How Many Are Into Coin Roll Hunting?

I usually don't keep the copper-nickel stuff. Of course I keep proofs, errors and commems. There are some better dates in the 80s and 90s that are worth keeping in BU. Some day, I'll kick myself for all the ones that I sent back to the bank I also keep any halves dated 2002 and later. These have considerably lower mintages, and do not appear in circulation often. I spend the new ones sometimes, just to show people that they really do still make half dollars. Usually, my pocket change halves are 2000s, 01s and bicentennials. ~Jim

well, I've gone through 35 of 50 rolls w/ minimal luck. I found a few 68s and 67s and two 2002s. I was very surprised to find the 2002s. I'm going to keep everything that I would presume is AU or better, I have to believe that some of these BU looking coins will be worth something years down the road! HOpefully one day I'll snag me a 64 or Franklin.

what's up w/ the 74d's?

There is a unique error on 1974-d's - the "RUS" in "TRUST" is doubled (like an "RUS" with a shadow). If you want to see a pic, just look around online, or buy a 2008 RedBook Price Guide. They are worth a considerable premium over most anything else you can find in the JFK series, and most silver half dollars to boot.
Hope that answers your question!

My losing streak is over as quick as it started. Only got through 4 boxes this weekend, but in them
I found:

48 - 2005's (about a 50/50 mix of P's and D's)
02 - 2002's
02 - Walking Liberties
06 - Franklins
12 - 1964 Kennedies
11 - 40%ers
01 - Partial Collar Broadstrike (was pretty circulated, but a cool find nevertheless)

I'm picking up more boxes on Tuesday. I'm alternating between two banks so the same money goes
twice as far.

I'm always hesitant to let them coint the coins where I can't see them.

My suggestion, use the yellow pages and call every bank starting with the closest one and ask if they have a coin counter. Then consider opening a no-fee, token savings account there so you can use their coin counter.

When you cash in the coins, choose $10 bills or something manageable so now you have lots of bills to look through for errors, star notes, low/fancy serial numbers, etc...

An easily overlooked error, but extremely valuable in any condition is the mismatched serial number. I haven't found one yet, but I guarantee one will not slip through my hands unnoticed.

Update on searching rolls, got through 4 boxes yesterday and found 2 2002's (circulated condition), 18 40%ers, 1 1964, 1 Walking liberty, 1 Struckthrough a small piece of copper, and 2 proofs (one heavily circulated but the quality still jumps out at you).

I'm considered soaking the heavily circulated proof in Acetone to remove some of the gunk on it. Even the potential toning from Acetone has to look better than the coin looks right now.

Jefferson's
1942 D
1963 P
1964 P x2...seem to find a lot of these
1970 S
1986 P... looks almost black
1998 P... which I wonder about, very smooth

Lincoln's
1927
1991 P...obv looks orange when tilted with some areas as if the color is fading,
rev looks orangey too and the cent is very shiney.

Canada
1987

mila_

Todays roll hunt.
$1000 in half dollars yielded 5 40% Half dollars and a 1985 Proof
I will have to start looking for a new source as I have been making all the coins I go through with a red marker. these two boxes contained 116 coins I had previously searched. The place I buy and where I drop off are in different counties and different financial institutions but I guess they get their change from the same place...
in this case Brinks...