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Valued Member
United States
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I have a $50 loose penny bag what are some tips going through all this from bank.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I sort mine by years, then check one year at a time. The quickest way to sort them I have found is as follows: Sort them by the last digit in the date first, 0 through 9. So you will have 10 different containers. Then sort each one of those by the decades. For example, take the container with dates that end in 1, and sort into 1971, 1981, 1991, etc. I like to sort and check by date because I can compare coins of the same year, so anything odd will jump out quicker. Plus you can go to coppercoins.com or doubleddie.com, and look up listings for each year and you can focus on areas to look for doubling.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Some will take 10 containers and put all the ones that end with 9 in one container. regardless of the prefex. Then place the same digit on into the other containers. Then sort them by years later. That way you can do them by year per container. I just go through them as they come. But others like to search by year/mint mark so they can look up information before searching.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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First find somewhere on the floor where you can dump the coins. Start with putting all the same dates together from earliest to most recent. Then take a break.
Once you feel re-charged, get your coin catalog book out and sit back down. Start with the earliest or most recent dates and organize your coins from nicest looking to the ones that look like they have been through heck.
Take another break and repress the thoughts that are going through your head (What am I doing)
Get a piece paper or excel sheet and write or enter the grades and value. When you do it again, you will have the info ready to reference faster.
Hope that helps
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Rest in Peace
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PM me, I'll send you printable copies of layout sheets. I have them for LWC, LMC, Jefferson nickels. I stack each coin by date, if stacks get too high just set some aside on you own marked sheet. Then you can check each individual stack per date, with references pulled up, don't have to shuffle around.  Edited by Crazyb0
08/03/2018 1:49 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks those help but I don't know how to grade yet guess I need that too
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Valued Member
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Oh oh, Meow has been doing the CRH wrong. Meow just studies each coin well regardless of date, and has never presorted before. Is this where Meow has gone wrong?
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 United States
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Is this where Meow has gone wrong? No I have never pre sorted. Once I have learned what to look for I just go through them,rolled or loose and look for errors and varieties. I also look for high grade ones. This works with all denominations as well. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Good luck on the search Loveameric! I hope you find good stuff in that bag! :)
Errers and Varietys.
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[quote No I have never pre sorted. Once I have learned what to look for I just go through them,rolled or loose and look for errors and varieties. I also look for high grade ones. This works with all denominations as well. John1 ][/quote] That is what Meow does too. Meow did not think there would be other ways to CRH. Figure its best to give every coin a chance regardless of date to add to the Cat hoard. Meow has CRH every day since starting about a month ago. Meow has not found any amazing gems yet, buy enjoys CRH inmmensly. Off the top of Meow's furry head, Meow recalls finding so far: 2 Silver Nickels 1 Buffalo 2 RPMs 1 silver dime Strangely only one gem BU dime. 2 2009 nickels And many interesting examples of die wear, die cracks, die clashes, and Machine Doubling. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you have kids or grandkids, give them each $5 and a pair of cotton gloves to separate them by date...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Don't worry about grading them. I thought you were looking for varieties.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That is what Meow does too. Meow did not think there would be other ways to CRH. Figure its best to give every coin a chance regardless of date to add to the Cat hoard. There is no "correct" way to roll search coins. The reason I date sorted halves when was b/c, with little experience in errors, I was looking for DDOs, DDRs, RPMs, clashes, die rotations, No FG et cetera. If, for example, I was looking through a stack of 1971-D halves, as each one got under the microscope it was easy to fall into a routine of looking for the clashed OBV, RPM, DDO, and rotated die. If I was searching at random, I might forget to look for each error. After awhile, and after seeing a lot of the errors firsthand, you gain more confidence and likely will be less prone to overlook errors. Sorting, using a written list of errors for each date/MM and making a routine was an easy way to train myself to be thorough. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Meow, were you on the show Mr. Rogers.... The cat on that show spoke the same way.
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Valued Member
United States
114 Posts |
I have found almost a brand new roll of 1959 LMC they all look brand new |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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post a picture of the best one and we will give you an idea grade range.
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