Thursday, Friday finds

[prizm II]

Thursdays usual 2 boxes were OK. I just love seeing the old coins and always think about what 50 cents would buy in the year they were new

box 1 1- Walker (45)
3-40%
box 2 1- Walker (45)
1-90% (64)
4-40%

Friday I went to 6 banks close to home that I last visited in January. Found $565 in halves and no Ikes. (One coin shop I called will pay $1.05 for Ikes. Not worth the effort? I have 200.)

First bank sold me the counting bag for $97 which had $91.50 in halves, 8-quarters, 7-cents, 1-nickle, 1-peso, 1-Canada $2, and 1-button. Produced 2-40% coins.

Another bank had $200 in rolled and also sold me the counting bag for $260.
The $200 rolled gave up 1-Franklin (51), and 2-40%.
The $260 coin bag gave me stink and 2-Quarters and 1-dime. I didn't count the bag to see if shorted
The rest of the $565 was loose halves with no keepers. One bank did order me a box for Tuesday so now I have 3 boxes to pick up and search.

 

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[Pennyworth]

Prizm, sorry to hear you were shorted. Just wondering if these are the first bags you have purchased? That happened to me with the first two that I purchased,shorted $5.00 total. I did mention it in passing to the teller when I went back to ask if they could order more halves for me. She told an account manager and the manager called and left a message on my answering machine asking me to call her at my earliest convience.

When I called she said I understand you were shorted and she asked what was in the bags and I told her. So then she said I'll credit your account and I was really shocked,espeically since I didn't have an account at that bank. I had originally walked into the bank a few weeks ago to ask if they had any halves available and the teller came out of the vault with a bag of halves so I bought it. Then another teller mentioned that I could order them,so I did that and no one asked if I had an account at that time. I told the manager that I didnt' have an account but I can open one up and asked if they would be there later that day. They were and I ran down to the bank and opened an account and they credited the shortage and I ordered more halves. I'm waited for the bag to come in this week. I think this is a pretty nice bank to do all that for me and they weren't upset when I said I didn't have an account. I turned in the batting tokens that were in the bag and the manager asked if I wanted to keep anything so I kept the 5 Franc. She said they would destroy the rest.

 

[prizm II]

Pennyworth, this was the third time I've bought a counting bag, but the first time that I've counted it just to see. With all the other coins in the bag I figured it would be short. I don't mind as it's part of the hunt and I'm glad when the bank will sell me the bag

Thanks scotto, I'll keep my options open.

 

[Pennyworth]

Pennyworth, this was the third time I've bought a counting bag, but the first time that I've counted it just to see. With all the other coins in the bag I figured it would be short. I don't mind as it's part of the hunt and I'm glad when the bank will sell me the bag

I understand your point of view and it is a lot of fun hunting bags of conis. I sort of like hunting the bags better than the boxes. It's fun to dump them all out and look at them and see if you can spot any silver halves and then look at each of them. Keep on hunting!



I should use the spell check before I post! I always make an error and sometimes I find it later. LOL

 

[scotto]

(One coin shop I called will pay $1.05 for Ikes. Not worth the effort? I have 200.)

No way. Ebay them, I've seen some go for 3-4 bucks each on ebay.