Roll-searchers, post your results!

2 rolls of dims and two rolls of quarters. Nada. I haven't gotten anything so far but I enjoy this. Besides the bank where are the best places to go? I have been going to gas stations.

 

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I've been told that liquor stores get lots of old money. Unfortunately, my local has an arrangement with someone else.

My friend at a pizza shop finds a fair amount of silver coins and silver certificate bills.

I've had good luck at grocery store banks.

 

gas stations are good, any place that sells tobacco and alcohol because when people get desperate to feed their addictions they'll spend old money. My friend was broke and was about to spend a 1934 $20 on a log of snuff, luckily I noticed and traded him a newer one before he spent it.

 

Makes good sense. Gotta think like a pirate to get the good stuff. Got a role of pennies and thought I had a couple of errors. Researched on web and Don't think they are. Gonna keep them and go over later. Pennies are hard to look for errors. I have 16 magnification. Should I go to a better one?

 

Two boxes halves: 1- 1986-D Liberty; 11- NIFC.

 

5 roles of quarters, one role of dimes, 4 roles of pennies. Nothing. I am really starting to like penny roles. Going to get a ton of them.

 

Are Banks going to give you heat if you tell them you are coin roll hunting? I ask because I am going to get a large amount of coins and I anticipate that question being asked.

 

IMHO, don't tell them you're doing CRH. It is my advice to not lie, but you can "honestly" say things like "Oh, I'm looking for coins to fill one of those coin albums", etc.

Lately I've tried saying that I'm looking for error coins. The jury is still out on that one.

 

I flat out told my bank that has halves what I was doing because they asked. The only problem they had was the weight of carrying them to me!

 

Tell them you're a coin collector. That's what you are.

Never tell them you're looking for silver. Don't ever want to do that. Ever.

In my case, I am a collector. I'm just as stoked finding a minty but otherwise non-rare old coin, as I am finding a valuable coin. Slot fillers make my week.

 

I just told them I was a collector, didn't say anything about Silver. They asked me if I wanted to have them ordered for me every week!

 

Box of Halves: One had a derogatory comment on it. 2 1972D with no FG. Going to take them to my LCS to see what is up.

 

Got a box of pennies during lunch break. Going to do it right and use my Red Book instead of weird online sights.

 

$1.50 loose halves - 1x 1964
$60 CWR quarters - 2x Bicentennial
$40 CWR nickels - 2x war nickels, 22x pre-1960, 24x WWJ

 

$50 CWR 1c
5 pre-41 all 30s dates
1 '46-S
40 40s and 50s dates
4 69-74-S
1 Dime
2 Canada GVI, 42 and 49
1 UK 1P 1977

$60 CWR 5c
1 1939
6 40s dates
1 Canada YH 1962

$41 in loose Ikes from two different banks

Over the weekend I got some more BWR:

$25 BWR 1c
4 40s and 50s dates
3 68-74 - S
1 plastic play penny!

Then yesterday got a box at a bank out of town,

$25 BWR 1c
1 '29-S
8 30s dates cents
118 40s and 50s dates wheats ! Holey Cowabunga!
4 68-74 S mints
1 Panama 1 centesimo 2001

$100 BWR 5c
7 40s dates
1 '44-P silver

Then another bank and more BWR boxes:

$200 BWR 5c
2 1939
2 50s S mints
17 40s

$50 BWR 1c
1 1940
1 1953-S
9 40s and 50s wheats
6 68-74 S mints


1 out of the three BWR cent boxes produced the second highest number of wheats in a box that I have found - a total of 130! The overall record is from about 4 years ago when I found 146 in a box and 75+ of them were BU 1943s.

 

Might just as well ask them if they want to search the rolls themselves and keep the finds!

 

Yep.

 

Three boxes of Loomis halves...a couple proofs, 1972 and 1999. No silver. I'm throwing almost all NIFC's back. They must be truly startling to keep.

 

Half a box of BWR 1c:
1949D
1944
1949S

Canadian:

1979 1c
1984 1c

 

most have no clue about the value of silver i have been to local auctions where people buy silver bars then say wow i didnt know i could legally own this i thought it all had to be turned in