My bank got some coin counter bags.

[cyberdan]

Took two weeks of them forgetting but I got 1 bag of halves $497.50 and 3 bags of cents, all from their main branch's coin counter.

When I got home I opened the halves to confirm the count. There was $496 in halves AND 5 quarters, 1 dime & 1 nickel so I was shorted ten cents. It seems very strange that $1.50 in halves was missing and $1.40 in change was in there. I am pretty sure someone took a peek and pulled out 3 halves and tossed in the change to pay for it. The bag was sealed with string and a tag but I could untie the string and the crimplock was not tight. The bag also had a 1970's one peso (mexico) and a brass token for a batting cage machine about 10 miles away. They are both the size of a half. So I figure I didn't lose anything.

Now what did I find?
1 - 1944 walking liberty half (fair condition)
6 - 90% JFK
24 - 40% JFK

I will open the ¢¢¢ this weekend. Hope it is full of wheats and indians.

 

[engine 823]

Good finds.
I'm supposed to pick up a bag of halves on the 2nd! Hope mine are as good!
Good Hunting!

 

[cyberdan]

Hope mine are as good!

NO, hope they are better.

Keep thinking BARBER (it really does work)

 

[gold fish]

7 90% in less than $500 ?? You're not allowed to complain about that.

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

I have generally found that bags produce the best, over boxes and loose rolls. Unfortunately it is getting harder and harder to find the bags.

 

[jrf30]

Keep thinking BARBER (it really does work)

Dang.

I was thinking Barber, barber, barber, all the way to the bank.

And I got a HAIRCUT!

They gave me $1,000, and it had 3 of those Mexican Pesos (Worthless), 2 quarters, and one Bermuda something or other (Other not worth much). And I found ZERO 90% and ZERO 40%. So, I lost about $2 on the deal. :-(

Maybe I'll jut think "Franklins" in stead of "Barber". :-)

 

[engine 823]

Well I went to the bank to get my bag. The bag was a $1000.00 bag and I usually only have $300 at a time to use for CRH. I usually buy $300 dollars worth then go back after I finish them and get more until I finish the box, etc... Well I didn't think about it but when I bought $300 in halves out of the bag the teller opened the sealed bag and hand counted out my $300 dollars worth. well I got a big skunk. Sure she probably set any silver back for herself as she went through it for me. Learned something there. Buy the whole bag or nothing!!!!

 

[Fropa]

It is always best to buy the whole bag. I ran into a money crunch on 1 road trip and didn' have the money to buy the whole bag. I was talking to the nice young teller counting out the halves for the money I had and I told her I still needed both the 2006 halves for my book and asked if I could look through the remaining halves real quick on the counter. She was happy to help me look for a 2006 (which I really did need) and I picked up the 3 silver halves I saw and replaced them with 3 from the ones she gave me. She asked if they were 2006 halves, I told her no but I thought they were ones I might need. Unfortunatly there were no 2006 halves in the bag.