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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1095109, member: 15929&quot;]When I was in Colorado I had four separate bank accounts, over and above my regular checking/savings banks (2), which I used solely for ordering coins and dumping coins. All were Kennedy Half Dollars.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve learned that unless there is a Casino in your area, Kennedy&#039;s returned to the bank often sit in the vaults until enough get accumulated to justify a call to get them shipped back to the feds.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One bank I was using specifically for the dumping of coins called and asked me to stop after I&#039;d dumped nearly $10,000 worth of halves. Another branch of the same bank simply held onto what ever I returned to them. They had about $4,000 worth sitting in their vaults all rolled up (by me) and boxed. Shipping coinage through a Security Company can be quite expensive for them. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Banks do have to pay for getting coins securely shipped to and from the Federal Reserve vaults and most don&#039;t really appreciate coin collectors since they represent an overhead expense. Coinage that regularly circulates is one thing but coinage that does not is just an overhead burden. Now I suppose if you had about $50 or $100 grand deposited in each of the banks they would not complain but a minimum deposit savings account just won&#039;t be enough.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for &quot;buttering&quot; up the tellers, save your gifts for the &quot;vault teller&quot; since thats the person responsible for ordering and shipping coinage. Sweet talking the Bank Manager or VP wouldn&#039;t hurt either since the Vault Teller reports to them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My experience has also been that most banks will order and provide you with all the Half Dollars your heart desires as long as they are minimum $500 orders. Getting rid of them is a completely different challenge though.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good Luck in your quest since it sounds like your off to a good start and whatever you do, don&#039;t just &quot;mine&quot; for silver. Take some time to look for the many, many Double Die Kennedy&#039;s that were produced between 1964 and 1984 as they are out there and quite desireable by most Kennedy collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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