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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dimes, then halves, then nickels. Over six straight years of hunting dimes, my finds averaged one silver per $150 searched. Halves, maybe one or two 40% per box. Nickels, one War Nickel per two boxes. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like pennies to be honest. They are the cheapest, have the most per roll, and have the most errors of any coin. They're the absolute cheapest, ($0.50 per roll, $25 per box). They have wheats, sometimes Indians, sometimes dimes, many errors. The massive quantity of pennies produced allows more time for error. Not including off centers and die clashes, there's a book with over 100 pages of Lincoln Cent errors. |
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New Member
 United States
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So, I decided to do a little variety. Will post any good ones I find.  |
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Moderator
 United States
189301 Posts |
Someone has some work to do.  |
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Valued Member
United States
218 Posts |
I like pennys ( Lincoln Cent) then nickels Pennys because I'm always looking for that 31S , 09 S,09 S vdb,found the 09 vdb just didn't have the S lol And nickels for the War Nickels love those |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1000 Posts |
Good luck, Eddie! I find the volume guys end up with better luck doing halves. I did fourteen boxes of halves in about a month, and there are people here that run through that many per week! Out of those boxes, I only ended up with 2 90% and 16 40% -- I couldn't even put together a roll of silver! And dumping is a pain. I've gotten into cents recently. An early 1999 WAM got me hooked, then I started noticing errors: die chips, die breaks, a fun lamination. I'm still looking for a second coin worth grading so I don't have to send in the WAM solo. |
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New Member
United States
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Yea, lots of work ahead for me. I was going to get 1 box of halves but my bank didn't have a box. I also asked if there was anyone else buying boxes and they said no. Smaller town so that might be great for me. I plan on ordering 2 boxes of halves next week.
As for now, I am only 3 rolls of nickels into this hunt. Nothing significant yet bet it's still very early in this game.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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the best rolls are the ones that you can get your hands on. There is luck, and there is strategy. Nice pickup of boxes, you should hopefully have some good finds in there. If there are not, dont be discouraged. Keep looking and you will find.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1000 Posts |
It takes me an evening to do five bucks in cents, so you'll be busy there. Compare your roll rates over the different denominations. I think I can at least half a box of halves in the time it takes me to do the five bucks.
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Valued Member
United States
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Good luck!!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2917 Posts |
14,000 coins... that would take me about 2 days or so... Have fun! And good luck!
I was going to recommend nickels first, halves next, cents third, dimes fourth... quarters are boring unless you're trying to complete a modern set - a lot of the 2009-2012 dated coins are very tough to come by due to low mintages.
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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New Member
United States
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Thank you all for all of the replies. Please keep those suggestions coming if you have any. I have only gone through one box of nickels so far. Nothing great found yet just a few pre-1960 and two Canadians. Nickels go fairly easy and pennies seem to go very slow because of the amount of errors and key dates to look for. But I do really enjoy searching pennies and I also do keep all Copper's. I still have not done quarters or halves but I plan on doing two boxes of halves next week.
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Valued Member
United States
404 Posts |
I go through phases of crh'ing myself, I have poor luck though, I think my best luck comes from nickels, dimes I get lucky every once in a while but it's usually a Canadian silver that I find
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New Member
United States
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go outside the box.( no pun intended,) I'm looking for the new "unknown" find. 1981 zinc?..i have a couple that I have to weigh (see some zinc possible between the columns..again have to weigh. plus 95% copper all the way to 1990! mint error news artice about it..plus a 1989 d too! 1993 Close AM penny,etc...you never know! (hey! 1986 fg transitional anyone? looking for that too! |
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New Member
United States
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personally attributed (examined) over 600,000 coins
(front and back)over 8 years and I am
looking for anything and everything! thanks.
good luck!
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