Cool Lincoln Roll Finds (From Bank Rolls) - Post Yours!

Hello to all. I am new to this forum, but have been a collector since 1970. I am also new to CRH. I always have obtained coins through dealers, other collectors, and searching pocket change. Never really tried systematic searches of rolls till now. I bought 14 BWR's this week and searched them. I found 3 wheaties, 80 copper LMR's, and 1 Canadian cent. Here are the results by roll and some photos of the better finds. All 1982 finds are copper as verified by weight:

Roll 1: 1974-D, 1975-D
Roll 2: 2001 Canadian, 1958-D Wheatie, 1980-D
Roll 3: 1978, 1978-D, 1969-D, 1977-D, 1976-D, 1960-D, 1967
Roll 4: 1975-D, 1979, 1975-D, 1980-D, 1964, 1982, 1969-D, 1981, 1968, 1977-D
Roll 5: 1973-S, 1971-D
Roll 6: 1974 (AU Cond.), 1972-D, 1976, 1969-D, 1978, 1981-D, 1978-D
Roll 7: 1981, 1963-D, 1976-D, 1981-D, 1958-D Wheatie, 1982-D
Roll 8: 1975, 1975-D, 1976-D, 1974-D, 1978-D, 1976, 1979, 1978, 1959-D
Roll 9: 1981, 1969, 1976-D 1965, 1974, 1975-D
Roll 10: 1964-D, 1964-D, 1975-D
Roll 11: 1982-D, 1982, 1978, 1973-D, 1964-D, 1976-D, 1973-D, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1960-D
Roll 12: 1980-D, 1974-D, 1976-D, 1982-D, 1981-D
Roll 13: 1972-D, 1972, 1975-D, 1981, 1972-D, 1980-D, 1946 Wheatie, 1980-D
Roll 14: 1964-D, 1973-D, 1976-D, 1981-D

I was encouraged by these initial finds, so I bought a $25 box today. Can't wait to search it this week. Here are my pictures:

Confederate Half - welcome to the forums and CRH! It's fun getting a find at face value.

Child - great going on the 1909!

unholyroller- I can see that sometimes.

Nice Cud on that 1971 Cent. I nice long soak in acetone to get that glue off it and you will have a coin worth a nice premium

Nice Cud Jack! Maybe - CU-1c-1971D-02?

Here's the link: http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-ce...s-1970-1979/

Nice finds!

Thanks BadThad and JBuck. Though the numbers are low, percentage-wise, I did enjoy the search. The last time I regularly searched rolls of coins was in the 1970's when I worked as a cashier in my uncle's coffee shop in Houston during summer vacations. I would regularly check all coins and bills and crack open and examine all coin rolls. Back then I'd regularly pull Wheaties, silver War Nickels, dimes, quarters, and half dollars, and even some Silver Certificates (Blue Seal) and United States Notes (Red Seal). Never found anything truly rare, but it did help me fill a lot of Whitman folders and coin tubes. My father also operated 16 cigarette machines and about half a dozen pool tables and a parking lot operation - all of which generated vast amounts of change to be counted weekly. We used to count it all by hand and were pretty doggone quick. I rarely had to spot silver with my eyes.....I'd just listen to the coins as I swept them off the counting table into my hand, 2 by 2, and when I'd hear a "ring" of silver instead of the "clack" of clad coins, I'd stop...look down into my hand, and pluck out the silver coin. I'd say I found over 90% of my silver coins back then "playing by ear" so to speak. Man...those were the days!

I'm tempted to CRH for silver, but am on a limited budget right now, so hunting for IHC's, wheaties, die varieties, errors, condition rarities, S-Mints, etc., makes a for a pleasurable and cheap passtime. This is especially true since I can't really afford to purchase classic U.S. coins from dealers at present, so I'm thankful for this simple and affordable way to scratch my numismatic itch without having to spend a lot of dough doing it.

Well, I haven't searched the my 2nd Fed Box of cents yet, but I did unseal the box to take a quick peek at the roll ends. No obvious old coins but lots of circulated stuff showing so I suspect this box will be a lot like the last one. I may wait a few days to tackle it, though, because the eye strain from looking through my loupes and magnifying glasses at so many coins proved tiresome to my 52 year-old eyes. I am definitely going to invest in a USB digital microscope that can jack into my PC via a USB port or transmit to my iPad via WIFI. In this way I hope to be able to more quickly and accurately scan cents of interest for die varieties and errors without going blind doing it. Picking such a device is even more challenging. I must have spent 3 days now shopping on the Internet, but I think I've found a good one. I'd post the link to it on Amazon, but I don't have that privilege here yet, so just keyword search on Google to get the Amazon link. The keywords are: 720P HD Wifi Digital Microscope for iOS/Android/PC, Measurement on PC, Adjustable Focus and Magnifications (up to 200x), Battery Powered, Professional Detector Stage etc.

The microscope is manufactured by Mustcam. I'm not familiar with that company or their products. If anyone here is familiar with USB Digital Microscopes for use in this manner, I'd be interested in hearing your opinions regarding the aforementioned microscope. Thanks!