Troodon

My bank was closed today so couldn't get more halves, so I went to Wells Fargo to search nickels. Out of $20 worth of nickels only found one I needed, a 1955D. Oh well, better than finding nothing after searching 400 nickels, lol...

Monday looking through more halves.

dziowi

Had a little free time today and I went through two boxes of Pennies packed by Brinks. (Thats $50 of pennies)

In the first box, I found 1952D, 1956D AU still shinning, 1920, 1955, 1944, 1945, 1955, 1942, 1948, 1952D, 1956D, 1952D, 1945, 1945, 1957D, 1945, 1950S, 1956 and about ten candian. So thats 18/2500 or 0.72%

In the Second Box I found, 1941S, 1940, 1955, 1953D, 1958, 1956D, 1941, 1956D, 1926, 1956, 1944, 1946., and three candian. so 12/2500 or .48%

In total I found 30 wheat pennies in two boxes. Total % of population that was wheat pennies was 0.6%... just above a half a percent.
Over the summer I went through ten boxes($250 of pennies) and I actually found a 1897 indian cent. Figure that you will get about a half a percent for wheaties and few and far between for other specials.

Bill

cherrypicker

Wow,beats my penny searching-today searched 20 rolls pennies, found 2 canadians and 8 dimes...no wheaties

Bonedigger

I found a 1968-D half a few days ago after going thru 4 rolls of halves.

B

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dziowi

If your local bank has a coin counting machine, then it makes searching for coins a breeze. You ask for a box, search, and then go back to the bank, dump the coins in their machine and it recounts it... go back and get another box.

Don't bring your coins back to the supper market or anything like coinstar becuase they charge you.

Bill

chicken_little

Last weekend I went through 2 boxes of dimes ($500) and a box of quarters($500). I found 4 silver dimes: 1950-D, 1961, 1963-D, 1964-D. I didn't find any silver quarters, but I did find a painted vermont quarter.

bruce 1947

Hi All
Went through 10 rools of nickels friday. Found 27 coins from 2004 & 2005 all denver mint coins. I find find bison & keel boat circulated nickels all the time. Not many ocean in view coins are showing up here in bank rolls. I live in masa az I get all denver mint coins here hard to find p-mints coins.

Skylark

sorted through maybe 20 rolls of 1c and in every roll there was 1-6 US pennies
also looked through 2 10c and 1 5c and found a dime and nickel.

Not that special but it is something.

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mpaulson

I got a 100$ box of nickles the other day, found tons!! of 2005 ocean views' and bisons, only a 57 and a 58. and a canadian I gues not that good. Where do you guys bank at to get the bags and the counting machines and the halfs? do you order them? I opened accouns at 3 places in hopes to get stuff with no luck. I am in southern california.

nickelman

I got a $100 box of nickels the other day. Found a 1925 Buffalo nickel several nickels from the 40's and several from the 50's.

bruce 1947

Hi All
Today I went through 5-rolls of nickels this is what I found.
14 2005-d bison
4 2005-d ocean in view
2 2004-d kellboat
5 2004-d peace
1 1941
1 1946-s
1 1959-d
1 1970-s e.x.f.

Magman

Hello fellow AZ'er.
I know what you mean, most of the coins are D mint. - in fact, im not sure ive seen a P in a loooong time.

anyways, to add to the thread: my grandpa still has a 5$ roll of quarters from a casino from the early '70s.
I keep wanting to open it, then decide not to...

TOLS196024

6 more boxes last weekend:
38 40% Kennedys
14 1964 Kennedys
1 1962-D Franklin
I've done better, but I've also done far worse.

bruce 1947

Hi MAG
You can always get good coins this time of year when the snow birds are in town. There will be a winter coin show in mesa soon ,not sure what date.

Magman

ah, very true.

oh yes, please tell me when you find out when it is