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Risk Involved In Buying Bags? Absolutely

MentalUnrest

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I have had no problems buying bags off machines until today, but luck was on my side. Teller said they had a few quarter bags so I took one 1K bag. Went home and got through it and headed to another bank to pick up 2K in halves I ordered. Turns out they never placed the order so I had nothing to pick up. This ended up being a very good thing in the end....

Decided to head back to the other bank to see how many other bags of quarters they had left. Teller said 2 which worked out perfectly so I took them both. Got through both and decided to go out and dump so I would be all cashed out tomorrow for my normal Wednesday pick up. First bank I go to, the teller informs me the bag totaled $919.50 - Uh oh... All the posts on bags being short at times came to mind rather quick. Next bank - Bag = 1K, perfect. Last bank, bag was over by $80.25 which brought everything back to equal.

On the banks end, all was well with the 3 bags as it all equaled out - However, had I not gone back for the 2nd and 3rd bag, I would have been $80.00 short. Good thing my halves were not ordered this week.

I found 1 1940 quarter total.
 
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1940?!? All I'm ever able t find is 1964D Quarters in circulation. Great find! Glad things turn out okay for you on the bags. Keep at them while you can. Getting cut off sucks :/
 
Facing risk like that, and rolling that much to get 1 quarter makes CRH'ers special.

Keep on Rollin' !!
 
Nice. I found 6 halves today...still got a dime box to search.

HH
 
nice find! and glad everything worked out for you! Keep it up and hh! [R.I.P. Rich Hartford]
 
Not a big silver yield but one piece is better than none. At least you didn't get the shaft on that bag that was short! :thumbsup:
 
I'm glad it all worked out in the end.What is the mint mark on the 1940? The 40-D is a semi key.
 
If I'm ever able to find a place that will sell me bags I'm thinking of taking in one of those digital fish scales. Just hang the bag from it before I walk out. If it is underweight by a significant amount I wouldn't take it. (not sure how significant, but I'm thinking 5% below what it should be...)
 

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