What do you look for?

Discussion in 'Coin Roll Hunting' started by brokecoinguy, Jan 20, 2017.

  1. brokecoinguy

    brokecoinguy I like what I can't afford

    So as I've gotten back in to collecting more recently, I also started dabbling in roll hunting. Nothing huge just maybe 3 rolls of each denomination on an occasion; although I can never find any half dollars in Atlanta. My last search netted a 1953 quarter, 4 wheaties (1919, 1937, 1941, 1945), dateless Buffalo, and a nice MS 1960 one cent. Quite surprised and happy with the finds overall. First time finding a silver quarter in a roll.

    Now comes to the good part, searching through the remaining for errors or varieties. My question is, what does everyone in the CRH community tend to search for? Are most people looking for only silver? Do people actually sit and review each coin with a copy of the Cherrypicker's Guide in hand? I've done that before and I don't know if I should feel embarrassed or normal. I also cull out all the copper pennies, saving any good examples, and putting the rest in a bag.

    Anyone want to share stories on what they look for or their "process" during the search?
     
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  3. Amos 811

    Amos 811 DisMember

    Cuds, die cracks, doubled dies, greasers...MADs, broadstricks,
     
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  4. Bman33

    Bman33 Well-Known Member

    I just look for silver in boxes of Halves. I have a lot of 1964P Kennedy's that I am going to look for accented hair, just haven't gotten around to it.
     
  5. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    There is a nice post on "accented hair Halfs" Posted by Scully88 on Oct 20, 2016
    if you have not allready seen it,
     
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  6. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Whatever strikes my fancy. :)
     
  7. Bambam8778

    Bambam8778 Well-Known Member

    Pretty much what Nut said above. You do your thing and ask questions and we'll give you feedback. From that, you find out what you want to do. I hunt cents. I get a combo of both brw and crw. I sort them out by date and put them in to tubes. When a tube gets full I wrap them up and label them with the date. I throw the roll in an ammo can and will eventually go through the roll to look for known errors under my scope. I do it like this so I can concentrate on one year and the errors that they are known for. It takes more time like this but I don't want to miss anything. Good luck on your hunt!
     
  8. brokecoinguy

    brokecoinguy I like what I can't afford

    Thats a nice process, I'm curious as to how many ammo cans you've filled. I prefer cwr but I'll take whatever they have. If it's in the Cherrypicker's guide I'll look for it, although it is time consuming and usually end up with nothing. I enjoy it just for the thrill of finding something I don't have, or finding silver of course.

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  9. brokecoinguy

    brokecoinguy I like what I can't afford

    I can agree with that!

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  10. Bambam8778

    Bambam8778 Well-Known Member

    I've filled one ammo can so far and they hold ALOT! Now I'm setting them in a pile so I should start to go through them shortly.
     
  11. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    If you are going to look at each and every coin and find something that isn't in the cpg. there is Strike it rich with pocket chng, and many a website. I like www.varietyvista.com bThe books only have a small amount of variety's.
     
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  12. brokecoinguy

    brokecoinguy I like what I can't afford

    Yeah I visit varietyvista too, soo many varieties to comb through.

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