My bank is great in providing me bricks whenever I request them. Actually I email the teller ahead of time and the brick is waiting for me upon my arrival. The teller told me today that the bank also carries $50 penny bags from coins they run from their counting machine.
I was wondering if this is a standard practice elsewhere and if so, a proven better alternative to score good finds then bricks?
I was getting $50 bags from a local grocery store's coin machine for several years and yes I did have some good finds but toward the end before they cut me off, I was not finding anything remarkable. One good thing is you don't have to unwrap rolls.
I would say yes because there is a good chance some brings in their _________ full of coins they've been saving for 20 years and don't want to roll them. They will do it the easy way and let the bank count them. No fees to the customer like Coinstar charges.
I use 6 banks to get my bricks and the one bank always have $50.00 bas for me, so time to time when I put my order in I will get $200.00 in bricks and the other will be the $50.00 bag. I have some great finds in the bags that is where my 1972/1972 came from, I fell off my chair when I seen that awesome DDO. It is on here to look at....So for me the bags a good, as well as the bricks. I must say though there are times when I go through bricks that I do not find anything.
I remember cashing in pennies at my bank's counting machine a few years ago. The bags got full so the teller had to change two of them. As she removed one, I saw hundreds of wheat pennies inside! I asked her if I cold buy it and she said the manager did not allow them to sell bags. Boy, it hurt to see that bag go away.
UPDATE - I finished examining the bag today and it was a disappointment. Scored only eight wheats and they were all from the 50's. I do like to find "S" memorials and happily found nine of them. My best find was a 2000 WAM and it is posted for examination. Hopefully my next purchase will be better!
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