How Many Are Into Coin Roll Hunting?

numi 63
the oldest I found is a 41 in beat-up condition. but I found a few 70s dates in AU and 1 pretty shinny 55-d with some fingerprint stains. would that be a big drop in pricing? I would take a picture, but my camera sucks.

Oh, I forgot, I also found 2 oddly toned pennies. One has an orange tone on the ob, and one has yellow on the reverse. is that natural or chemical toning?

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I didn't really want to look through this thread, but are there any specific dates I should be looking for when going through rolls of half dollars? (besides the silver ones)

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Here are my notes that I have gathered over the year. I am sure others can add to this.

1964 & earlier are 90% silver
1965-1970 are 40% silver.
1966 (FG designers initials missing from back)
1974D double-die at the RUS in TRUST.
1971D some were 40% silver
1976S is 40% Silver half
1977D some were 40% silver
1982 (FG designers initials missing from back) worth $3.00-$5.00
1983 (FG designers initials missing from back) worth $3.00-$5.00
1987-P or D (only issued in uncirculated mint sets - S is from proof set)
1990 (FG designers initials missing from back) worth $3.00-$5.00
2002-P or D (only issued in uncirculated mint sets - S is from proof set)
2003-P or D (only issued in uncirculated mint sets - S is from proof set)
2004-P or D (only issued in uncirculated mint sets - S is from proof set)
2005-P or D (only issued in uncirculated mint sets - S is from proof set)
2006-P or D (only issued in uncirculated mint sets - S is from proof set)
2007-P or D (only issued in uncirculated mint sets - S is from proof set)

The 71-D and 77-D halves were NOT made of 40% silver. They are 100% copper core clad in 75% copper/25% nickel. Check here for more details about this series:
http://www.coincommunity.com/coin_f.../kennedy.asp

I would add the 70-D to cyberdan's list, they were only released in mint sets. Also look at this thread for additional dates to look for:
https://goccf.com/t/22710

Patrick,

The 71D and 77D in 40% silver are a few known errors so they are tough to find. Refer to your RedBook.

Just went through a box of pennies and here are my finds.

Wheaties

1917
1936
1941 S
1941 D
1944 S
1948
1950
1952 D
1953 D
1954 S
1956 D
1957 D (2)
1958 D

ALso found 3 canadians and a few late 60's early 70's S mints and a nice BU 1964 D.

Just did a $25 box of pennies. By far the worst box ever. Only 5 wheats, all common junk. On the bright side, found my first 73S proof that wasnt worth keeping and another bahama cent

Had pretty good luck over the weekend going through $50 worth of pennies. 275 Wheat cents including a 1918, 1938, 1939, 1940, 2X 54-s, 44-s, 44-d, unc '58, AU '42. The weird thing is that the first $25 box had 250 of those 275. Every other roll from that box had 10-15 wheats each. These were machine wrapped rolls, too, so I'm a little confused as to how so many rolls had such a high percentage of wheats given that they weren't hand rolled. But the pleasure I took out of seeing so many wheats in so many rolls was priceless!

I dont know about the rest of you but I still pluck red gem '60s and '70s cents every time I find them. I know there's probably thousands of mint rolls of all those years that were set aside by collectors but compared to the zinc cents (double dies excepted) these last of the coppers seem like keepers. There's also something about the lustre on those copper cents that a copper coating can never duplicate.

I've had mixed luck with dimes. 1000 dimes has yielded me, on occasion, 2 silver dimes, 1 silver dime, or no silver dimes. But those are still better odds than finding a silver quarter.