I Have Been Collecting Only For A Month Now. Excited To Be Part Of This Forum!

thank you guys, so far I would say the best find I had was I ordered a box of silver dollars from the bank, they ended up messing up and ordered me gold dollars, they went through the hard work to get it so I decided to take it anyway.
when I brought it back home, I opened the box, and all of the rolls were mint wrapped, uncirculated, 2000-D Sacagawea coins.
i opened 1 roll, saved another 5 rolls, sold 34 rolls for $1,500 to an Etsy seller. pretty cool find, the Etsy seller sells them for $4 each coin so I made some quick money selling to them, but they will reap the most out of it. lol. I just didnt want to take the time to sell on ebay or Etsy. I will keep everyone updated with what I find.

Will do! My dad was helping my uncle build a retaining wall in his backyard a long time ago, he found the coin buried about 10 feet under the surface in a little zip lock bag lol.

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Welcome!

Great to hear you are such an active coin roll hunter. I would advise using some of the money spent on coin roll hunting for a few books on US coinage so you have a good foundational knowledge of what you find. You will likely find coinage from 1965 onward as more and more coin roll hunters have pulled out much of the pre-1964 coins since the late 1960's. However I have found the following hunting rolls: 1929 Standing Liberty quarter, 2009 Missing Edge Lettering Error Sacajewa dollar, once in awhile some silver Washington quarters(earliest was a 1942), and a 1917D very circulated Lincoln Cent. And I don't coin roll hardly as intensely as you do.

Another suggestion, if possible, use say $500 to buy coins that would be extremely difficult or nearly impossible to find coin roll hunting. Suggestions: 1) Common date lightly circulated gold dollars from the 1850's 2) Walking Liberty halves uncirculated from Philly mint from 1934 to 1947 3) Standing Liberty dimes and quarters from the more common years in uncirculated condition or a scarcer year in XF 4) Uncirculated or About Uncirculated Lincoln cents before 1932. Or if you want to get modern ones that are very affordable and get a bunch of them, Jefferson nickels with a good strike and full steps from the 1950's to early 1980's can be scarce -- best to get it in uncirculated , Mercury dimes in uncirculated condition are beautiful, Franklin half dollars are a good deal (especially those from 1948 - 1955, mintages are modest). If you want to go to early 19th century coinage, there are some Half Cents and cents that you can get in lightly circulated condition from $250 - 300, as they were copper, survival rates are lower than for silver and gold coins (of course other factors will have a role).

These are only suggestions and complimentary to your ambitious coin roll hunting. Get yourself the Red Book on US coins and some grading guides to hone you eye,

Ah then I would limit your coin purchases to those you would have little chance of finding roll hunting or at estate sales. These are more expensive but are worth investing:

$3 Liberty Head Gold coins from the 19th century. Expensive but getting say two in XF or low AU woudl keep you under $5,000 or even $2,000.

Seated Liberty silver dollar coins - mintages were modest to low so you MIGHT find them at an estate sale or, if lucky, a garage sale but your safest bet would be to get one from a reputable dealer.

$2.50 Gold Indian Heads may be found rarely at a garage sale, once in awhile at an estate sale. But due to the frequency these are counterfeited your best bet again is to get one from a reputable dealer.

$20 St Gaudens from some common years and circulated only sell for a modest premium above spot (and cheaper then modern American Gold Eagles). You may find them quite infrequently at estate sales but I think it would be best to go to a good dealer.

The early 19th century and late 18th century copper cents and Half Cents are sometimes found at estate sales, usually from a serious coin collector. I find the Classic Head from the 1830's within reach of most collectors ---even if on a budget, it isn't to difficult to save for a nice one over a 6 - 12 month period.

So I hope these suggests provide some ideas for what to buy.

Finally I doubt you will find these fantasy coins, bullion from roll hunting, garage sales or many estates - Dan Carr's "exonumia". Mintages are low, one recent fantasy commemorative I bought sold out within a few months and now has a mintage of about 115. Although a small niche of numismatics, Dan Carr has an excellent reputation and his products are extremely well-done. You can find his stuff for sale at Moonlight Mint site - http://www.moonlightmint.com/