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Peaceman Valued Member United States 434 Posts	Posted 05/04/2011 4:58 pm I think this will be fun AND may just give others here an idea, or a way, to become more efficient in the way they seach. Here's my crude way of going through pennies. I've only been doing it for a few months so no laughing.... 1) Pile up the pennies on one end. 2) Slide the over and look at them under the glass 3) Determine which blue bin they go in (Junk copper / Non-junk) - just have to slide them in off of the desk. 4) Pennies going back to the bank just sit on the left side of the white box. 5) You can see dollar tubes with dates on them all around my desk. I put the dates I seach in these tubes without looking at them. 6) Once a tube gets filled, I put them in bags (2nd pic). 7) The BU stuff I put into tubes for later inspection as well. (2nd pic) 8) When a bag gets full, I just have one date to go through quickly looking at the same area each time rather than stop and look at every coin which I think would take forever. Plus, I don't know what to look for anyway. Have to go online and bring the date up to find the identifiers. The light I have there is adjustible so I can use any angle I need it at. It helps a lot when taking pics of a single coin. And now you kn ow my secret.... What's yours. Edited by Peaceman 05/04/2011 5:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10034 Posts	Posted 05/04/2011 5:39 pm Nice, logical setup. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
ikandiggit Pillar of the Community Canada 1166 Posts	Posted 05/04/2011 6:03 pm Man, you're waaaaaay too organized! I have a flat box that I pour the contents of the rolls into. I do a quick scan for interesting items, pull them out, do a quick stir, if nothing else, I dump them in a shoebox. I continue this until all the rolls are done. Then I examine the coins I pulled out and keep the interesting ones. Sometime later, I check each and every coin in the shoebox, sorting out the copper. Then I roll the rejects. Edited by ikandiggit 05/04/2011 6:04 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Rsxtacee Pillar of the Community United States 737 Posts	Posted 05/04/2011 6:24 pm Mine looks exactly like yours! Except coins are all over the place and the bins and tubes sit unused in a box hehe. I really need to get organized. Report this Post to the Staff
still lookin Pillar of the Community 967 Posts	Posted 05/04/2011 7:17 pm I have a large magnifying glass that I look at coins first. I can usually find the major errors/varieties with it. I sort all BU coins by year and then check them under a stereo microscope. I use a plastic bin from Lowes to sort the coins by years. When the drawer is full it is time to look at each coin under the microscope. I place each coin of interest in a 2X2 and file. I also keep an excel file of all coins found listed by coppercoins, crawford, wexler and/or traildies. What someone needs to come up with is a cross reference for all of these. I try to file all error/variety coins by year and number. Report this Post to the Staff
JackB Pillar of the Community United States 1064 Posts	Posted 05/04/2011 8:32 pm You seem to have covered everything, I think you really have a good technique here! Nice job, good labeling is the key... Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 05/05/2011 02:51 am Who needs a coin sorting machine when you are set up as well as that!? Perhaps a bank could employ you in this role, on a part time basis! You keep the rare ones, they get their coins sorted. Just pipe dreamin'! Report this Post to the Staff
eddiespin Pillar of the Community United States 1547 Posts	Posted 05/05/2011 11:58 am Quote: Plus, I don't know what to look for anyway. LOL. I didn't, either, when I started. Peaceman, you're a model of efficiency. You'll narrow down your focus, as you go along. Great way to start off, though. Report this Post to the Staff
scurry64 Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 05/05/2011 3:49 pm I dive in head first and mouth wide open. Report this Post to the Staff
Rsxtacee Pillar of the Community United States 737 Posts	Posted 05/05/2011 5:10 pm hehe reminds me of uncle Scrooge from Duck Tales. Oh to be a kid again. Report this Post to the Staff
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