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Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 8:59 pm
by Pennysaved
I went to one of my regular pick up banks and picked up $2500 in halves. Usually the boxes are square and have there are 2 stacks of halves on top of each other. Today, one of the boxes was one level rectangular and had holes in the top so you could see the halves. The wrappers were yellow and white.

The teller said she had never seen a box like that before and neither had I.

Is it strange to get a different type of box from the same bank?

It was a nice box I found 22 40% halves.

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 10:24 pm
by beauanderos
Sounds like it could have been an old style box. Nice score tho :o

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:32 pm
by Computer Jones
The bank switched their supplier, brown squarish boxes with brown wrappers are from Brinks, flat rectangular boxes with yellow wrappers are from String & Son.

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:39 pm
by Roadrunner
I've had some of those NF String yellow and white wrappers...and been skunked on a few hundred $$$. :evil:

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:47 pm
by Pennysaved
How could the bank switch suppliers if I got 4 square boxes and 1 flat rectangular box? Wouldnt they have been all flat if they switched?

Guess I don't understand the distribution system. Do they store boxes and maybe the flat box was stored somewhere for a while and it just ended up being sent out now?

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:07 am
by TXBullion
Not sure but sometimes with pennies, ill get the clear roll boxes and in the same order there will be the peek a boo boxes too.

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:08 am
by HoardCopperByTheTon
Guess what kind of paper is loaded up on the WS-21 right now. Gonna take a few rolls to Wally World tonight and do a little shopping. :mrgreen:

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 6:41 am
by zerocd
Every Bank around here has rectangular boxes. Never have seen a square box after zillions of boxes.

0CD

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:22 am
by NDFarmer
zerocd wrote:Every Bank around here has rectangular boxes. Never have seen a square box after zillions of boxes.

0CD


Same here that's all I have ever picked up around here no matter which bank I go to is the rectangle boxes. I have never seen a square box.

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:37 am
by UDEric
Most of the banks in my area have the flat rectangular boxes. Citibank and Capital One however seem to have the square (2 tier) boxes. Overall I'd say I've had more success with the square ones, but really I think it's all a crapshoot.

One bank that we have been picking up 2 boxes a week from for a few months (always square boxes) the other day gave out 2 rectangle boxes. The lady said "thats what came today...I'm not sure why"

The more I play this game the more I learn the only rule to live by is "The more you sort, the more you find"

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:07 am
by fasteddy
My pickup bank supplies me with both kinds of half boxes and three different pennie boxes...never know what I am getting until they bring'em out....I am with...

UDEric wrote:"The more you sort, the more you find"

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:30 am
by fb101
Where I am I gave up on the one bank that had the square boxes; I prefer the rectangles.

Re: Weird shaped box of halves

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:36 am
by AGCoinHunter
PS, those are Loomis boxes around here.