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Valued Member
United States
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I'm a noobie when it comes to coin collecting as I have only been doing it for less than 2 years, and I've only been collecting what I can find or what I can afford (which is silver proof sets)....
I want to start roll hunting but I'm not sure what demonination to run with... or what to look for with each denom...
Can someone list the key dates / for each denom? even if its as vague as "collect every XXXX prior to XXXX" and then do research on them...
I have been reading on Wikipedia about nickels and dimes, it doesn't really tell me a whole lot... I see the guy doing the 25,000 nickel roll project is collecting any nickel pre-1958... why 1958?
I know all dimes pre-1964 were silver so I would assume to collect those!...
any help boosting my small collection would be great!
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Valued Member
United States
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My advice would be to buy a red-book. I could list all the key dates but you'll most likely never see them, you need to look for the next to key days. Here is a starter list of the rare ones you'll never find:
Cents:
1909 S VDB
1909 S
1914 D
1931 S
Dimes:
1916 D
Quarters:
1932 D
1932 S
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Valued Member
 United States
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Why doesn't anyone do this with Kennedy halves? Is it feasible? 1964 being a 90% silver coin (melt value of 6.40 cents) would be a nice find... or the regular 40% silver even... ill trade .50 cents for $3.00 in value any day... What does the bank do for halves? are they rolled? if so where on earth do you get rolls to return them in... |
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Valued Member
United States
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lots of people do it for Kennedy halves, it can be hard to get them from the bank sometimes though |
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United States
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Red Book good 10X lop the cherrypicker guide I& II https://www.coppercoins.com and good chair & table or desk and time to take a good look at what coins you are looking thur. and the best thing luck! have fun hunting!
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Pillar of the Community
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United States
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I would recommend that you do a little of every denomination! It can get dull searching the same denomination over and over again. Try to build a set of all Memorial Cents, Jefferson nickels, Clad Roosevelt dimes, Clad Washington quarters, Clad Kennedys (you'll probably be able to find a lot of silver halves too), Small Dollars. You will probably be able to find most, if not all, dates in rolls eventually. (Finding all the silver Jeffersons might be tough -- but they're not expensive to buy). Afterwards, start trying to build up the older dates (silver coinage). Also note that coins pre-1965 are silver, not pre-1964 (dimes, quarters, and halves dated 1964 DO contain 90% silver). Halves dated 1965-1970 (including 1970) contain 40% silver and are also worth hanging on to. 1970 and 1987 Halves were only released in mint sets. Halves dated 2002 or later were also only released in mint sets. These are all worth keeping. Edited by hugemistake2003
04/20/2008 09:57 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't do roll searches (I just don't care enough about them to look through them) but my bank only takes unrolled coins and they have a counter in the back, just take the searched rolls and dump them in a jar or something and take them back if your bank has a counting machine, no need to roll them. If you do this allot I would suggest having a dump bank that isn't your regular pick up bank because if you keep taking back the coins you get from the same bank they may be inclined to not get you anymore rolls and you will be getting back the same coins you just brought back the week before
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Valued Member
United States
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what about nickels 1964 and earlier hugemistake2003?
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Valued Member
United States
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Jefferson nickels are probably the easiet set to complete. Virtually every date and mintmark can be found in rolls. Some are difficult to find (particularly some of the silver dates), but it is not unheard of to eventually find every date and mint mark from rolls. What you can't find you can buy fairly cheaply from a coin dealer. If you're asking about silver, only the silver wartime nickels (I don't know the exact dates -- but they're in the 1940s and will have a HUGE mintmark on the reverse above Monticello) contain silver. Most pre-1965 nickels are just 75% copper and 25% nickel.
Edited by hugemistake2003
04/20/2008 6:55 pm
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I wish I could give you a good reason why I chose 1958 and before as keepers for the nickel survey, but I'd be lying if I told you that I had one! Looking back, I have three observations about choosing 1958. 1. 1958 is 50 years ago (a nice round number) 2. 1958 was also the last year of the Wheat cent (what the relevance of that is I don't know!) 3. On the negative side, I probably should have chosen 1959 as I find that they are pretty tough to come across! In nickels, dates you should look for include: 1938d,1938s,1939d,1939s,1942 coins with a large mintmark over Monticello on the reverse (silver),all coins 1943-1945 (silver), 1950d There are also a few desirable errors to seek out. 1939 Doubled Die reverse 1943/2 1943 Doubled Die obverse 1949 d/s 1954 s/d 1955 d/s 1990 d NO FS initials under Jefferson's bust 2005 Bison reverse with a "spear" (diebreak) sticking out of the bison's back There is also a three-legged variety of the above coin. 1964 or 1964d nickels are NOT worth saving; they made over a BILLION of each of them, and most bank rolls contain at least a couple of each of them. |
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