What's Your Style Of Searching Coin Survey?

I'm new here so I may be wrong but I assume you mean coin roll hunting?

Ive learned here that its really about what you prefer vsus trying to make a buck. I myself for CRH I like to collect the copper pennies because I think its cool their worth more then face. Dont have the same favor on nickle. I save silver. I collect 'coolness' which is my personal thing like:

Neat/interesting damage. (I have a penny with an acid stain that looks like Lincoln is wearing a cardigan lol.)

High quality for their year though I dont flip these.

Super high quality I flip.

Few others by feel. I'm doing a State Quarters collection, roll of each circulated just because I want to.

Except for maybe one or two of the high qualities I would imagine nothing I collect is 'worth' my time really except for the fact that I am on perminent disabilty so all I have is free time lol so my free time is actually worth almost nothing. :P

As for the time I spend, its fairly fast on somethings. Run down the sides of a roll of quarters or dimes first then seperate out the statehoods looking for exceptional nice ones. Check for really old, (Guess thats another I collect, old for their type, like the wheat pennies or 50s and 60s in some of the others.)

All and all I go pretty fast but then when something either tickles my fancy or is right on the edge I spend a little longer. Some of its my mood. As I get tired I spend less time being more stringent in my saves.

Then when I am done with a denomination I go back over everything I saved and reassess. Like this last time I came out with way too many 'high quality' 2010+ pennies so I I cut my saves in half and saved the top 50%.

So for me its not tooo long, but I enjoy it so its time well spent. If I find it getting to 'grindy' (gamer term for your hobby turning into a daily grind) I take a break and do something else.

Doubt that answers your question or answers it too much but it seemed like an opinion question anyway. :D

Thanks for the apreciation, sometimes I feel intimidated around here posting because so many people know so much more then me lol. But its so much nicer then every other forum I've been on and I've probably been on over 100 in the 22 or so years I've been using the internet.

Oh and as for 'flipping' seems the term is used in other parts of the forum to mean buying and reselling, I was refering to putting in coin flips hehe. 2x2ing just doesn't do it for me lol. Maybe there's another term for it hehe.

Yeah. I like to 2x2 the ones that are really nice figuring right now I have the space and 20 years from now they might be worth something. :)

Oh and also as for mechanics. Years ago for another project I bought 1000 (3 zeros) 3x4inch ziplock (not the brand though) zipper bags. I use them for sorting the coins that I like but I dont have a ton of. So like I have a bag for my wheats, one for 'cool', 'candada', 'toned', etc, some 20+ bags for my tastes. They are big enough that they store a few and small enough you can have 20+ bags in a small area and use them kind of as like resealable storage cups. Plus forward thinking I figure if I fill one that means I've got enough to make some kind of collection and I can start going through them again an seeing if I wanna return some or store them away or whatever.

Half my fun is going through stuff a few times and refining my decisions. I collect by feel and instinct to taste so its like I am 'honing' my own 'senses' for what I like. I went through the stack of 2010+ 'proofish' and realized a good 1/3rd of them had typical wear and tear I didnt see when I was going through them the first round. So I just tossed them.

Also I bought myself a label maker becaue my handwriting is horrendous (brain disfunction from childhood) and I labeled the bags as well as will be using it to label my 2x2s. Labels look so much nicer on the bags then using the sharpies. I'm converting my old system and am really glad I got it.


Part of it is cost too. Is it really worth spending a 2x2 plus 3 staples on a 1 penny coin? 5cent? 25? Dollar? etc..

But then again I like to collect the british pennies from the late 1800s early 1900s and some of them are probably worth less then the snap cases I put them in but I like the feel of them in the case so the case adds value to the coin even though the case is worth more then the coin.

I dont roll hunt - It doesn't happy in the UK, too difficult, no silver (unless you magically get a 3p bag..). I do, however, look at change whenever I get any, and sift out interesting stuff. Theres some 'rare' stuff floating about in the UK change - mostly 50ps and £2. However, there are some rare issues, like the 1972 penny. only worth less than £5, but still.

My coffee can for coppers is a 5 gallon bucket and I had to get another one.

Lonz, like your setup pic! What do you use the needle-nose pliers for, straightening out slightly bent collectibles?

No less of a chance than we had 30 years ago. I do quarters on occasion. Halves bore me. Dimes give up much more variety as in Barbers, mercurys, Canadian, other foreigns, etc.
I also like quantity over quality in coin hunting.

Shwanke Where did you get this size bags? "I bought 1000 (3 zeros) 3x4inch ziplock" I use my 2x2 only for my pre 80's coin that have shiney copper. I like your set up to Lonz. I have taken the over the coffee table in the living room. Have the divider tray for coins, dvr going, magnifing lamp on, phone at hand and comfy couch and am set for 3 hrs...My happy spot!!

Thanks Schwanke for the site I am gonna check em out..