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Valued Member
United States
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how do you find coins besides pocket change I'm a novice coin collector and would like to know
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What coins are you looking for? If you are talking about a larger sample of common circulated coinage, a bank is a good source. Check out the coin roll hunting forum.
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Valued Member
 United States
116 Posts |
i do coin roll hunt but what should I ask them or if I'm at the store should I ask the cashier anything  Edited by rupp16
08/21/2014 8:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Personally I find the CRH hunting a handy help, but I also keep all the change that I get and roll it for future use. I'll either cash them in later for gambling junkets or for seed coins for future albums. Never can tell when you may get the urge to start a new album for grins and giggles.
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Valued Member
United States
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but to you ask the teller at the bank anything specific or a certain denomination
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08/21/2014 8:54 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Forgot to mention, that from time to time I like to get rolls of dollar or half dollar coins. A couple of rolls at a time are sufficient to help me find some interesting coin.
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Valued Member
United States
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what else do you usually hunt for and do you ask the cashiers at stores ant thing to sum it up main way of finding things
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Treat the bank as you would a coin store. They have everything on sale at fact value. It's up to you to find the values. Your choice as to how proceed. Pick a course of action and go for it.
I've found that there is usually one teller who has access to "funny money". This banking term I learned from a teller at my bank as unusual circulating coin and currency. $2 bills, half dollars, dollar coin. Find that person and your started. I can't tell you how to proceed because its up to you to decide.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I walked in to the local bank, filled out a withdrawal slip for $50 and asked for it in pennies. 5,000 coins to search will keep you busy for awhile. I chuck the pre-'82s in a coffee can & plan to hawk them on ebay for a little over face (that helps off set the CoinStar fees if you don't feel like re-rolling them.) |
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United States
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okay s you get all your coins from the bank
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Coin dealers will sell you those kinds of coins. Other places to look are coin clubs, coin shows and coin auctions.
You can also try "non-coin" stores like pawn shops and antique stores. Yard sales and flea markets are also possible venues. Often such places charge vastly more than what a coin dealer would charge, since they are largely ignorant of the true market value of what they're selling, but it's also possible to find underpriced gems in such places.
If you're looking for new or different sources to find "weird stuff" for free or for far below what a coin dealer would charge you, then there are other avenues to try besides roll hunting from banks.
Local charities often have donation boxes in local stores, etc. Contact the charity and ask if they need help collecting and counting the money. In all likelihood, they already have a "coin expert" helping them sort their coins as they count, but you won't know unless you ask.
If you are a member of a church or social club, ask the treasurer if there are any coin experts that currently sort through or help count the money. Again, if they handle large amounts of coin it's likely they already have someone filtering through their coins, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
If you do these things, it's always wise to come to an agreement with them about any finds you might make, before you begin. Some will be happy for you to exchange face-for-face, others may ask or expect more. It also depends on your conscience; if you've approached them offering your services as a "coin expert" to help them get better value for money for their money, you are then obliged to offer them "fair value".
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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You mean like coin roll hunting? Ask your banks. Ask your parents and family, significant other, and maybe where you work. If you're buying go to a coin shop or numismatic shop or shop online, and read online reviews.
I like to work on reasons to have a specific denomination when I'm searching through them. The hardest ones to justify are 1c, 5c, and 10c unless you have a retail business. 25c and $1 are for laundry day, $2 is for parking meters, $5 so I don't have to pull out large bills, $10 same as $5, $20 I don't need reasons, $50 and $100 for travelling. That's how I justify asking the bank tellers for those rolls and bills. When searching small value coins you may get strange looks and questions from the teller. At this point you can be totally honest or totally lie, it's up to you to weigh the pros and cons, just remember that banks don't have to do anything for you if you're not a big client. Play the loyalty and large deposit card if need be.
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08/21/2014 11:13 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Libertad said " The hardest ones to justify are 1c, 5c, and 10c.." and "At this point you can be totally honest or totally lie..." I feel ya brother  |
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United States
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@rupp16
Simple:
1) Around your family, spread the word that you are a coin collector and ask them to save up any foreign coins that they find AND/OR ask them if you can go through any large change bins that they have (things that accumulate their change before it gets full and then they empty it at CoinStar)and pluck the good stuff
2) do the above with friends
3) as for bank tellers, BE NICE. smile, be the first one to ask the usual "How are you?" and start small. don't blow it your first time there by asking some huge/specific/custom request, but just start small and ask for a bx or rolls and then when it become clear that you are a regular customer, then start going in bigger and asking for more specific stuff, like ordering a box of something or yes, looking through for foreign coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I always ask fast-food and convenience stores if they have half dollars or odd coins.
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