Small gamble pays off
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:01 pmI was on vacation last week so I didn't get to go on my normal bank runs. Today I wanted to cash in some coins and use that cash to pick up more coins to sort but when I got to the bank with the fast sorting machine it was "Out of order" 
I decided to head on to a couple of banks anyway but with no cash and little time I had to hit an ATM and pay the $3 fee plus whatever my bank charges me for using the wrong machine...
So I get to the 1st bank and get $10 in pennies, $100 in halves and my teller says I have something for you...$200 in "These" and pulls out a $20 roll of Ike dollars. I bought 2 rolls and told her I'd get the rest on Friday when she works again. Nothing good found in the halves or Ikes so far and still looking through the cents now.
On to the next bank!
I had $130 in FRNs left and got my usual box of pennies and $100 in halves but these were customer wrapped rolls not the usual yellow Fed wrapped rolls the teller orders and keeps on hand for me. I get out to the truck and start opening rolls....nothing good in the first 6 rolls so I figured they were all dumps but opened the rest anyway. one roll was SOLID 40% and another roll had 2 1964's and 9 more 40%
, I never buy more than $100 per week so I don't want to tip off the teller that these were anything special. I think I will swing by there again in a day or two and get some more and tell him I have extra cash left from vacation last week. 
My $5 or $6 gamble paid off, this time
I decided to head on to a couple of banks anyway but with no cash and little time I had to hit an ATM and pay the $3 fee plus whatever my bank charges me for using the wrong machine...
So I get to the 1st bank and get $10 in pennies, $100 in halves and my teller says I have something for you...$200 in "These" and pulls out a $20 roll of Ike dollars. I bought 2 rolls and told her I'd get the rest on Friday when she works again. Nothing good found in the halves or Ikes so far and still looking through the cents now.
On to the next bank!
I had $130 in FRNs left and got my usual box of pennies and $100 in halves but these were customer wrapped rolls not the usual yellow Fed wrapped rolls the teller orders and keeps on hand for me. I get out to the truck and start opening rolls....nothing good in the first 6 rolls so I figured they were all dumps but opened the rest anyway. one roll was SOLID 40% and another roll had 2 1964's and 9 more 40%
, I never buy more than $100 per week so I don't want to tip off the teller that these were anything special. I think I will swing by there again in a day or two and get some more and tell him I have extra cash left from vacation last week. My $5 or $6 gamble paid off, this time