Roll searchers: FED or BRINKS?

rbf · September 17, 2007 7:46AM

I've been asking banks in my area (Atlanta) if they could order boxes of halves for me. Most banks apparently get their coin/currency through Brinks service, although one bank tells me they order directly from the Federal Reserve. So my question is, which will most likely yield the most silver: coins from a private company (Brinks), or coins directly from the FED?

LindeDad · September 17, 2007 7:55AM

Would not a private company be more likely to keep the silver and make the money if it could?

Earendil · September 17, 2007 7:58AM

Neither. With the complete lack of silver I have found thus far, I am beginning to think that the people who roll them separate it right at the source.

Georgems65 · September 17, 2007 8:11AM

all you need is to get one roll full bu kennedys and you are in the money. Try buying a full roll of BU halves from the 70,s 80,s or earl 90's. its not easy

19Lyds · September 17, 2007 9:01AM

<< <i>Neither. With the complete lack of silver I have found thus far, I am beginning to think that the people who roll them separate it right at the source. >>

I doubt this since their business is rolling coin and not collecting it. Rolling machine operators don't have the time to go through the coin before its rolled. Only if it gets rejected.

There is a ton of silver still out there but you just have to be patient and methodical in your searches.

AND....have lots of money to tie up in $500 boxes.

tightbudget · September 17, 2007 4:02PM

About the same, though I have never gotten any of the Brinks ones.

AskRaq · September 17, 2007 5:13PM

Ummmmmm..... LOOMIS. (or, however it's spelled)

fishcooker · September 17, 2007 11:17PM

Neither if you are serious about findind silver. Use a bank in the bad part of town right before the holidays.

Back when I bothered with halves, my best scores come from banks that need and have bullet-proof glass.

Roll searchers: FED or BRINKS?

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