CRH Being Worth It--Follow-Up Question

Over the last few years I have had my banks call me when they have $1,000 worth of customer-rolled denominations that they'd normally ship out with an armored service. That way, I get enough coin to search from one bank visit, and saves on time and gas. One trip to dump at a different bank.

There main differences are what constitutes a "keeper" and the preferred source of said keepers. Some hunters prefer to be selective; others hoard. Some look for old coins or precious metals; others for errors or varieties.

The two main sources of coins are hand-wrapped customer rolls and machine-wrapped rolls from cash vault companies such as Brinks. Each has its own benefits and drawbacks--boxes are never searched by hand, and tend to have a higher chance of finding coins that are compositionally similar to modern coins (for example, Buffalo nickels or Indian Head cents). Customer rolls are much less consistent, but can contain coins that would never make it through a coin counter, such as magnetic coins. Plus, every once in a great while, you will find a dumped collection in customer rolls--maybe 10% of my 1938-1959 nickels and half of my buffaloes came from 6 rolls that had once been somebody's collection. On the other hand, I have searched $25 worth of customer-wrapped cents and had only a single common Wheat cent to show for it.

Yep! Collect what you like!