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Valued Member
Canada
159 Posts |
Hi,
I'm new to coin collecting.
I have a question... what is the fastest way to sift through rolls of a single denomination of coins? Do you guys have some special techniques or special equipment for sorting through those dates quickly?
Thanks for your reply.
James.
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Valued Member
United States
250 Posts |
What are you 'searching' for? Dates and mint marks or are you also looking for errors, etc?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1554 Posts |
 Hello Newbee, judging by that question, I see you have not yet experienced the pleasure of coin hunting. When I first started in this AWESOME hobby having a pile of coins or several dozen unexplored rolls sitting on a table in front of me made me feel like a kid in a candy store. To think that I might come across a scarce KEY date coin that I could add to my ever growing collection. So to answer your question simply put: absolutely not! The only way to sort through coin rolls or large hoards is the old fashion way: hand search each coin, one at a time! No machine, no computer nor any gadget ever designed by God or man can automatically find a specific coin in a lot. After all remember: Looking for a new coin find is like being in the market for a new girlfriend, " The hunt is a lot more fun than the slaughter!" Glenn Edited by glenzy1
12/17/2008 08:19 am
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Valued Member
 Canada
159 Posts |
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What are you 'searching' for? Now THAT'S a good question, what am I searching for? I'm not sure. ha-ha! Um, well, I was reading about Dimes having silver in them, I would like to find some of those old dimes. Considering the Dimes with Silver are older, I'll be keeping those anyways, right? I'm assuming that anything old is valuable, but from reading some posts, I'm not sure if this is true. I think I really should ask Santa for a book on Canadian coin collecting because I really don't know what is valuable. I guess this will be another Post topic, because I have no idea what books I should read up on. I wasnt joking, all this is new to me.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
159 Posts |
Glenzy, I hope I get the same enthusiasm as you for this hobby. Pissssh.... and I was thinking of using magnets and large trays that hold and flip hundreds of coins and all sorts of crazy ideas! But, I guess that's what happens when you get a tradesman into a hobby. I freak it to suit me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree, look at each coin one at a time. I've thought about weighing rolls of dimes, quarters or halves, becasue the silver weigh different from the clad, but there is a range of acceptable values, so I don't think even one silver in a roll will be detectable by weighing them. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Pissssh.... and I was thinking of using magnets and large trays that hold and flip hundreds of coins and all sorts of crazy ideas! But, I guess that's what happens when you get a tradesman into a hobby. I freak it to suit me. I have two words for you: Coin Comparitor (sometimes spelled comparator) No reason you can't combine a coin hobby with a tinkering hobby! |
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Valued Member
Canada
159 Posts |
"Coin Comparitor", that would be good for pennies. I saw that Ryedale machine, but I think I could build a machine for much cheaper.
I'm interested in the Nickels, Dimes and Quarters back when they used Silver. I have a feeling those are going to be hard to find.
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Valued Member
United States
250 Posts |
As you continue in this hobby you may find yourself searching through the came group of coins several times. The first pass would be strictly for dates and mint marks. As you get more educated you may go back an look to see if some of them have particularly good strikes or errors. You may choose to hoard pre-1982 Lincolns cents. Keep reading this board and you will see almost as many opinions and styles on collecting as there are members. Most will tell people new to the hobby DO NOT CLEAN COINS except...(you have to read a lot of posts to find out the answer to that one.)
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Valued Member
Canada
159 Posts |
so cleaning coins with Muriatic acid (pool cleaner) and baking soda is bad?  I haven't cleaned anything, yet. I better find some of those posts. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
533 Posts |
I hunt mostly halves and this is how I do it.
First I pull out any silver as soon as I find it.
Then I have 10 big red solo cups with 0-9 written on them.
I sort first by the LAST digit. So the 79's, 89's and 99's will be in the same cup.
Then I sort each cup by year.
Pretty easy technique, and IMO the coins are handled less in the end.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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so cleaning coins with Muriatic acid (pool cleaner) and baking soda is bad?
I haven't cleaned anything, yet. I better find some of those posts.
No, it's the usage after the pool has been cleaned with it that it is bad. And since many put baking soda in a refregerator for absorbing odors, your coins could end up smelling like left overs and you might eat them.  Only clean valuable coins since cleaning non valuable ones is a waste of cleaning agents. I use battery acid. But from other people's batteries.  As to roll searching, consider hiring me to do that for you. Then you don't have to worry about what to do with valuable coins. I'll have them. All just kidding, I think. There is no easy way to roll search. I suggest you try a bank for a bag of coins. For example ask for a $50 bag of pennies (commonly refered to as cents). Then sit down and start looking through though them. Not sure about Canada having $50 bags of cents though. Check with your local banks. |
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Valued Member
United States
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"Coin Comparitor", that would be good for pennies. I saw that Ryedale machine, but I think I could build a machine for much cheaper.
I'm interested in the Nickels, Dimes and Quarters back when they used Silver. I have a feeling those are going to be hard to find. Actually, you can use a coin comparitor for any denomination, you just need to either have a separate comparitor for each one, or change out the sample coin when you switch denominations. I know that for Canadian nickels, the first pass is usually done with a magnet to pull out all the modern issues... it's my understanding that older issues have gotten pretty scarce in circulation since their metal content was at 2x face for a while. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Looking for a new coin find is like being in the market for a new girlfriend, " The hunt is a lot more fun than the slaughter!" so true... |
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Valued Member
Canada
159 Posts |
PennehChaos... Actually, Nickel is magnetic... so if you passed a magnet over Canadian 5 cent pieces, the magnet will pick up all the coins.
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