Coin Roll Hunting Suggestions

007... Results in roll hunting will vary over time--sometimes cents are hot, other times it may be nickels or dimes. Where you are geographically can influence what you find as well. I suggest you focus on what interests you most and stick with it over time. I usually don't ask much from the tellers at the banks I frequent. Too many 'special demands' can cause them to be less cooperative. I gladly accept what the give, and it usually works out over time. Good luck!

Customer wrapped rolls are usually the best overall in terms of finds, and nickels do indeed yield the best results, but when you get them, make sure you ask the teller if they've been brought in by a collector who has dumped them. I've had amazing CWRs (98 pre-60s in 5 rolls one time), and others where they were very obviously searched - one infamous group of 33 rolls which had everything pulled (save 2 coins) from prior to the year 1990!

As for Half Dollars, ALWAYS ask if the tellers have any in their trays or just "lying around." You'll be amazed what you find when you do this over and over. A lot of us order boxes of halves from the banks as they usually don't carry them unless customers bring them in.

I also advise hitting as many branches as possible in purchasing coins (yes, I know this goes against what Crazyb0 just said). Make sure you mark the coins so you know where you got them from. If you run into a "hot" batch, go back to that branch (and teller) as soon as possible and get more. I've had tons of success employing this strategy the past couple of years.

With all the above said, I found 1939-D and 1950-D Jefferson nickels in machine wrapped rolls I bought on 7/11/18. Also, my best individual find ever, an AU 1928-S Buffalo nickel, was found in a MWR. Additionally, I once found 170 pre-60s in a partial box (44 rolls), another box from the same run had 37 pre-60s including an AU 1939-D. The only thing you want to make sure with MWRs is to check if they're not all shiny new coins from the current year.

Customer-rolled are my favorites, because of the chance of solid (silver).
In the $150k + that I've searched, I've received about one dozen or so solids.

Always buy them all, including suspected dumps. The tellers will love you for it, and I can't count the times where I've bought several dozen dumped rolls and a solid roll and/or singles have been in the mix.

Cents, 10-12 wheats per box.
Nickels, ho-hum unless you want to hoard 1938 on up, toss in a War Nickel every now and then.
Dimes, my favorite. Mercs, rosies and silver Canadians depending on your part of the country.
Quarters, ehhhh, tough.
Halves, I always scored with Brinks double deckers when I was lucky enough to get them. String and son wrapped, not so much.
Always ask for "big dollars".

My goal was always to buy volumes of coin, as in several grand per week if that's possible. Sounds like a lot to search, but unless you're hunting errors (not me), the time is not all consuming, and the keepers pile up fast.