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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1156093, member: 15199"]More than likely the boxes were not from the fed , but were from the armor delivery or wrapping company. New coins from the mint arrive there in containers that need a forklift. These are then wrapped for distribution. If the company has received coins back from the banks, they just re-roll them also, sometimes along with new ones. It is "said" that some delivery companies do extract silver coins if detected.</p><p><br /></p><p>If your 2 boxes of coins could talk , they might say they have had several round trips, as many have looked for silver for a long time. In 2005, I searched 3 boxes of halves and found 3 full rolls of 90% halves. Last year 2 boxes with results like yours <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> No more time wasting as all of the banks here use the same delivery company.</p><p><br /></p><p>jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1156093, member: 15199"]More than likely the boxes were not from the fed , but were from the armor delivery or wrapping company. New coins from the mint arrive there in containers that need a forklift. These are then wrapped for distribution. If the company has received coins back from the banks, they just re-roll them also, sometimes along with new ones. It is "said" that some delivery companies do extract silver coins if detected. If your 2 boxes of coins could talk , they might say they have had several round trips, as many have looked for silver for a long time. In 2005, I searched 3 boxes of halves and found 3 full rolls of 90% halves. Last year 2 boxes with results like yours :( No more time wasting as all of the banks here use the same delivery company. jim[/QUOTE]
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