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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks for the encouragement. I will just have to work my way up to the halves. I figure as I go to the bank I can ask them if they have anything of interest.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4113 Posts |
If you don't have the capital for boxes of halves ( 1 Box $500.00) I would suggest starting out with Lincoln Cents and Jefferson nickels. 1 box of cents will cost you $25.00- keep going with cents until you find something real good that you can sell for more capital etc to upgrade to halves down the road etc. Good luck with your searches no matter what way you end up going! |
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Valued Member
United States
272 Posts |
I'm in the same boat as you. I would love to search halves, but can't drop $500 at a time for a box. So I just started with cents, nickels, and dimes. So far after a few weeks I have found a total of 0 silver, 1 Wheat cent, and lots total junk (toy money, washers, Canadan). At least I have gotten a few folders almost filled at face. It's still fun and cheap so I can't see me stopping anytime soon. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2272 Posts |
If you live near the bank there may be another solution; just make more trips.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
Yeah.......don't worry about buying whole entire boxes of whatever denomination. Just ask the bank for some rolls of anything. The halves they'll likely not have though.
A shoestring budget can still work for roll hunting !
And as someone mentioned.....a box of Cents is only $25.00.
Nickels are $2.00 a roll.......you can just ask for 10 rolls.
Dimes......same way.
Qtrs....same.
Just buy a handfull of single rolls from the bank......take em' home to look through......then take em' right back the next day.....nuthin' to it !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
625 Posts |
Try not to take them back to the same bank so you dont get the same rolls back. Have a pickup bank/branch and a dump bank/branch.
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Valued Member
United States
58 Posts |
Learning alot here guys. I really to appreciate your patience and encouragement.
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Valued Member
United States
272 Posts |
I use 2 different branches of the same bank. I deposit my rolls at one and then swing by the other and withdraw it again as rolls. I also started marking my rolls in case they happen to cross level rolls between branches.
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Valued Member
United States
327 Posts |
Halves are searched to death around here, I don't bother for the most part, although I do have a pair of the Whitman half dollar folders I picked up I'm trying to fill with high quality examples-NOT as easy as it should be....) I will do cents and nickels. Cents are way fun. Trying to find 98 and 99 wide AMs, looking for the 2009 presidential series, sorting copper from zincolns, finding wheat cents, proof coins, super nice examples etc. Big cheap fun! Nickels are fun too, the old ones, the silver wartime issues, looking for full steps (good luck!), the westward journey series, the elusive "Speared Buffalo" (Hey, I found one, so you could too....) the occasional original Buffalo or V nickel. It's not all about the silver. Roll searching is supposed to be fun! Silver is a nice bonus, but not the be-all end-all of the hobby. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 .......well said ! .....  |
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Valued Member
United States
118 Posts |
you guys can always go to banks and ask for halves they could have some loose ones! I found to 1964's from loose halves. their out there and it won't cost much!
Goodluck
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Valued Member
United States
294 Posts |
I did just what Youngfee101 suggested yesterday. My partner needed to stop at his bank, so I had him ask the teller for any halves. He came out and siad "You owe me two dollars" He also said she had another $5.50 worth in her drawer. I went in got those. Out of a total of 15, I found 1 1964 Kennedy. I did the same with nickels, picking up 5 or 10 rolls when I desposited my paycheck. I actually have a large jar I throw my pocket change into (when it's full, I roll it and depsoit it) so I just threw the coins from the rolls I didn't want into that jar. I filled a lot holes in my Jefferson collection this way.
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Valued Member
United States
111 Posts |
Picked up my 1st box of nickels yesterday and although I haven't found anything of significance yet, it's still fun searching.
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Valued Member
United States
335 Posts |
I'm going to pick up a box in about an hour. We've been looking forward to it all week.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
I ask my bank for rolls of halves everytime I cash my pay check or go in to move money from one account to another, sometimes I get a few rolls sometimes I get quite a few rolls, and sometimes I get none, but it never hurts to ask even if they only have one roll.
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