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 Posted 10/31/2009  8:54 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add cmdrstp to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I guess you call it "roll hunting." Starting with pennies, what do you look for? I know their is so much to learn and you could probably take weeks to answer but, how do you "roll hunt?" What do you look for? I hoping to make a find in my change! LOL.

Thank you.

Stephen

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 Posted 10/31/2009  9:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tumbleweedtrumpet to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
look for 1992 Close AM,98,99, and 2000 Wide AM. Here is a post, and it has a great link in the replies. https://goccf.com/t/54862
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 Posted 10/31/2009  9:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add soldier4Christ to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I haven't gotten into the wide AMs myself. I pull wheats and look for bu examples of coins as well as errors or anything else that triggers my interest.
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 Posted 10/31/2009  11:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cmdrstp to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's confusing with all the variations. lol.
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 Posted 11/02/2009  08:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hippiebrian to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I am not much of a roll searcher, but I would suggest picking up the Cherry Picker's Guide and Making a Fortune With Pocket Change.
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I'd say........(nice Avatar by the way !....) ....... if you're going to start with Cents, to just look for Memorial Cents, Wheat Cents, and Indian Head cents in starting out.
Looking for varieties is/can be fun and rewarding too, of course, but it's a little tough as well, and VERY time consuming.

You can ask for a box of "any" denomination of coin, of course, for just plain ole "roll hunting fun". Like the "Silver Hunting" threads of Halves, Qtrs., and Dimes, of which I'm sure you've seen here. Those are fun and one can put together coin albums of the Moderns that way fairly quickly too, while you're looking for Silver. But, BE WARNED !, ONCE YOU FIND YOUR FIRST PRE-'64 SILVER COIN (dimes/qtrs)..... YOU'RE HOOKED ON ROLL HUNTING FOR SILVER MY FRIEND !

But, until you're more practiced with the "eye" for varieties.....I'd just look for Wheaties, Indian Heads, and even Memorial Cents, while roll hunting with Cents.
Nickels are fun too.......you can get surprises there as well.....might even find ya a War Nickel (30% Silver).

If you ARE willing to take the time ......with a "Mag. Glass" for instance, and look at each and every one closely......there are all kinds of things to look for........(a RedBook shows you nice examples of some varieties.....years to locate them......DDO's.....etc.
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I usually suggest that the first step is to start a collection of whatever it is you want to search. This is the best way to spot anomalies and to always have a reference specimen available for comparison. Save the nicest example you can find.

There are a lot of things out there and just putting the set together can be a hoot. You'll learn the varieties as you go along.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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 Posted 11/02/2009  1:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cmdrstp to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you, all. I have a few books to get. And, I found myself liking to look for silver mostly.
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