Suggestions For What Rolls To Hunt !! New Hunter Here.

Hey Eddie,.
Sounds like you have the resources for short-term CR investing. I've done a small bit of CRH of the nickels and dimes via bank boxes, all I can afford and some spare quarters, looking for just silver. That's relatively easy, just look @ the edges,the silvers pop out. After looking through $1250 dimes=1 Barber, 1 Merc & 3 Rosies ,@$500 quarters= Nada, $800 nickels=12 silvers,18 buffalos, 1-1938D. To me was slim pickings...now wasn't looking for errors,but have jar of Jeff uncatalogued RPM's. I read here all the time on others having some better luck, area of country perhaps? Others get halves in rolls and seem to do well,havent tried that. Really have to study which of the many errors there are beforehand, then seek those certain ones that strike you. Good luck yourself!

You should start with nickels, they are cheap(only $2.00 per roll) and they may contain silver War Nickels or Buffalo nickels. If you are very lucky you might even find a V nickel! Pennies are also fun to CRH.

I'm also new to CRH so my examples don't represent much.

My thought is that many non-collectors are aware of the pre-1965 silver and may like LWCs. I think those same people ignore War Nickels, not knowing the silver content (on the low end, but still...). I, myself, knew of silver US coins before, but was unaware of War Nickels until a couple months ago.

If you're most interested in errors and varieties, then I'd say go for cents. Nickels have very few keys comparatively.

For me, anything beyond a box of cents or nickels is too much to pay at once.

Happy Hunting!

Edit: Like others have said, in nickels you can also find Buffalos, V's and proofs although I've had no luck so far (in 42 rolls to clarify; although, I did find a War Nickel and a 1940)

I like pennies to be honest. They are the cheapest, have the most per roll, and have the most errors of any coin. They're the absolute cheapest, ($0.50 per roll, $25 per box). They have wheats, sometimes Indians, sometimes dimes, many errors. The massive quantity of pennies produced allows more time for error. Not including off centers and die clashes, there's a book with over 100 pages of Lincoln Cent errors.

Someone has some work to do.

Good luck, Eddie! I find the volume guys end up with better luck doing halves. I did fourteen boxes of halves in about a month, and there are people here that run through that many per week! Out of those boxes, I only ended up with 2 90% and 16 40% -- I couldn't even put together a roll of silver! And dumping is a pain.

I've gotten into cents recently. An early 1999 WAM got me hooked, then I started noticing errors: die chips, die breaks, a fun lamination. I'm still looking for a second coin worth grading so I don't have to send in the WAM solo.

the best rolls are the ones that you can get your hands on. There is luck, and there is strategy. Nice pickup of boxes, you should hopefully have some good finds in there. If there are not, dont be discouraged. Keep looking and you will find.

Good luck!!