Searching Rolls Of Coins

IF you are on a small budget like me. I stick to Cents and nickels mainly. Once or twice a month I will grab a box of Dimes or quarters...Keep any silvers and anything else that catches my eye. Since I'm on a small budget...I can not afford to keep to many of the higher denominations without cutting into my original investment to much. I pick and choose with the higher denominations and usually return the box the next day. I can afford to keep a lot more cents and nickels per box as it is not usually to costly to replace what I keep. I live in Canada and can not get boxes of halves from our banks. I have yet to get lucky enough to find any halves from customer deposits on my many ventures to my local banks.

Keep with your budget. Search what you can afford and enjoy. Most of all...have fun.

I do both penny and nickel , never found a IHC but found like 30 War Nickels also 10 buffalos and 5 v-nickels plus for 10 proof nickels I only found 1 proof cent ! Both give you fun is just about luck I guess .(numbers of last year )

It really depends on a huge number of factors that aren't really being considered in the question.

If you are willing to invest a large amount of time and energy learning what you are doing, ANY denomination can pay off in numerous ways. That's the key - knowledge.

I personally chose Lincoln cents back in the day because it was what I could afford, and frankly it was the only denomination that ANYONE had published any die variety research on, and with my limited knowledge at the time, I naively thought it was the only series that HAD doubled dies. Of course I was 12 and didn't realize that all dies were created equally, and ANY die back then could have doubling.

In sheer number of die varieties compared to the number of coins minted, Kennedy half dollars take the cake. Problem is, few people collect them or are willing to pay a premium for them...the market is very small.

Nickels are also loaded with die varieties, but because the dies wore so quickly and as a result most minor die varieties are abraded off quickly, they aren't nearly as much fun to search for me. I tend to run into ten thousand cases of die abrasion, worn dies, and Machine Doubling for every one die variety...just no fun.

I have always found dimes and quarters to be a complete crap shoot. Dimes have some varieties and some of them can be very nice - but once angain, the market is really small and selling them can be a challenge. There also seem to be a small number of them known compared to the number of coins made. This could well be because of a limited audience.

Quarters - the workhorse of our economy - are often beat up and worthless as far as minute details are concerned. Most of them are circulated to death, and it seems that most that aren't circulated to death are struck with dies that appear to be made of peanut butter. horrendous die wear and general lack of detail on most of the coins steered me clear of them.

Dollar coins - mmm...pretty much worthless from any angle.

Well, true...that is true. A $25 roll is still worth $25 and will be a decade from now. Good point. But so far as any profitability is concerned...yeah, fuhgetaboutit. Coins that don't circulate because nobody wants them...there's a clue in that. NOBODY WANTS THEM!

Best of luck to ya...I prefer to fish in water, not dirt. Each is to his own.

Chuck sir that put a big smile on my face thanks I too prefer to fish in water but thats a diffrent forum

with nickels the fun is tring to put a full set together with never paying more than 5 cent per coin
to be honest I got close but I broke down and bought a couple now I want to upgrade
it never ends ......