Happy Happy Joy Joy! Holiday Bank Bag Score!

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Stopped in at my regular "1" bag a week bank. And I get the FANTASTIC news. My bag bank is handling some of of the holiday change donated to the Salvation Army. Not sure if they do this in your neck of the woods, but around here we have them "bell-ringers" with a red donation bucket at most of the big local retail and grocery stores. I was told there are bringing in change daily. I scored 2 bags today! In the morning I'm going back to snag the nickel bag that's waiting for me.

Looks like copper numbers should be better that the usual 28%. I didn't see alot of wheats or canadians, either! But that's OK, I know they are in there! I did see one flattened penny with "Discover Ohio" on it. I, also, had to grab one handfull to see what was in there. And I get a very nice looking 1998 WAM!

[jasmatk]

very cool,keep us posted as to everything you find in them bags

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Hey I was happy as heck to find this bank. I went to at least 50 to 75 different banks/branches with no luck in securing bags off of the coin machines. Each place said "NOOOOO!". Anyway, 1 bag a week was alot better than nothing or I mean dealing with the plastic or paper rolls. Much faster!

Now I'm up to 3 bags in 2 days! I stopped by to return their 2 canvas bags from their coin machine only to find out they had another one waiting for me! The deal I have from them is I can buy ALL of their coins but "no" partial bags. And if I catch them before they dump their canvas bag into the fancy plastic bag, I just need to return their canvas bags.

Best find from the first 2 bags was a 1909 philly cent. My third 1909 this year!

Just feels nice to have a steady stream of pennies for awhile. It's getting old asking for boxes at all of my local branch stops. They know me....what I want...and still ask me....."...a box of pennies....a whole box....well what are you going to do with them....?" OLD!

So you guys with easy pickings with getting bags......think about how it would be without that luxury. I love boxes but no box has ever given me 600+ wheats and 2 indian heads at one time....like a bag did.

[Rodebaugh]

Rock on man.......soak it up while you can.

[twentybux]

Great score! Sounds like your Christmas gift came early. Good for you!

[tractorman]

atta way, addin' to the Fund.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

My 1 bag a week source has produced 10 bags in less than 2 wee ks!

[knibloe]

Good for you. The only bank that will sell me bags is about 100 miles from my home. I swing by when I am out there for work, which doesn't happen often enough.

[Diggin4copper]

My bag bank is getting busier the last 2 weeks.. usually I score 3 or 4 bags a week.. this week I had 6 bags waiting! And that was with them being closed for turkey day...

[adagirl]

rock on dude, that is awesome. I will have to inquire at my bank.

[GTOJohn]

congrats -
its funny how some banks/branches do not want anything to do with selling bags off their counters.
when, other banks welcome the idea.
guess the variaty helps keep the search interesting.

[ed_vantage17]

Found one CU that sells me bags. After greasing the wheels with chocolates the branch manager made a couple of calls and now I get bags from all three branches of this credit union. I only get a box now when I'm a few $$$ short of filling a $15 or $50 FV bag for resale.

[crazypennyguy]

Congrats. I had a similar opportunity, but I had to turn it down. For some reason, all my funds had already gone into penny boxes

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

4 more bags from the weekend!

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Just took a peak at one of the last 4 bags picked up yesterday. I saw a couple nickels in there.(canvas bag) I decided to investigate......finding 330 nickels.....no war nicks but still a nice bonus!

[Rosco]

Needed the encouragement to try for Cents I will be a bell ringer here. Have to See what happens

In Southern AZ in a one bank town have to try for cents found a few halves here last year
Have Scored a little silver just below Spot

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Now I find out they have three bags of nickels with my name on 'em.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

4 bags on monday.....3 more this afternoon....I'm gonna miss this after Christmas!

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

4 bags on monday.....3 more this afternoon....I'm gonna miss this after Christmas!

With all your cash tied up in unsorted bags of pennies there won't be any left for Christmas presents. You might have to settle for stuffing stockings with pennies.

[justoneguy]

I'm a slooow hand sorter, and now one of my banks just offered me their bags.
I'm going to have to win one of those ryedales in the realcent Christmas giveaway.
and dang here i was hoping for the unsearched wheaties.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Trying to finish the 7 bags I have currently. Been taking dumps back to the dump bank in $50 to $70 amounts. Looks like about $150 left to sort. Wheats are low, no indian heads, and guessing the copper percentage in the low to mid 20's. It's been fun so far. But Monday they will have MORE bags for me to go through!

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

17 bags down.......hand sorted!

2 more picked up today.

And they should have 4 or 5 for me on Wednesday.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

17 bags sorted and zincs returned to my favorite dump bank. Just finished the next 2 bags that I picked up on Monday. And yesterday, Wednesday, they had 5 more for me. I only grabbed 3 for now. They are gonna hold 'em for me!

So, that's 19 down since the 3rd week in November...+3 more sitting on my table...and at least 5 or 6 waiting for me come Monday morning. I can't get to the dump bank or the bag bank til then.

MY EYES!

[NHsorter]

Wow, that's a lot of sorting. Sounds like a blast. Wish I had a source like that, and the time to go through all of it!

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

I'm happy with the copper percentages. But I was looking to find more wheats and older wheats. The wild indian, too! I've gone through a BUNCH of 82's looking for another DDO. The errors, besides a small handfull of 98 and 00 wams, are eluding me. Still having fun.