Ways To Collect Other Then Roll Hunting

occasionally an old liberty head nickel or indian head from 1900 will pop up in circulation, but besides that and going to a coin dealer you can trade for coins, ask old relatives, or metal detect. Coins found through metal detecting are often low grade and sometimes corroded since theyve been in the ground for over a hundred years

anyone else?

PhilG

Every person who you meet has coins in the jewelry boxes sock drawers or piggy banks .

I have people bring me coins at the coffee shop to ask about selling them , or to get an Idea of value .

I never offer to buy but I never refuse if the coins are offered forsale even if I'm not exactly in the market for that particular coin .

I always give a fair price and I always tell people exactly what their coin is and what its worth .

it took me 5 or 6 years to develope the trust but at times its well worth the effort .

Me too. Garage/yard/estate sales are great but as I keep telling people you have to ASK. Most of the time coins are not put out as an item for sale due to theft. If you ask, you may be shocked at what is there. Same with flea markets. Besides from change in the old days, I now primarily acquire coins from the above. I go to about 2 to 4 coin shows a month but the most coins and the best deals are usually from just plain old people. Some time ago I worked in place where practically half the employees came from other countries. So I let it be known I collect coins. I got bombarded with coins from all over the world and free. People just kept on giving me them. Some had relatives send them even more. The problem with this is I do not collect foreign coins. I didn't want to hurt their feeling so I just kept on taking them. Presently have several boxes of them and very little idea of what they are.
However, I did acquire a lot of USA coins that were old from the same people. What suprized me was the people from other countries that had relatives back home with some of our old coins and didn't know what to do with them.
For several years now I've been buying Mercury dimes from a guy at the flea market. He used to sell them for $1/each. If you bought a lot of them he would lower the prices. I usually paid about 0.90 each and at times even less.

Inheritance and auctions.

Thats where I find most of mine

I usually stick to the coin shows, but when my boy gets old enough I might start doing the garage/yard sale tour again. I am hoping his cuteness will score me some nice finds; but worst case I get to spend some "man" time with him!