How Many Are Into Coin Roll Hunting?

F150 - I have a 62-95 nickel book filled already. I could probably start another one, but it would get filled so quickly that I don't think it would be fun or worth it. I do have two 38-61 nickel books I'm working on. Since they're older it's a little more fun!

Finally did my first two boxes of halves ($1000 total). Not a huge find but had these:

3 - 40% silver
6 - NIFC

So 9 out of 2000 coins were keepers. Hopefully next time will be better.

Hello everyone,
I've been reading this awesome thread for the past couple of days and thought it was time to register and share my story/finds.
I was only recently tipped off about coin roll hunting. Even though I had done a tiny bit of it when I worked for a pizza delivery place, it never occured to me that it might be worth it to go to my bank to buy a bunch of rolls to go through. At that old job I just went through a few rolls of dimes and quarters over the few years that I worked there. I found about 4 pre '64 dimes and about a half dozen quarters. Had I known what I know now I might have made more of an effort of it.
Anyway, on 1/21/08 I first learned about searching the rolls of halves. It made sense to me to go with the halves because the odds seemed greater to find silver and other desirable coins. After I got this info, I was so excited about it, I could hardly wait until the next day to go out and give it a shot! So I got busy rounding up some cash without dipping into my checking account too much to do so. I had a bunch of Sacageweas that I had no real desire to save so I decided they would go toward this new venture. I also had a half gallon spare change jar I needed to go through and this gave me a good excuse to do it. Ironically, while rolling up my change I found a 1945 war nickle. Cool! Prior to 1/21/08 I hadn't even known about the war nickles and here I find one in about 2.50 worth of nickles. Who'da thought? Made me wonder how many I had passed up over the years. So, after rounding up my change etc I ended up with $128 to try out on the roll hunting. I purchased $100 in halves and since I found a 1945 nickle in my loose change at home I thought it would be a good idea to get $28 in nickles. Well, the nickles were kind of a bust. I found about 1/2 dozen pre '69 nickles. I didn't get much of a look at them yet I just tossed them in a jar and put them up on a shlef. I wanted to tear into the halves! I must of had a bit of so-called beginner's luck because the first roll of halves I've ever opened in my life, held 1 1968 Kennedy! I was spurred on. I opened a few more with not much exciting. Then I came to a roll that contained four more 40%'s all in the same roll! Oh yeah, I was stoked now! The rest produced nada but I was (and still am) excited about my first attempt at this. I went out the next day and searched $60 more in halves. I got 2 rolls from one bank and 4 from another. The bank I got 4 rolls from gave me one roll that had "UNC '98" written on the wrapper. That seemed interesting at least. When I got these home the one roll was indeed a full roll of beautiful shiny (uncirculated?) '98 halves. Are these worth anything over face value? The other two rolls came from "tiny town USA". This is a very old and unusual bank. When I first asked them about half dollars they said they couldn't sell them to me because they use them in their "machine". What!? This bank is kind of novel I guess and they have this 100+ year old coin dispensing machine that they use on a daily basis when giving change to their customers! A little odd but kinda cool too. To make a very long story a bit shorter, they agreed to let me buy just two rolls if I agreed to bring them back after I went through them. Oh twist my arm...I will if I have to. I found one 40%er in one of those rolls. Now today I went back to that old bank with their two rolls plus three more I'd gotten from the other bank. I swapped those for five rolls and they let me get an additional two more on the promise that I'd bring those back. No problem! I found one more '68 and one bicentenial S mint. Is this '76 of any significant value? It doesn't seem to be a proof, though I've never really seen a proof aside from photos. I also searched $40 in dimes but found nothing. I was only looking for silver in the dimes but found none. The two '68 Kennedys I found from this old bank were in the same type wrapper. May be a sign to ask for only this type wrapper when I go back. I think I'm hooked on this stuff. I'm looking forward to getting my tax return so I can use some of it to perhaps get a box ordered.
Now a question or two if I may. I have one bicentenial S mint Eisenhower dollar that was given to me as a tip during my pizza delivery days. Does anyone know if this has any significant value? To me, it looks very much like the '68 halves in appearance including from the edge view. Were any of these made in the 40% silver? Because this is what it looks (and sounds) like to me. Also, when you guys refer to old "copper" cents how do these differ from the other pennies?

Just to offer a little advice to some of you who have been having trouble finding halves at your bank (my wife worked for a bank for years-if only I had known..). If you have an account at a bank there should be no reason why they shouldn't be able to order you, their customer, some half dollars in any amount. Especially if you're getting a full box. Of course you'll still need to talk to the right person to get this done. I also learned when I took my first rolls of change in, that some banks at least, simply weigh rolls of coins to determine if they contain the correct amount of coins.
Also for those of you that feel a little down because you "only" found a couple good coins in a whole box. Consider this. Most metal detectorists would be totally excited to have found as many good coins in the same time frame and for as little effort. Kind of puts roll hunting into perspective now doesn't it?

Total finds to date:
-1 full roll unc '98 halves
-8 40% silver halves (7-'68's & 1-'67)
-1 1976 bicentenial S mint half
-1 1945 silver War Nickel
-Some other old nickels

Thanks for any help any of you might be able to offer a newbie like myself. Lots of fun so far. I look forward to sharing and learning much more on this forum.......Numi63 out.

Finally caught up with my roll searching today. Had about $100 in nickles I had not searched. Found 1 canada nickle, and 13 pre-60 nickles, with the oldest being a 1939. Searched $5 in pennies and found 6 wheat pennies. Loved one roll had a wheat just staring me in the face. It turned out to be a 1936. Going to try and start keeping count of what I search and my results like everyone else. I've asked the bank to order me some halves and will pick up about $300 in coins this afternoon. Just got to pick which bank branch gets all these nickles :)

Welcom numi63- can you try to put your postings into more paragraphs- very hard to read and answer your questions!

76S halves and 76S Ike are keepers. I'd probably keep the BU 98 roll, too, though it is a common date, but still BU JFKs from circulation are hard to come by, except for 71 thru 76.

$500 in dimes searched today
1-1928 mercury VF
1-1944 mercury XF
8-silver Roosevelt's
I searched dimes today because they had no halves at my banks. Not bad for a sick day!

WOW!
All kinds of new people getting into roll searching; GREAT!
So far today $140 in halfs; nothing but swings and misses. Should have the funds to order a box early next week; will be doing so.

Meanwhile, my unofficial and informal nickel survey continues. I think that my ultimate goal will be to go through 12500 rolls, which is half a million coins. Why do it? Not for profit, obviously (the halfs are a little better for that) but just for fun! I hope to complete it by the end of the year. All I will keep track of are the numbers of pre-1958's out there. I will set up a separate thread, and if anyone wants to keep track or comment feel free. The thread will be called "Goal: 12500 rolls of nickels".

Working on 100 rolls right now!

BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE!! Keep letting everybody know what you find; it keeps eveybody going during those dry spells!