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Valued Member
United States
327 Posts |
After searching $1000 in quarters, I'm kind of bummed. Aside from collecting what you like, which coin roll is the funnest to search? Wells Fargo wouldn't give me any Kennedy halves but they will give me boxes of anything else I want. It would just be nice to start finding something!  |
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Valued Member
United States
66 Posts |
I've had some luck searching my local banks dime boxes... found quite a few silver dimes over the years (last 5 years or so). However, I would say that I average about two or three silver dimes a box which as a percentage is not a very high amount.
Pennies seem to be a favorite as well because you can find a lot of error cents still floating around in circulation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2424 Posts |
dont search any.. just kidding.. halves and dimes seem to be the best for silver. ihave had NO luck with halves, but customer wraped halves seem to yeild the best. boxes of dimes for me, avg about 4-6 box...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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which coin roll is the funnest to search? Cents and Nickels yield the best "goodies"........Halves are the most popular for the big weighty silver pieces (if and when you're able to find em') Finding old Wheat Cents and good conditioned Memorials and the occasional Indian Head cent......or even upgrading your albums with better examples that you find, is what searching the Cent boxes is all about. Silver War Nickels or keys or Buffalo nickels or upgrading or even the occasional "V" Nickel, is what the Nickel boxes do for ya too. I've been searching Qtrs. just to upgrade a 50 State Qtr. P&D folder......and make some tubes of the Territory Qtrs......it's been fun......and I've found two Silver 1964 Qtrs. doing that ! ....  Edited by eaglefoot
05/26/2010 09:29 am
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Valued Member
United States
323 Posts |
I would go with cents - there is a ton of variety, and it is cheap to get a hold of LOTS of coins. Just my 1 cent
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Valued Member
United States
327 Posts |
I like cents and nickels. Cents and nickels will give up the most consistent older coins, and will yield the most fun per dollar searched. If you want to do the smaller coins, be sure to get some good optical assistance and work in good light. It is certainly possible to put together a complete set of Jefferson nickels (less the 50D maybe, and they aren't expensive) and it should be possible to put together a complete set of LMCs quite easily. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sounds like you're really jonesing for a find....ANYTHING! Wait, there,s hope. For my money it's nickles. So many war pieces are still floating around, if you consider that a find; almost gaurentee at least one. It's quite possible to have small date runs, types galore, and possibilities of finding foreign stuff is always there. And the errors are more obvious (for post 50 yr. old eyes). And there is always a flash of blue or gold in about every box, scoring a decent toner.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1409 Posts |
Cents and nickels are by far the funnest, and each box yields some keepers.
I was searching $500 bags of halves, but the find rate really sucked, so I only do customer wrapped now, as that has paid off at a much higher rate and its far easier to get rid of $50 in halves than $500.
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Valued Member
United States
442 Posts |
I would keep looking for boxes of half's I have recently found franklins in them happy hunting !
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 United States
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If I ever decided to hunt again, I would probably start with nickels. I think it is the easiest set to complete from roll searching. This is something I eventually want to do with my son when he gets older.
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Valued Member
United States
120 Posts |
As everyone has been saying, the best chance of getting silver is halves, then dimes, then quarters, which are almost impossible to get silver from. I take that back. In third, I put nickels, because you have a better chance of getting a 35% silver War Nickel than a silver quarter! In "fun-ness", I prefer pennies, because you find wheaties and varieties. Wheaties won't make you much money (only about 3-5 cents a piece), but they're a thrill to find, because its an extinct design. With pennies, you can also sort out the copper (pre 1983 coins), and sell for a slight profit. (about 1.5-2cents a copper coin.) Some people are holding on to this, as they think copper will go up in value more. Unfortunately, at the time, u.s. coins can not be melted legally, so you might have to sell copper to a dealer, or on ebay. Another "fun" roll to hunt is nickels. You probably wont find anything of much worth here, but alot of people keep nickels from before 1960. There is little to no profit on these, but the fact that it is over 50 years old is a cool thought. You should, for sure keep War Nickels (some 1942 through 1945) because of the silver content in these. Buffalos are a fun bonus too, especially if it has a date. There's my opinion. the other comments have good ideas too. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
For bulk silver, search halves. Good luck, as I live in an area with MONSTER hunters, the boxes don't do well at all, but the hand rolled are decent sometimes. For consistant silver, search dimes. I've found lots of mercs and even several Barbers and old Canadians.
Wish ya well!
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1358 Posts |
I'd go with cents... You almost never get skunked, and there is a large variety of things to search for: errors, wheats, Canadians, wide-AM's, and of course, Indians!
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Valued Member
United States
60 Posts |
Penny rolls have the best chance of finding cool stuff.
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