mojo

 

[davew0710]

Some small banks in a remote area will roll their own. They will buy rolling paper...

Sounds like those good old college days to me.

 

[Holmes]

Your Brinks and Loomis boxes are exactly the same as here in Grand Rapids Michigan!

HH
~Holmes~

 

[The_Griffyn]

So where's the best place to buy boxes from and what's the smallest dollar amount you can spend? Are there 50 dollar boxes? I'm in the military and the sole provider so convincing the wife to let me buy a 500 dollar box of coins so I can sort through them would be very difficult even if I only would end up keeping a very small percentage of them.

What about rolls? I asked at the bank today and the lady said they didn't have any halves or anything. She did sell me a 25$ roll of the new $1 dollar coins that I haven't opened yet.

Any tips or advice that you kind folks are willing to share would be welcome.

HH,

Bryan

 

[legend76]

My Brink's halves come in a quarter box turned inside out. Anyone else?

 

[Rich Hartford]

I've only get the loomis boxes mainly with the yellow wrappers. Once in a great while the wrappers will be black & white, brown & white, and gold & white. The boxes are delivered by all the big name courier services
here in CT.
Rich