Is Coin Roll Hunting Really Worth It?

I do some roll searching for dimes, nickels, pennies, and quarters.

When searching the dimes and quarters I'm not looking for silver (although I'd gladly take whatever came my way). When it comes to dimes I'm trying to assemble at least two rolls for every date and mintmark in what could be called BU condition. So far I am well off finishing my goal. When I arrive at my goal I'll have to come up with another goal for my dimes. In quarters since I have a nice collection of quarters for the last four series I'm currently trying to put together a circulated set of the ATB's and again am far away from completing that project. I'm also trying to put together rolls of BU coins also but am really not trying to push that agenda at all. The cost factor adds up to quickly in the quarter persuasion.

When it comes to nickels I'm trying to finish one circulated set of Jeffersons and working on another. For some reason I'm not trying to put together BU rolls by date and mintmark.

On the other hand when it comes to the cents there I am a multiple mission. I'm looking for IHC (found quite a few), Lincoln Wheatback coins, Copper, 2009 pennies, and S mark coins of any year(which is true of any current issue coin). I've most likely bypassed the Wide AM coins (not really sure of what to look for). Ever since I started I was never attracted to mis-struck coins and most likely I shouldn't be to quick to by-pass those coins either.

When it comes right down to it, I'm curious as to how much copper coins I can amass, just for the curiousity of it all. I figure I have a few hundred pounds of copper pennies and I'm leaving the problem of what to do with them all to my kids. They can be a pain in my but, but when I gone I'm plan to be a big one in their's. Sort of a revenge from beyond the grave thing.

I also cwr cents because there are a lot of nights when I can't sleep and rather than watching the TV all night, I do something I consider constructive.

So is it worthwhile for me, yes and on many levels. I still have long way to go.

I think it's like any hobby, it's worth it to you cause you enjoy it. I pick up a box once a week at the local bank and sort it through the weekend. I then deposit into my account Monday and repeat the process on Friday. It's just something to do on a slow night if anything else.