Anyone ever open a sealed bank bag before?

baseballjeff · February 16, 2012 10:48AM

Like this? Curious about it!

Jeff

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segoja · February 16, 2012 11:50AM

more of a quasi bank bag.

most likely circ dollars worth around $30/coin

UtahCoin · February 16, 2012 12:14PM

<< more of a quasi bank bag.

most likely circ dollars worth around $30/coin >>

Or Ike dollars......

UtahCoin · February 16, 2012 12:19PM

I did open a sealed bag (1000) stamped 1881 San Francisco about 20 years ago. As I recall most were 63ish with a lot of PL's, all were 1881-S.

I know a man in Park City, UT that has 16 sealed bags in his safe, he even let me see them...

baseballjeff · February 16, 2012 12:53PM

<< I did open a sealed bag (1000) stamped 1881 San Francisco about 20 years ago. As I recall most were 63ish with a lot of PL's, all were 1881-S.

I know a man in Park City, UT that has 16 sealed bags in his safe, he even let me see them... >>

What a thrill that would be! Wow!

lasvegasteddy · February 16, 2012 1:09PM

a club i'm not in...;(
i did open grannies bank rolled injuns though when i was wee in the 60's...that was a treat...new red ihc's falling all over the table becuase the paper crumbled apart...

Sonorandesertrat · February 16, 2012 1:56PM

Utah Coin, in that bag that you looked through, do you recall seeing colorful bag-toned coins? If so, roughly how many?

stealer · February 16, 2012 1:56PM

I think the right person to ask about this topic would be AUandAG

notwilight · February 16, 2012 2:09PM

I've opened sealed mint bags of sac dollars ($2000). Sold one recently to a forum member. 1963 would be pre-Ikes so if this is found to have Ike dollars in it, the seal is a fake. --Jerry

AUandAG · February 16, 2012 2:10PM

<< I think the right person to ask about this topic would be AUandAG >>

Yep, opened hundreds of them back in the early 60's. Had the pleasure of working the hard
count room at the Carson Hot Springs Casino for $1 per hour wages. Took my pay in Silver
that came out of those bags. Unfortunately they got spent on broads or booze or smokes!

Dang heavy and 95% were repacked bank bags. Once in a while we would get a "fresh" bag
from wherever they got the coin. Toners were, glad to say, few and far between. Probably
going through so many hands and casinos that they didn't have time to tone. The "fresh" bags
had very few. We cleaned them as the patrons just did not like them and shied away when
the club tried to hand them out. Most were dang ugly. I don't ever remember bright crescents
but then, we were a small place (compared to the Nugget or Silver Spur or such).

Would love the chance of doing that again and I only know of one bag locally and it's being
used as a door stop (door never closes so bag does not move).

bob

dcarr · February 16, 2012 2:51PM

In 1976, I opened a brand-new mint-sealed bag of $1000 1976-D Bicentennial Ike dollars (type-2).
All I found in it was 1,001 ordinary UNC Ike dollars.

melvin289 · February 16, 2012 2:59PM

<< In 1976, I opened a brand-new mint-sealed bag of $1000 1976-D Bicentennial Ike dollars (type-2).
All I found in it was 1,001 ordinary UNC Ike dollars. >>

You mean they weren't the Bicentennial Ikes? Just plain old Ikes.

Ron

baseballjeff · February 16, 2012 3:40PM

What a thrill to read this story! Thank you Bob! And everyone else for that matter!

<< 

<< I think the right person to ask about this topic would be AUandAG >>

Yep, opened hundreds of them back in the early 60's. Had the pleasure of working the hard
count room at the Carson Hot Springs Casino for $1 per hour wages. Took my pay in Silver
that came out of those bags. Unfortunately they got spent on broads or booze or smokes!

Dang heavy and 95% were repacked bank bags. Once in a while we would get a "fresh" bag
from wherever they got the coin. Toners were, glad to say, few and far between. Probably
going through so many hands and casinos that they didn't have time to tone. The "fresh" bags
had very few. We cleaned them as the patrons just did not like them and shied away when
the club tried to hand them out. Most were dang ugly. I don't ever remember bright crescents
but then, we were a small place (compared to the Nugget or Silver Spur or such).

Would love the chance of doing that again and I only know of one bag locally and it's being
used as a door stop (door never closes so bag does not move).

bob

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dcarr · February 16, 2012 4:28PM

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<< In 1976, I opened a brand-new mint-sealed bag of $1000 1976-D Bicentennial Ike dollars (type-2).
All I found in it was 1,001 ordinary UNC Ike dollars. >>

You mean they weren't the Bicentennial Ikes? Just plain old Ikes.

Ron >>

I mean the bag contained 1,001 (one extra) - all were 1976-D BICENTENNIAL (Type-2).
No mint errors.

melvin289 · February 16, 2012 4:31PM

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<< 

<< In 1976, I opened a brand-new mint-sealed bag of $1000 1976-D Bicentennial Ike dollars (type-2).
All I found in it was 1,001 ordinary UNC Ike dollars. >>

You mean they weren't the Bicentennial Ikes? Just plain old Ikes.

Ron >>

I mean the bag contained 1,001 (one extra) - all were 1976-D BICENTENNIAL (Type-2).
No mint errors. >>

Thanks for the reply. Gee, you would expect at least one error coin in a bag I would think.

Ron

Edited to add: Be careful if the government reads this they will want their dollar back plus 36 years of interest.

Ron

UtahCoin · February 16, 2012 9:27PM

<< Utah Coin, in that bag that you looked through, do you recall seeing colorful bag-toned coins? If so, roughly how many? >>

Not even one as I recall.

ProofArtworkonCircs · February 17, 2012 1:33PM

I once opened a bag about 1963 and found 999 BU 1878 S and 1 beat up 1923. The bag had been audited. So it was either short or somebody did a swap. This was a Treasury bag inside a federal reserve bag. Usually we got plain treasury bags. This one was the only almost all uncs out of many bags.

Anyone ever open a sealed bank bag before?

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