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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2782391, member: 19250&quot;]And it wasn&#039;t&nbsp; Banks whom rolled them....the branch banks of the Federal&nbsp; Reserve&nbsp; system&nbsp; rolled them. The only bank rolled coins were hand rolled on flat sheets.</p><p>The branch banks received&nbsp; coinage from the mint. Mostly&nbsp; in bags of 1000 for dollars.</p><p>The truck would pull into the back of the bank. The doors were closed,and a turn table would turn the truck around to the loading dock.&nbsp; This was done for security&nbsp; reasons .</p><p>The bags off loaded were loaded onto dollies, and taken to several rooms that were more so cages that housed machine&nbsp; rollers. </p><p>Different&nbsp; cages&nbsp; rolled different&nbsp; denomination&nbsp; of coins.</p><p>Banks would then place a order for the coins needed by their customers .</p><p>Now remember&nbsp; during&nbsp; this period&nbsp; banks used quite a bit of coinage.....as a dollar was a lot of money.</p><p>How do I know this my father worked 47 years for the Federal&nbsp; Reserve .&nbsp; He held quite&nbsp; a few positions&nbsp; from the age of 15 when he and my uncle started, and retired @ 62 as a Federal&nbsp; Reserve&nbsp; Agent .&nbsp; Who issued and destroyed currency , before that he ran the non cash collection&nbsp; dept. Yes Checks.....unlike today&#039;s&nbsp; check processing all checks written&nbsp; went through&nbsp; a branch or a Federal&nbsp; Reserve&nbsp; bank to be cleared&nbsp; for payment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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