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I've only been CRH for a year now. I love to look for errors but am starting to become frustrated at this. It's like looking for angels in clouds. You can drive yourself mad.  Any opinions on which will be the most rewarding to look through and what to look for (besides errors)? Boxes of - Ex: Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, Quarters. I haven't found a bank here in Texas that will buy me boxes of halves. Do you have any suggestions of how to get boxes of halves? I really enjoy this forum and all of your expert opinions? |
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The course of action I took was the give up CRH, so it is probably a good idea to listen any other advice that follows mine.  |
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You can take jbuck's advice or you can try Nickels . I would save any decent business strike from 1970-S on down . you can put together a circ. set of Jeff's , if you don't want to look for errors anymore .  |
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United States
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If you can't order or find halves, then I'd second the recommendation for nickels.
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ive been hunting for 3-4 years. with a few years off inbetween... in my limited experience, CWR dimes (customer wrapped rolls) have yielded the best silver for me.. I averaged 1 silver for every $100 searched. pennies were also rewarding if you can sport out the copper and sell it for bullion copper. but finding wheats is fun and and if you buy this book on errors, it makes hunting more fun as well. if I am not mistaken, pennies seem to have more errors than any other denomination? I found a 1999 WAM and sold it for $200... just one example. i am sure others will tell you half dollars, but I think more than 75% of people search those and getting a jackpot monster box is rare.... PENNIES and DIMES! |
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United States
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Boxes of halves are really tough to come by.
Lincoln cents have the most errors but take the most patience looking for them and can get pretty frustrating looking through a thousand or so. Switch to nickels for a while to change it up a bit, then switch to some other denomination after a few months.
Good Luck!
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I tried to error hunt nickels for a month or so, specifically looking for rotated reverses, and found one coin with a 15 degree rotation, and that was it. I wasn't having fun doing it... Overall, Nickels are the most fun and rewarding in my opinion. With a little luck you'll find some War Nickels, some Buffalos, and even the occasional key date Jefferson... I've even found two V nickels. Halves are also fun, but there is usually heavy competition in most areas for them. You will likely have to become friendly with a bank manager to get boxes of them, unless you happen to stumble upon a bank that deals in them. With some persistence, you can also find silver dimes around... the key is to just keep searching as long try spells are common. Cents/Pennies are fun too... of course finding the occasional wheat is cool, but there is always a chance of running into an Indian - I've found two this year. Quarters yield the least silver of any minor denomination, and are the least fun to search in my opinion. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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12/10/2016 01:34 am
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Quote:I found a 1999 WAM and sold it for $200... just one example. Danged, that's AWESOME! I've found two 1998 WAMs, but no 1999s or 2000s yet. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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Nickels are a good idea, especially if you want to build a set from circulation.
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Adding my vote for nickels ... they are the only current circulating USA coin where it is possible (with a lot of perseverance) to put together a complete date/mm set from CRH.
There are at least 3 or 4 of us at the CCF who have done this.
David
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Adding my vote for nickels ... they are the only current circulating USA coin where it is possible (with a lot of perseverance) to put together a complete date/mm set from CRH.
There are at least 3 or 4 of us at the CCF who have done this.
David  Just one coin away... trying real hard to find it too! CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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Just 2 coins away over here!
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Just 2 coins away over here! Just keep plugging away! I'm actually just 4 coins away now on my 2nd set (39-D, 43-D, 55-P, and of course that same coin keeping me from finishing set #1 which a few others have been lucky enough to find)... CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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United States
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I CRH the Lincoln cents. I keep the wheat backs, Canadians, copper LMC, the 2009, and off centers. I have never found an Indian Head cent. Someday the US Mint will stop making the one cent coin. I will leave my hoard to my heirs and it may be worth something someday! What keeps me going is the thought that if some ancestor of mine back in the fifties had tossed their change into a jar, what would it be worth today? |
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Someday the US Mint will stop making the one cent coin. Hopefully.  |
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