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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What do you do when you are done with searching and organizing and the banks are closed on the weekends? My problem is, when I get a box, I can't stop until I finish going through it. I tend to finish boxes fast and then in the middle of the weekend I realize that the banks are close  . What do you do, regarding coins, when you have nothing to do? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I usually get enough for the day, if the banks even have any coins. I put aside the varieties and search them. On Friday and Saturday, I leave searching the varieties for when I am bored and I have no coinage to move on sunday or after the banks close.
Edited by SilverStackerKid
10/19/2015 02:24 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
I hit the fields with my dirtfishing rod, of course!
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1602 Posts |
I spend way too much time cruising the threads on CCF!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4963 Posts |
Same. I stayed up way too late on CCF last night when I had to wake up at 4:45 today, and I'm still squeezing in some time for it before school.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
Consider "studying" some of the coins you already went through. Yeah, mostly that stuff will be "normal" or "usual" (boring?). Check under a loupe or other magnification the fields, the lettering, the devices, the color, the mintmark, the letter/number spacing, the details, the et cetera. That may make it easier to spot something unusual in your next box. You cannot spot the *UN*usual unless you know what is usual.
Oh, and spend too much time perusing CCF. {grin}
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New Member
United States
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I have that problem too. I usually try to study up and go back through the varieties I believe I've found and verify them again. You would be surprise with a different mind set how quickly you can rule out what you thought was a variety. It's also beneficial to go back through the ones you've singled out to be "known to contain valuable errors". I've found a few more doing this. A change of mindset can be very valuable sometimes. Edit: I also have a few different devices for observance. It can be beneficial to look with your loupes/lighted loupes and then check with a higher one. I also take them to my computer to analyze them under a digital microscope and take photos. You would be surprised how different loupes can reveal things even when it's the same magnification (due to lens debris). If you need any cheap loupes or digital microscopes for different analysis, I recommend ebay. You can find them for less than $4. Edited by Rotavele
10/19/2015 10:53 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1747 Posts |
I guess I am lucky, most if not all of my banks are open on Saturday (and this is my main pick up day). I also have 2 major banks open on Sundays as well, each having multiple branches, so for me there is 7 days of CRH fun.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1191 Posts |
Guess I should take a weekend to go through my thousands of copper pennies to look for stuff, not sure what though...
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1944 Posts |
you could spend some time going back over and enjoying the finds you have alerady made.
you could also spend some time - working on anything that you have saved, but not yoet identified. (i know in my case - I have a couple of hunders +/- coins - that I can try to identify...RPM's, BIE's, etc...).
you could "photo - inventory" what you have already found. (specifically - in my case I could work on my photo skills, and improve my photo documentation).
enjoy your hobby...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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you could "photo - inventory" what you have already found That's a *great* idea. My coin inventory software enables me to attach a photo to an entry. I have only an iPhone camera. So I keep trying to improve my iPhone photos and attach the good photos to my software inventory entry. I then can enjoy my coins (kinda) without getting them out of the album/container/safe deposit box/whatever. I diffuse the light, use different light angles, different zoom ins, etc. I find a full zoom in and then backing the camera away so the whole coin fits into the picture works well for me. But I'm still working on picture angles, proximity, lighting angles, lighting sources and proximity, light diffusion/blocking/redirecting, holding my mouth right, etc. There's a good photo forum here on CCF that has helped me, but I've still got a lot of stuff to learn--much of which comes from practice, practice, practice. |
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Posted 10/19/2015 06:05 am
