Food For Thought...

Rule #2: Keep large amounts of money in the bank.
Rule #3: Live out in the middle of no where.
Rule #4: Be patient!

The problem with rule 3 is that places like that have very slow turnover in coins. What is in the community tends to stay in the same community with very little inflow of new material or outflow of old. So very quickly you find yourself searching an ever increasing percentage of your own rejects, even if you dump them at a different bank. I live in such an area. Turnover of coins is so slow that since 2002 I have had 12 post 2002 nickels come through my hands (have never seen a 2005 buffalo from either mint), the State Quarters were released every ten weeks but often would not show up here for 8 to 18 months. I got my first AZ last night and my first OK last week. We still have not seen any of the president dollars since Washington.

The ultimate low turnoever place is Puerto Rico probably. Judging by the coins I've seen coming from there the velocity is very high and the coins wear quickly.

Don't complain abount searching rejects as it could be far worse. When I started collecting in '57 every single coin had been rejected several times and old coins even more. You could find a better coin or an older coin but they would always be heavily worn or cull.

Now days there are still lots of coins that haven't been looked at and lots of varieties that circulate freely (or nearly so).