Is Coin Roll Hunting Really Worth the Effort?

I had a box back in May that had 13 Buffers in it, there were several other boxes that had at least four and as many as eight in succession - like someone dumped a whole bunch of them in a coin machine somewhere.

 

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Did they have dates.

 

10 of them did, nothing rare and mostly 35-37 but I was a happy boy.

 

kind of an older thread but I though I'd chime in at last. For me it is the same feeling that got me hooked when I was a kid in the 60's, finding that one that is interesting to me. What is interesting to me is personal, and certainly different that the next person, but that's the point. It is the find, that moment of "cool" or Yes! or "wow" or just a little "huu, that's interesting" Its the passing of time doing something relaxing, pleasant, punctuated with moments of surprise and occasional delight. And yes, it is still worth it, there is enough of what interests me in circulation that I still crack a box and roll them back up. I usually do my re-roll while playing online poker so that goes pretty easy. Upon reflection, maybe its a little like poker too, what will the next card or the next coin be? I even find a small pleasure in seeing 3 of an older date come up in a row. 3 1964 nicks in a row or hitting 3 of a kind duces on the flop.
My interest changes with time, a couple of years back I set aside some unc rolls as birth year of my first granddaughter, more of a bank search that a roll search for unc rolls. I've added 2009's to my search and hold. I'm still amazed that I can find AU58 or better coins that are 50 years old or more. and yes, who doesn't like silver, but that's really not the main thing for me, just a nice bonus. There are so many interesting things to find.
Yes, its worth it.... to me.

 

I just had a friend on a separate forum pull a 1909-S VDB out of a roll of cents. I would say that CRH is well worth it.

 

No it isn't, move along folks - nothing to find, nothing to see.

 

This is why I'm on this site for motivation like that. Was it a roll from a bank?

 

Here is his description of what happened.

 

Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

 

Did he post any pics of it???

 

It's important to remember that you do this, coin roll hunting, for fun. While you're having fun, you might get lucky and find some coins worth a premium. You may make some money at this but it is difficult to do so because most of the really valuable coins are not in circulation.

Coin roll hunting is somewhat of a treasure hunt with a high failure rate. It takes a lot of patience, time and persistence. I've been doing it a couple of years and have found a little silver, quite a few wheats, a couple of proofs etc. I've only done one box, pennies, and keep things on a small scale, about $125 per week. During this period of time, I have never found a silver quarter in a circulated roll but have found a few silver halves, nickels and dimes. It seems to get more difficult finding silver as time passes. I live in the Triad area of North Carolina.

 

Look what I found on Wednesday, after buying a mere $11.50 worth of CWR from a friendly bank branch:




110 years young! First IHC since the 1882 I found back in February.

 

"Worth it"? No...you will make more money working a part time job than you will searching for silver. This is nothing more than a hobby. Anyone doing this for financial gain needs to reexamine themselves and their situation, and find a better way to use their time. The math simply doesn't add up, even when silver was $50 a couple years ago.
I stopped roll searching years ago for this very reason. I realized I needed something better to do with my time. Eventually I found something better, and now wouldn't even think about roll searching in my spare time. There is much bigger fish out there if you look.
There use to be a time when this was financially feasible, but then everyone and their brother learned you can still find silver, and now there is very little left to go around.

 

Only a fool would search for silver for monetary gain. I do it for fun.

 

Up the ante, search bags

 

I went to the credit union today to use the coin machine to deposit my change into savings. The guy ahead of me had a handcart, stacked to the top with boxes. I could see the bottom ones were all Kennedys.

I asked him about it, and he wasn't a coin collector--just looking for silver. He said his relative worked in banking and got all the boxes for him to go through. Considering how many boxes he had, I'm thinking that's probably why nothing good ever gets found in my area.

 

it's the thrill of the hunt, in one box of cents i found this 1909 VDB in very good condition, which made that box worth it to me, in my next box i found a 1972 doubled die FS-102 , needless to say made that box worth it,

 

I like searching pennies because wheats are still common enough that you'll likely find some when searching old rolls.

 

How is that 1972 a doubled die? Just a newbie asking. I thought 2x die meant a doubled picture...