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Moderator
 United States
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I am wondering if any of you out there are seeing what I am outside Baltimore, MD ....... a significant increase in 'sleepers' showing up in my roll searches. By 'sleepers' I mean coins that have been stuck away in jars or collections years ago ..... and are now showing up in grades that are well above what we would expect for coins that have been in circulation since their mint dates. I suspect the bad economy has forced some folks to drag the old buckets of coins out of the basement and deposit them in ..... help me here .... Coinstar! I'm a roll searcher ..... mostly nickels. But I also spend a few hard earned $$$ every now and then to buy some half-dollars. In the past three months I have seen the best coins I have come across in years ..... lots of 'sleepers'. For example .... in the past three months I have found these Jefferson nickle 'sleepers' which obviously have just recently been added to the circulation pile of coins .... 1939-D .. VF 1939-S .. XF 1949-S .. BU MS-63 (my guess) 1950 .... VF 1951-S .. XF 1954 .... BU MS-63 (my guess) 1954-D .. BU MS-64 (my guess) 1955 .... XF For me ....... I'm working hard to spend what I can amongst my 'acquire banks' and dump what I can amongst my ... well .... dump banks. I think that we as a collector society have a rare oportunity here to grab these 'sleepers' ..... they are out there IMHO because of the pressures on folks to meet the current economy. Tell us ...... do you agree? What 'sleepers' have you found recently? Best David |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2520 Posts |
I mainly search half dollars and have noticed alot of BU from the 70's & 80's. I have even been getting some Bu silver. But occasionally when Halves are hard to find I'll grab rolls of others and been finding the same, 40 plus year old nickels and dimes in really nice shape!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
I am seeing some really nice nickels from the 50's and 60's lately.
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Moderator
Australia
16806 Posts |
Many people put their spare coins in a big jar, keeping them for a rainy day. Well, the rain has now arrived, and the jars are coming out and getting spent. I've noticed quite a few threads here on the forum where people are finding more unusually well-preserved old coins in circulation. You should also be aware that the term "sleeper" has a technicial definition in coin collecting, from an investor's point of view, that's different to your usage. A "sleeper", as defined in the CCF glossary and elsewhere, is a coin which has a surprisingly low market value given it's scarcity. Theoretically, such "sleepers" only require the awakening of increased demand and their price should rise dramatically. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
United States
114 Posts |
I haven't had the chance to ask but I was wondering if coinstar would let you buy there bags of change. I am thinking about buying a few bags to search through. I would think they would so they don't have to sell them back to the bank or roll the coins themselves.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2224 Posts |
I too would love to buy the bags from Coinstar, but mainly just for cents and nickels, because as I have read on many threads here on CCF, Coinstar machines are set to REJECT silver coins! Hence, ALWAYS check the rejection slots on Coinstars wherever you might go. It's worked for me; found a silver Roosie once.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
505 Posts |
I too have been finding some very nice early date jeffersons in change
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Valued Member
United States
327 Posts |
I am finding lots of AU/BU 70's and 80's copper cents. I found a gorgeous 1960 last night. At least AU and a beautiful golden-toned copper color. Also, piles of AU/BU 1981D. Don't know where they've been, but they are out there. Nickels seem to be running about the usual, a few nice 40s but the average 50's and 60's, with the annoyingly common 1964 showing up as many as two or three times per roll in some cases. 70's & 80s nickels are uniformly thrashed for some reason, I'm having trouble getting nice examples for my second Jefferson set.
Halves are terrible here, too many casinos too close and the halves are BEAT. I use 'em for tips and for paying the clueless kids in the convenience stores with.
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Valued Member
United States
61 Posts |
I am finding a lot of older coins in rolls at work. In the last few months I have pulled a merc and a buffalo. I'm also seeing quite a few wheat pennies. My mom had a guy give her a tip in all Ike dollars last week. It seems whenever the economy goes down the drains, the rolls are richer. Thanks for the tip about Coinstar copper. There is a Coinstar in every grocery store up here and I always see people using it. I will remember to check from now on. |
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New Member
United States
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Wow, I have not found anything of note, other than the occasional wheatie, for a couple years now. Good points though and I will start paying closer attention, esp. to the coinstar machines.
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Valued Member
United States
271 Posts |
I found two silver dimes in the reject bin of a coinstar last week. A 1952 and a 1941.
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Valued Member
United States
114 Posts |
I checked with Kroger today and asked about getting a bag of pennies from the coinstar and they told me in customer service that they had nothing to do with it and could not help me. Has anyone had any luck talking to the people in charge of collecting change from the coinstar machine, to try an buy bags of coins?
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Posted 07/08/2009 8:17 pm
