Cool Lincoln Roll Finds (From Bank Rolls) - Post Yours!

That's AWSOME!

To Badthad and the rest of you experts, let me ask this. I have now gone through $45.00 in rolls. I have pulled about 10 wheats and the rest mems. The way I am separating them is 1982 and older, 1983 and newer, and the wheats. Should I be separating them differently? Should I be separating them into more categories? Should I be checking the 2000s for wide AMs? I have found several what I call "shiny" 60s and 70s and just put them in my "copper" bin. I have no idea on how to grade other than "brown" or "shiny". I have no coin shop to go to so I can learn. So am I maximizing my time just separating them into the three categories?

If you read Chuck's thread on searching in the error forum section, you will see he is very thorough and methodical, but his goals are different from mine. It's a very good thread!

It all depends on your goals/desires. I recycle about 80% or so of my bank coins. All I can tell you is what I look for and keep. I'm not completely infatuated with all the die varieties....it's too time consuming for me. Here's what I'm looking for:

1) 98/99/2000 Wide AM's
2) 1992D Close AM
3) Gem quality BU's in all years, must be MS65+, well struck and no distracting marks. At some point, I'm going to put together BU roll sets with these.
4) Coppers, I'm keeping the coppers for the future. I think the price of copper will rise again and these will be worth at least 2x face in melt value.
5) Special coins for my collection, i.e. full red coppers, Grease Filled Dies, neat toning, anything else I find interesting. On a side note, I only have about 30 of these after searching about 15 boxes. I'm real picky!
6) 1972 DDO, 1984 doubled-ear, 1995 DDO

IMO, you have to pretty selective searching these or you'll find yourself absolutely buried in coins. There's billions and billions of Lincolns!

I found an 1887 cent, an 1863 civil war token, a 1925S cent in EF, and a number of doubled dies and repunched mintmarks searching through bank rolls. Sometimes you end up with rolls that sat in a closet for decades before finally being turned in.

As for my sorting method, I do it to ensure I get all the varieties out of the mix. I don't just do it to separate the metals. But if you've already got the coins, it makes sense to check them over for anything that's out of the ordinary. I've made a supplemental living doing this for years now. It doesn't make much, but when you're poor to start with, an extra $100 per month adds significantly.

I also found two 1968D DDR (1DR-001) . I sold one and still have another. WILLING TO SELL!


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Great finds Jason!

Those are some great finds WD!

here you go:

http://www.thecentproject.com/sort1982.php