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Shale Valued Member United States 245 Posts	Posted 01/09/2015 1:23 pm I just got $892 in change from a friend at work who has been dumping into a jar for years. This is a lot to go through, what should I be looking for on my first pass? Dimes, nickels, quarters, and like $100 in pennies. I was thinking of starting a set of some modern pennies/dimes/etc but I'm guessing these will be too circulated to bother doing that with. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

schris252 Valued Member United States 368 Posts	Posted 01/09/2015 4:42 pm dimes / quarters (if checking for silver) is easiest. turn so rim is showing and if solid silver color , it is silver ( a brownish-clad and half silver color will be on clad) nickels is not my expertise area , for pennies I would sort for copper ones then from there thin those into LWC then LMC .. etc. not sure if you save copper or not but a good way to cut zinc out (not sure if you want to take time to sift through 10,000 pennies for errors though) Edited by schris252 01/09/2015 4:43 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Shale Valued Member United States 245 Posts	Posted 01/09/2015 6:23 pm Heh true, unless there were some really good years. Looks like 1480 quarters, 1440 nickels, 7950 pennies, and 2700 dimes Report this Post to the Staff
Shale Valued Member United States 245 Posts	Posted 01/09/2015 8:59 pm 2700 dimes done, Two silver roosevelts and a newer canadian dime. That is actually amazing for me since I went through box after box of bank dimes with no silver. Report this Post to the Staff
skibdib Pillar of the Community United States 1157 Posts	Posted 01/09/2015 10:22 pm congrats on pulling some nice coins out. Those silvers are your reward for searching, well done! Report this Post to the Staff
Shale Valued Member United States 245 Posts	Posted 01/10/2015 01:15 am Crap, started sorting 5000 pennies and pushed my dimes to one side of table... and buried the silver :( lol Report this Post to the Staff
V3XY New Member United Kingdom 11 Posts	Posted 08/22/2015 10:24 am hope you had sum good finds Report this Post to the Staff
Coincollector110 Pillar of the Community United States 818 Posts	Posted 08/23/2015 10:58 am Funny you mention this, I went through a relative's change jar with two THOUSAND dollars (15 years worth) and found the following: 3 silver dimes A War Nickel LOTS of pre 1960 nickels 1938 nickel in BU condition Lots of wheat cents, including a steel penny 1892 IHC And a few foreign coins I got to keep the old coins and some uncirculated State Quarters as a way of thanking me for sorting out the change Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189199 Posts	Posted 08/24/2015 10:32 am Nice little mix. Must have been fun searching through it. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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