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Did I miss something, who is the young numismatist we are talking about

 

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T$, read 3 posts back from here.

 

halpeters' daughter

 

Ahhh okay, that make a a little more sense

 

2009 Lincoln

Found my first 2009 Lincoln today. It's the "rail splitter". That is a very cool looking coin! Can't wait to find the next 3 designs.

 

Krispy:

You can get a box of pennies from most any bank. It is 25 bucks and you get 2500 pennies (no premium). For the halfs, some banks have them and some don't. No premium on any of them. Here is the catch, you don't want to return them to the same bank or you may end up searching the same coins again. It is most helpful to find a bank with a free coin counter. Otherwise, you'll need to re-roll them and return them to another bank. It is great fun. Good luck.

bob

 

Thanks Bob. I will post results whenever successful. Cheers!

 

The head teller is the one to talk to for odering coins.

 

Thanks!

 

You can ask the teller, or branch manager. Most banks / credit unions will order them for you. Make sure they are not going to charge you a fee for ordering. I have been able to order from Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Washington Mutual. Most banks want you to pickup the entire box at one time ($500). Some branches of the same bank have different rules about ordering coins, WaMu said I needed an account with them (only cost me $25 and its free), BoA has yet to ask me about having an account with them. One question I always get asked is if I'm bring the coins back to the bank. I have a couple of 'dump' branches that I use.

 

Thanks Halpeters! I was concerned about a large order and getting stuck with a large amount of coins after searching them, slowing my future ability to order more or deal with my local bank. No problem picking them all up at once except for the large investment to do so. =P

 

I wish I could find a bank that even had rolls of halves. I have gotten one roll of halves from a bank in this area and they were all 1976 halves.

 

None of the tellers have any on hand, rolled or even a few loose at most of the branches in my area of downtown Brooklyn that I do my banking at. This is partly why I am inquiring about how one goes about ordering a box and then returning the unwanted rolls afterwards. I suspect that in NYC they are considered to be way way too inconvenient to have around and banks get rid of them any chance they get. Fortunately the SBA and 'golden dollars' are in wide use given the USPS and MTA subway vending machines dispense them regularly.

 

At most of the banks I visit in Houston I'm hard pressed to find loose halfs in the teller drawers, most are scooped up by bank employees who know the value of coins.

 

Went through 2 boxes of pennies and found the following

1 log cabin penny
1 1940 canadian penny
2 1957 D shinier than normal
1 1939
1 1944
1 1942
2 canadian commemoratives

 

Were they very new looking?

I had a similar problem, too. I got a few rolls from my bank, and the rolls were Unc 1996-D halves. All of 'em. I think the last box the bank got might have been all 1996-D. As though the Federal Reserve had it stashed away until now . . . .

 

Went through 5 shotgun style rolls of Nickels today from the bank, yield:

1- 1939
1- 1940
1- 1947
1- 1948 S
1- 1959

 

My New additions

I just received $175.00 in cents for face value yesterday.....Kenny the Penny guy....in my area met his demise and expired several years ago...his daughter in law inherited his collection and called me and asked if I was interested...the lot consisted of Indian Head, Wheats (1909-1958), and Memorials(1959-1974)....all unc in original Unc rolls except Indian Heads......and half roll of 09s and(5) 09S vdb and four 14d and one 22 plain w/ strong reverse in rough condition...I will post photos later....I am too excited ...going thru trying to sort and verify my find......good luck to all:thumb:
Neal

 

Retail stores can yield many good finds.

I was a retail manager for about 5 years while in college and I can't begin to tell you all the coins and notes I found. It got to the point when the money was being counted at the end of the night, I could hear when a coin hit the tray that would be of my interest, especially silver. There was one time when Grand Theft Auto III came out a kid came up to me asking to buy it and as most know you have to be 17 to buy a game rated M, well he was clearly not old enough and as I asked his age he presented me a stack of money with multiple silver certificates on top. Well needless to say I told him to go find the nearest adult he knew so I could sell him the game. His brother bought the game and I got a handful of very nice old notes, that i'm sure a relative gave him. It's a shame kids don't respect things that.

 

I love the ringing sound of silver!