Hey there folks! I apologize ahead of time for the length of this post, but this entry is going to take me a little bit to relay. For those of you who just like to hear about coins like me, stick around. If not, please feel free to bypass. So, in a couple of previous posts I've extolled the virtues of the ladies at my pickup bank (Rabobank). There are only five of them (including the branch manager) but they all look out for me. I regularly pick up ordered coins on Wednesdays (halves, dimes, and nickels). But also have a special arrangement for CWR. They go out of their way for me by storing any CWR coins that are brought in during the week. I pick these up every Friday. The relationship has become so good that they all have my phone number & email. My Friday pickups have been anywhere from $50 to $1,300.00, depending on customer deposits. This week, my box of halves were delayed do to shipping errors by Garda, so I had to pick them up on Thursday afternoon. When I went in to pick them up I asked Teri (my cash vault heroine) what the CWR looked like for Friday. She told me it was around $250.00 at that point. I took the halves home, looked at them, and got skunked. Friday afternoon (2:00 p.m.) an email popped up and I engaged in the following conversation with Terri via email. Teri: Hey, what silver dollars are worth something again? Me: Morgans & Peace before 1936. Some Eisenhowers, if they were the right ones. Teri: You are going to be a happy camper. Me: Why, did you get your hands on something? (before I could send this reply, she sent me the following e-mail) Teri: What about a 1964 Half Dollar? Me: Did you get something since I talked to you yesterday afternoon? How much should I bring? Teri: It is over $600.00 Me: Alright, I'll be down there in about an hour or so. See you then! By the time I got to the bank, the total CWR had risen to $731.00 When I walked in, Teri and one of the other tellers, Rosa, made an immediate dash for me. Teri: Some older gentleman said he was cashing in his 50 year collection because if he gave it to his kids, they would just blow it. He was going to use the money to buy some booze and food for a party. Rosa: Dan, half dollars 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, right? She was very animated. Me: Yes, those are definitely the ones I want. So, I picked up my coins, thanked them, and told them I would let them know what I got on Monday. So...here we go. Folks, please don't tell my wife about these pictures. If she saw these coins on her bed and bedspread, she would kill me. These are the two bags I picked up. Usually the coins inside are completely in rolls. But as you can see, the bag on the right had quite a bit of loose coin. As you can see, there are Eisenhower's in the bag, as well as rolled half dollars. Notice the labels on the rolls. Quarters, Dimes, Nickels, and cents all have similar, old BofA stamps. Several of them had dates on them. Of course, I've been burned before with hopeful wrappers, but the idea that it was someone's 50 year old collection had me excited. In this last picture you can see plenty of Eisenhowers and definite silver halves. Now, rather than create a video of me opening every roll (as I know most of you would love to see -- Silver Searcher anyone?) I decided I would wait until I am done and then tell you what I got. So... the next couple of pictures are the keepers stacked on my table. Notice the rolls marked "silver." If only -- boy a guy can hope, right? Unfortunately, I never found any Morgans or Peace Silver Dollars, but here is what I did find in the entire batch: Eisenhower Dollars - 103 '71 (23); '72 (32); '74 (12); Bicentennials (32); '77 (3); '78 (1) Kennedy Half-Dollars 40% (65-69) - 124 '65 (30); '66 (33); '67 (39); '68-D (12); '69-D (10) Washington Quarters (I collect bicentennials as a savings program) - 83 Dimes - Skunked Nickels - 120 Pre-1960 - 35% War Nickels ('42-"45) - 15 '42-S (1); '42-P (1); '43-S (3); '43-P (1); '44-S (1); '44-S (5); '45-P (3) Cents - 1,032 Copper (1959-1979) 351 Wheat Cents - Includes 3 Steel; 1916-S (1); 1919-P (2); 1919-S (2); 1920-S (1) This was a major pull for me folks. Twelve rolls of halves (124 - 40%) and on and on. I hope I didn't bore you too much, but I just couldn't keep this to myself. I love those ladies, and yes, I take very good care of them. They continue to keep me in coin and do not hold back the coins for themselves. They enjoy finding stuff for me and are very protective of getting things for me. P.S. As I was leaving with the bags, my coin vault connection (Teri) said that she had a friend in the same position at a Rabobank in another city an hour away. If I wanted, she would have her collect CWR there for me to pick up too. Where do you think I am going on Mondays now? Hallelujah!
Now THAT'S what I call a great banking relationship. I don't mind an institution like that charging fees for their services.
