In all the years I have been box hunting I would always see rolls with the color AW posted.
In the last 3 years I have been noticing more frequently(until the beginning of this year,I stopped getting boxes)That the rolls were changing colors often.
I have received some that were yellow/white,blue/white,green/white,orange/white-like AW,brown/white,and most recently(5 months ago) Black/white.
The yellow/white's were the ONLY rolls I have ever seen with a company logo on them-N.F. string/son.All the others just say $10 halves.
Another interesting note is the black/white's were made of a light weight paper,very difficult to open the end and slide the coins back in to use the same roll for deposit.
I took it to mean that the rolling company found a cheaper supplier of the half rolls and since the buying of halves boxes has skyrocketed in the past few years,they figured they would shop for a cheaper supplier since they roll so many more now than they have in probably the past 30+ years!
Anyway to answer the question,the color is solely based on the manufacturer of the roll sheet paper.Those of you who consistently get the same color rolls,box after box,are serviced by a carrier who either doesn't roll very many boxes(relative to others areas
) or who deals with a manufacturer who can always fill the order when needed.
I think the reason I had seen so many different colors in the past few years is directly related to the HUGE number of new hunters to hit my area in the past few years
.The suppliers of the wrapping paper either couldn't fill the demand on time or were priced out by their competition.That competition being the makers of the light weight/low quality wrapping paper.
A question for you all:Who gets rolls that actually say a manufacturers name on the paper?
Are there rolls that actually say brinks on them or does everyone just assume their boxes come from "Brinks"?
I thinks Brinks is just such a widely recognized name in the business that everyone figures they supply their boxes,when in fact it could be a different carrier.
I am not certain but I believe the wrapping paper used to make the roll AW posted a pic of is actually made by DUB-HARRIS,out of Commerce CA.
I am also fairly certain that all the boxes you guys get across the country,that are of the 2-stack variety,are made Dub-Harris as well.
And the single stack boxes are made by N.F. string/son.
Can anyone confirm or deny this?Have you seen boxes built by a company other than these 2?
