Do You Check The Reverse Of A Coin?

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MW_O New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 12/26/2014 12:10 am I try to do 3 boxes of either nickels or pennies a week,but it takes me 3-4 hrs to do a box. The reason why is that I make sure each coin is struck at the proper angle, so it is aligned with the other side. For that reason, I spend about 5-6 seconds on each coin, so about 4 minutes per roll. 50 rolls in a box, so 50×4=200 minutes, or almost three and a half per box. I've looked at other topics and people say they can do a box of pennies in 2 hours, including rerolling. Do you guys have any tips on how to hunt more efficiently? Happy Holidays, -Mitchell Report this Post to the Staff

ace_ftw Pillar of the Community Canada 1747 Posts	Posted 12/26/2014 02:16 am Looking for Mia-aligned dies or rotated dies is probably the one error that will take the longest to check. If you limit what you are looking for to say a min of 25% rotation, You need to train your eyes to locate the position of the first side, and then turn the coin over, if the opposite side is reasonable lined up then move on. I can open a roll of pennies in my left hand, and using my right hand flip each coin over, looking first for dates, and then for errors. I put the garbage coins back in the same wrapper, as I get 15 or so that I have looked at. Sometimes I start to look at the next coin, but stop half way, because my brain just registered what my eyes saw, a clipped planchette or something else different that I need to look at further. It's all about repetition, you will learn Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 12/26/2014 10:23 am I check all three dies/sides of a coin,obverse...reverse and edge. What your doing sounds right. I recommend slowing down a bit and enjoy the hobby a little more John1 Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 12/26/2014 10:53 am A few weeks ago, my father came to me and said "hey, you have a coin with a big die rotation". I wondered where did he find it... and how did I miss it for that matter. Turned out to be a coin that I put aside for being a somewhat uncommon date (2010-SP), without even noticing the rotation. And it wasn't a small rotation either - about 120 degrees (don't recall in which direction). And believe me, I've been looking very carefully on that particular date already (for one, it's not that easy to distinguish from the much more common 2010-M). Report this Post to the Staff
Rackster Pillar of the Community United States 4809 Posts	Posted 12/26/2014 11:29 am It takes me weeks to get through a box spending an hour or two at night and maybe a few more on the weekends. Folks getting through boxes in a matter of a couple/few hours are probably looking for the more obvious stuff: LWCs, IHCs, Foreign, major errors. Regarding die rotations, you can find the odd coin for any given date, but I generally only flip a few dates on LMCs looking specifically for rotation: 1966, 1972D, 1973D, 1993D, and 1994. Given I variety hunt, all coins are flipped looking for clashes, Cuds, trails, and struck through specimens of interest. This is where I note some rotation on the non-specific year coins. But the rotation I see on these is well within the mint's tolerances, so no premium. And generally speaking, not that interesting to me to keep. Report this Post to the Staff
cmajlz Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 10:13 pm I do about one box of nickels a week and it takes my a little bit longer. I'm usually in no hurry. Report this Post to the Staff
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