How Do You Guys Subject Yourself To Roll Hunting?

The point of roll hunting, is the thrill of the hunt. If I wanted those coins but hated CRH, I would just not bother with it and buy the coins I want.

I imagine that it must be boring for you Brits because you've hardly got any interesting coins left in circulation, with the demonetization and all.

It's different in America. We've never had a demonetization, the government doesn't pull silver, and you can find very old and rare coins with some searching.

I found a 1911 Wheat cent last weekend. My oldest find is an 1898 Indian Head cent. I kind of feel bad, I couldn't imagine the oldest coin you can find dating back to the 70s.

Don't stress yourself. Only crh when you want to do it. And if say you don't like pennies try a different denomination untill you find something that is right for you. I only do pennies, nickles and dimes. I like the thrill of the hunt so I don't usually bother with varietys but try finding something that you like to do.

@DaytR

Thanks. Since pennies have been minted is almost every year since 1971 I thought it would be a fun and easy collection to complete. It's a shame that there is no circulation issue from 1972.

All the other dates I found multiple coins for, although naturally coins from the 1970s and 1980s were a little scarce. 1982 was a noticeably rare date. I think I only found 4 copies of that coin.

There's a difference between finding a coin at a coin store and buying it and finding a coin in circulation while roll hunting + getting it for face value. Its kind of a invisible difference but if your a true collector you will know what I'm talking about.

Well sadly we don't have any coins of real collector value in circulation. That said, I've now practically completed my 1 penny collection. Only years I'm missing are 1972 (proof only year) and 2011, 2012 and 2013 which should be easy to find.

I have fun doing it. I can kill an entire day going through a $25 box of cents. In fact I am going to pick one up on my way home tomorrow just in case it rains and I can't go metal detecting over my 4 day weekend.

In Canadian pennies, you could always have had fun picking out Laureate Elizabeth II, both King Georges, American pennies and other wacky foreign coins. Other countries, I guess, wouldn't be as interesting to someone used to seeing those coins - although I would absolutely love to pick through some coin rolls from certain commemorative-heavy countries, like Thailand (so many 10-baht commemoratives...).