First Time Seriously Coin Roll Hunting

I roll hunted cents and nickels quite a bit for a few years. Haven't bought a box in over 4 years, but I have a few pieces of advice to pass on:

1: If you can't buy at face, don't roll hunt! Your total finds 99.95% of the time will be the equivalent of less than $2 "profit". If your bank wants to charge for ordering boxes, you would be better off just buying lots of wheat cents off of ebay.

2: Cents are fun to find wheat cents, varieties, and 2009s, but IMO, nickels were the most enjoyable simply because you are much more likely to find a key date, silver, or Buffalo nickel in a box than a key date Lincoln or Indian Head cent.

3: Don't hoard pre-1983 bronze cents unless you are certain you have a buyer at more than face value. Learned that the hard way by accumulating over 11,000 in a bucket that I ultimately dumped in a coinstar.

4: Check your local coinstar machines. If any of them offer gift cards for any retailer that you are likely to spend $25 at, dump your rejects for a gift card and don't spent hours rolling coins and possibly souring your relationship with your local bank.

When it comes to roll hunting pennies, obviously look for wheat cents, Indian Head cents, and foreign change. I have found dimes in customer wrapped rolls plenty of times - those usually have the best yields because the machines kick out foreign coins. Check all 1998, 1999, and 2000 for WAMs, and all 1992s for CAMs. There are other varieties too, but WAMs are popular, common-ish and can sell for a few dollars on ebay.

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