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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 1764149, member: 20480&quot;]Before I started the business, and was still a collector at heart, I would occasionally get rolled coins with my paycheck, but never find a thing . . . really.&nbsp; Probably because I didn&#039;t do it consistently . . . sort of like playing the lottery.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anyway, in 2003 I thought the mint might curtail mintages of minor coins a bit, and decided I&#039;d try to snag a few shrink-wrapped rolls of new coinage at the bank at lunchtime, so I requested rolls of nickels, dimes and half dollars.&nbsp; I thought State Quarters were a flash in the pan, and avoided them like the plague.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The teller at the drive up took my money, and handed me paper rolled coins, so I knew I was probably not getting what I wanted, but I politely accepted what I asked for and drove off, thinking I&#039;d wasted my time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That night, after work, I remembered I had the rolls, and decided to spend a few minutes checking them before re-depositing them, just in case.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I went through the nickels first . . . I don&#039;t know why not the halves first, but I didn&#039;t.&nbsp; Nothing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dimes.&nbsp; Nothing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>First roll of halves.&nbsp; Nothing</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Second roll of halves . . . 20 circulated Walkers . . . yup, every single coin was a Walker.&nbsp; Loved that, I did. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With several more rolls of half dollars on the table, I ripped through them like a cat through a bag of goldfish.&nbsp; Nothing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The next day I went back to the bank and, without turning in the rolls from the day before, I obtained another $100 more rolls.&nbsp; Nothing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I did the same again several more times, with identical results.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Someone probably cleaned out grandma&#039;s closet and deposited all of the rolled coins without looking through them.&nbsp; In retrospect, I should have asked for more rolls of dimes and quarters, but was so focused on the halves at the time, I completely forgot.&nbsp; Doubtless, someone else was pleasantly surprised with one or more rolls of those.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One shot deal.&nbsp; Never before and never again.&nbsp; Wierd.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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