Lesson Learned About Boxes Of Pennies

I think that what Fistfull was alluding to was that if you don't accept the coins, the teller might take exception. Every CRH enthusiast has taken a box of solid year coins back to the car thinking, "Ugh!!" But it's better to return them later and accept the delay.

In another thread, I mentioned that I found it interesting that some member really make the effort to make lemonade out of lemons. Some folks here will open every roll from a box of solid year coins looking for high mint state coins and undiscovered varieties. Pioneers in a sense. It takes great patience to go through a box like that, more than I have I'm afraid.

Our fellow enthusiasts have offered some potential options and objectives. The Lincoln Cent Resource is a great suggestion; going there you can learn the bodies of coin varieties you can begin to collect. Then there are error coins; Trails, Cuds, Clashes that you can search for. Then there are less likely, but discoverable treasures like capped die, off-center strikes, and lamination errors. And I'm just scraping the surface here. Visit MADDIECLASHES, TRAILDIES, and Cuds on COINs. Spend a few hours reading and viewing. In the end, I hope that you will realize that your disappointment is short lived. A $25 box of cents will bring me hours of enjoyment, searching for WAMS, CAMS, DDOs, DDRs, RPMs, RDVs, and about anything else interesting. I'm thrilled finding a BU 1961D LMC even if there isn't an RPM or DDO to be had. I'm equally excited to flip a 1994 LMC to see if there are extra columns in the bays of the Memorial. Or finding a 2014 obverse die clash.

There are many here that do what you do; look for LWCs only or only look for silver by looking at the rims of dimes and quarters. I try not to judge as to each their own. But I can't help but wonder...What treasures did they just send back to he bank? Give it some thought and remember: coin collecting isn't a race. In fact, those that go quickly usually miss the important stuff!!

Ag - thank you for the comment. I like to throw out whatever I have to offer, especially to our younger members. I can't help but imagine what it would have been like 35 years ago if I had a community like this one to offer good input and guidance. CCF is a tremendous resource for all enthusiasts, but for the youngsters, what a terrific head start!