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Valued Member
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Hi all,
I've started going through bags of loose coins that I accumulated during the 70-80s as a paperboy and bins that my parents and grandparents chucked pocket change. I've pulled all the silver. I'm not into modern coins so I ask if there is anything that I should sort and keep vs throwing in the coin machine? I'm not into making a nickel or dime on a roll of coins but don't want to do anything foolish. I'd appreciate any advise. Thanks in advance.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, I'd search for the generic errors (rotated reverse, die clash, etc)
Then search for date-specific errors,
Then throw em back.
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@hunter611, even common date, circulated wheat cents are worth a small premium. You could consider saving them.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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 Spence (howdy BTW). Hunter611, Wheat cents (pre1959) and any Buffalo nickels especially if the dates are there. Some Jefferson nickels pre 1959 may have some premiums. Personally, I would be interested in these coins for they are truly ""unsearched". I look for error coins, doubled dies, all of which are too numerous to list here. Might think on offering the older ones to those on here? Bet you'd get a taker.  |
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Might think on offering the older ones to those on here? Yep, just so long as @hunter611 has the requisite number of posts to meet the CCF rules... "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Valued Member
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Thanks to all replies. I'm a newbie and realized that I didn't have the number of posts to offer out hence just asking if there was something I should be looking for. Looking forward to learning more from the forum; as my mother used to say, never know what journey you may end up on with the horse that brought you to the gate.
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Pillar of the Community
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 Hunter! Enjoy going through the coins from your childhood. Sounds like fun! |
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There are some major doubled die cents to look for from the 70's & 80's.
1972, 1982, 1983, & 1984, also some from the 60's like the rare 1969-S DDO-001!
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If you are serious about it, buy a copy of the CherryPickers Guide. Sort by denomination, date and mint mark and then check each group against the guide. There are a lot of coins worth only a few cents extra, but there are some major rarities that you COULD find. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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United States
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Im thinking this may turn into a joint venture with my son, his eyes are better than mine. #128516;
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If you're not interested in making a collection or learning about coins then I'd suggest you go through and pull out all the AU/ BU (shiny) 1982 and '83 nickels, dimes, and quarters. There might be a few other valuable coins in the bunch but it would require a lot of knowledge to spot them and it's probably not worth your time.
With real old coins like this (especially clads) it would be a great source for coins to fill Whitman folders. Just put the nicest example you can find in a folder. It's a lot of fun and since no one has done it you'll have lots of scarce coins that will be worth at least a small premium someday.
I couldn't help searching the '71 and '72 quarters for the type b. These have a little larger space between the E and the S in STATES. High grade examples of these are scarce and your hoard is exactly the kind of place they might be found.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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