Any Non Buyers Here?

Dahoov2,

That bank I deal with thats open 24 hours is called Woodforest and its inside an Walmart store thats open 24 hours per day in conroe texas. An lot companies use it and Walmart uses it to buy coins. They buy over 2000 worth pennies from federal government each week to sell to Walmart or anybody esle who buy them. They sell lots coins and its no problem.

Tonight I short on cash and only bought one box of 25 dollar pennies from them. I even bought like 4 bucks worth half dollars from them. After I search them I may dump at one my banks or reroll and use them to buy stuff like gas or food or whatever. You can do the same thing use the what you need for sets and use the rest for stuff you need to buy.

On ikes or halfs, two dollar bills or whatever you just ask bank for them. They will sell them to you. I even ask for bu rolls of coins sometimes if they have them.

You can afford to buy silver coins like I do to complete sets. My trick is find an good find from bank I sell it on ebay . You can also sell your completed sets on ebay like an 1941 Thur 2007 penny folder for like 40 dollars and use the money to buy stuff you cant find in banks to finish sets. That's I what I do. The wheat's I pay around 3 to 4 bucks per roll on ebay since I cant find an lot them in bank boxes.

If I was you I would save all 59 thu 81 copper pennies to sold as copper bullion on ebay just like silver coins are . I so far have saved up 100 face or 65 pounds of 59 Thur 81 copper pennies. On ebay they will buy for it around 200 bucks for copper bullion. Most 25 dollar bank boxes have maybe 5 or 6 bucks worth of them in there you for you to save in-till you get an 25 or 50 dollar box full of them. I am trying sell my copper cents to buy 4 rolls of old pre 64 to 46 silver dimes at cost about 50 bucks for 5 bucks face on them.

You can even get silver at face value from buying boxes of half dollars from banks sometimes. They cost 500 bucks per box and the bank will special order them. I would buy when you get your paycheck from working. Use the stuff you dont want or need to pay your bills since its lot money.

Chevrolet454ss

To Chervolet454ss Wow. That's a lot of info. I didn't think of Wal-mart! I'll check out mine closest as they just put in a new bank there. I just started hearing the theory about lincoln cents. Is this becaus they said that they've been trying to stop minting the cents? Last night, I bought the dime book I needed (lol it's only 2005 on) and the Sacagawea book and the Eisenhower dollar/Susan B. Anthony combo folder. I don't have ANY Ikes but my hubby said the teller offered him a roll of those. I am having him go back. I just realized they ONLY minted those in the 70's and that there's not many to collect. Looks like two of them have low mintage but otherwise shouldn't be too hard to get.

I have about 20 dollars in wrapped lincolns now that I don't need. You suggest rerolling them into 59-81?

I don't get a paycheck (not currently working for a few years now but last job was in a bank and I wasn't collecting them. Kind of like me living in Southern California near LA and wasn't autograph collecting then! Karma is against me! But hubby makes a good living. If I didn't have this 125k in son's student loans on my back, I'd be happy as a clam.

To Eaglefoot, I've been to DC many, many times. All those places and Mount Vernon and all the Smithsonian museums (some two or three times). We've also been to a couple re-enactments and some old historical homes here (Lee Hall Mansion and others). The area even on base is historical. I found a run down tiny cemetery part of bethel church where soldiers had a battle (literally a street away); this is why we want a metal detector ... now with the coin collection starting, I want the satisfaction of even finding ONE thing historical. A buckle or bullet... anything! Can we post websites here? My personal one shows all the places we visitied dahoovsplace.com If we weren't supposed to do that I apologize.

VERY cool artifacts (I used to live in North Dakota; should've done some Indian hunting then). In Arizona, the lands were littered with arrowheads and whatnot. Maybe you need to take a trip west! I don't know if I'd recognize an axe or stone tool on my own from just a rock! But I save unique things. It's fun.

Check out my site if you have time because if you love history, I've included nice links. Especially look in Virginia because I've got photos of Yorktown Battlefields, Cornwallis' cave, tons of stuff of possible interest with links to informative or very interesting places. For me, teh most facsinating are the least known, like St. John's church, Battle of Big Bethel and the Big Bethel church up the street from me. Hardly known, but great stories!

So I guess if you like Lewis and Clark, you like the Westward Ho nickels?

Way, way back to the original post. You stated you are using coin FOLDERS. I hope you do not mean actual folders where you press the coins into a slot and no reverse if visable. Note the back of the slots. The primary method to manufacturer those folders is to glue an entire sheet of hard paper and lay the slotted cardboard on that. Now the rear of the slots are also with glue. Your coins are now exposed to this glue and with moisture and time the backs of your coins will be discolored and possibly coated with that glue. I suggest you look into Albums with plastic slides so you can see both sides of the coins.
The next thing is I would suggest you try flea markets, garage/yard sales and estate sales. Not estate auctions. You may save yourself a lot of searching through massive amounts of coins for just a few worthwhile coins. Note that there are millions of people going to banks for coins every day and you will usually be looking through the same ones they just returned. The main thing at a garage/yard/estate sale is you have TO ASK. People, as a rule will not put money of any kind out on display but if you ask you may find a fortune just waiting for you. At one such sale I asked and was shown a jar with well over $35 in cents. The bottom was full of Indian cents. I offered $50 and walked away with thousands of dollars worth of coins. The main thing is you have to ask.
As to half dollars, Ike dollars, the new baby sized dollars. Most stores do not want them, most restaurants don't want them, people in a buisness that requires a coin changer being carried don't want them. Note. Coin changers used by train conductors do not have a slot fot those. Most cash registers do not have a place for those. Most vending machines are not set up to take those. Many people get confused between a Quarter and the baby sized dollars so they just don't use them. And $2 bills. Lots of stories about trying to use them and almost getting arrested.

Yeah, I am using the wrong folders I guess but I can't really justify going out and spending a ton more on books; I have another expensive hobby and need to not start again...

A laudrymat would be an awesome place for change! I know a lot of people who save their change in big jugs/bottles like that. My mother used to as well. I don't. I got a Scooby Doo small plastic thing; once it's filled, I empty it, wrap what I got after I look through. It holds about 50.00 or so (I put cents elsewhere) and that makes it easier.

I too have problems with the "D" mint. My older books, my problem is the "S" mint. They are a lot rarer.

Okay sorry for the delay but the sacs are not in ciculation and haven't been is the correct?

I'm in Kansas and we have a problem getting the "P" mint !! Except I don't know anyone from the East coast so........ I'm left to order it from the Mint or spend many hours looking through change (which I do)
I'm definately more and more into looking through "rolls" too....... but so far no luck.
Someone referred to "laundry mat" for change..... I like that idea ! I've hit car washes many many times.
Sac's haven't been in circulation for quite some time now......like the Kennedy half dollars only available in Proof and Mint sets or bought in rolls or bags from the U.S. Mint (which I do)
And yeah I agree with the comment earlier about coin collectors....... I've never sold a coin in my life....... I JUST COLLECT AND HOARD ! And I like all coins too......

Most of my collection I've put together from roll and pocket change searches. I've only ever bought 2 "lots" of coins to search from ebay. I have bought multiple pounds of forigen coins and found a few US coins in the mix.