Lincoln Roll Searching

Since this 100 million cents is in NY, and there was a story maybe two years ago (?) about a collector releasing a 1909S VDB into circulation in the NYC area, I'm willing to bet the 09S VDB is in that 100 million hoard. I sure would like to search for it, but how long do you think it would take to search through 100 million cents?

How long to search 100 million cents?

Okay, I was bored, so...

If you looked at each coin for ten seconds for eight hours a day for 365 days a year, it would take just over 95 years to search them all.

Steve

so 95 collectors could do it in a year ,,and 190 in 6 months ,, Not so bad as long as I get to be one of them !

Metalman

I've searched about 15,000 pennies so far. About 40 wheaties, oldest being 1926. Are you keeping pre 82's? If so, just for the copper?

What I am really trying to do is get the highest rate of return on my coins.

I think what I am going to do is sort out the copper I have found already into each year and mintmark piles. This way I can make rolls or sets with the coins I have and try to get some type of higher premium than the 2(would use cents sign but apparently they don't have it on keyboards anymore) cents in copper.

Any other suggestions?

Sometimes it only take 1 coin to make your hard work worth it

I search about 25 to 125 worth each week on cents. I pull all 59 thru 81 cents to be saved as copper bullion when us mint gets rid the ban on melting them. This year I went thru 800 to 1200 dollars on pennys . This what I found .
1. I am geting about 5 dollars per box on 59 thru 81 coppers.
2. On wheats I not finding that many. It ranges from 3 coins to 10 coins per box. Two good ones this year was 1919 d, 1927. Rest were 40 and 50 common date junk.
3. 2 unplated 83 thru 2007 zincs . Maybe serval strange toned coins that bright are bright red or strange colloring on them.
4. Only two indian pennys this year. 1890, 1907 coins. I thought it was amazing they spent them.
5. Maybe less than roll of dimes in plastic coated coins not fed paper wraped coins.
6. I found over 2 rolls of canada coins in soulth texas boxs. Serval other from other places. They look like cents but they are from us goverment boxs.
7. Out all my boxs I ever bought this year. I found one box of all bu 2007 denver pennys. They are super rare to get an intire box full brand new coins. It was june or july of 2007 on that box. Its still unopened
8. I can build solid date rolls of bu/au 2000 and up coins no problem.
9. Very few 1968 thru 1974 s mints. 1972 and 1968 are the worst to try to find. The rest are easy. Most are brown junk coins. I need to check all 1970 for small dates .
10. I am building 13 sets on 1941 thru 2007 sets. They all complete minus 1982 small dates, 1968, 1972 s mints. I am having an tough time finding 82 small dates. I saved over 13 dollars on 82 coins. I get maybe 50 to 100 coins per box but they are all large dates. Very few small dates are being found. Maybe 1 or 2 coins per box on small dates.

Its looks like I need to cash my coins in to buy more boxs to search to finish my sets I am building. I lost track big time on how many coins I searched this year. Maybe 10000 to 15000 dollars worth of nickels, pennys, Halfs, Quarters, dimes, dollar coins this year. I need to finish my sets and take an long break from roll searching. But I cant stop intill my sets are done. I guess someday I will stop buying so many coin boxs to search. I am sick of it big time. I spend maybe 3 hours each day doing this.

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