Wish I could find them all like this

Discussion in 'Coin Roll Hunting' started by TyCobb, Oct 9, 2019.

  1. TyCobb

    TyCobb A product of PMD

    Pretty splendid specimen just showed up in a roll. Think it's safe to say AU-55 (blasted split plate).

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  3. TyCobb

    TyCobb A product of PMD

    Also really hard to believe this is 30 year old coin.
     
  4. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Nice find for its age. Someone probably tucked away a few rolls of new coins 30 years ago and now they are getting spent.
     
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  5. Prez2

    Prez2 Well-Known Member

    Yup. I've got a run of 80's cents that look similar.
     
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  6. TyCobb

    TyCobb A product of PMD

    Possibly. I wasn't having any luck finding early 90's and 80's Zincolns the entire box (only a few more rolls left in the box). Practically every single one was insane plating blisters, worn, and/or a very nasty stained brown.
     
  7. gronnh20

    gronnh20 Well-Known Member

    Grandpa's small cent collection went back into circulation. You found one of his coins. His State Quarter collection is out in some cash register somewhere. The more people dump these coins back into circulation means your 1989 PCGS graded MS68RD cent just increased in value. By .0001 cent. I don't know how many were minted and I probably could have added a zero. But, the number of coins loss to zinc rot probably puts me pretty close.
     
  8. TyCobb

    TyCobb A product of PMD

    @gronnh20 Even if only worth 10¢, it makes the collection look better :cigar:
     
  9. Beardigger

    Beardigger Well-Known Member

    I have run across a lot on BU lincolns lately. If they are over 20-25 years old I keep them. Note the 1962 and the 1959 in the pictures. Found them this week in rolls.
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  10. Prez2

    Prez2 Well-Known Member

    Yeah, somebody's dump. I have quite a few found roll hunting myself over the years. I don't roll hunt any more though. Wheaties are so much tougher to find and it seems everybody's pulling everything notable from circulation. Not the fun it used to be. Nice finds.
     
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  13. DatDareNickelGuy

    DatDareNickelGuy Well-Known Member

    Thats one of the reasons I stopped with the cents. I average around 5-8 wheats a box and even when looking for errors (and with the Lincolns there are a ton of errors and varieties) they are all nasty dirty. Just like a lot of fellow CRH I do not like the zinc cents. Been thinking about purchasing one of those $500 machines that separate the copper from the zinc as I love the copper cents
     
  14. gronnh20

    gronnh20 Well-Known Member

    I have some too, in the folders I keep for circulation finds.
     
  15. Prez2

    Prez2 Well-Known Member

    I used to find around 50 to 100 per box around ten years ago when I hunted cent boxes. I got tired of only pulling 3 or 4 a box so I quit.
     
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  16. gronnh20

    gronnh20 Well-Known Member

    I throw most all Wheaties I find back into circulation.
     
  17. Prez2

    Prez2 Well-Known Member

    Really? Why?
     
  18. TyCobb

    TyCobb A product of PMD

    I am sure I will eventually get tired of it like the rest of you, but I am early enough that I am still working on LMCs. I do find wheats though, just odd the lamination one was the best conditioned one I've ever found :hilarious:
     
  19. DatDareNickelGuy

    DatDareNickelGuy Well-Known Member

    Absolutely agree! I used to find a ton but now slim Pickens
     
  20. DatDareNickelGuy

    DatDareNickelGuy Well-Known Member

    Maybe cause the average one found are worth 2 cents. Take a chance throwing back into circulation hopefully inspiring some random person or youngen to start collecting. Every now and then I will carry some common 50s wheats and pay here and there with them just to get a reaction out of a young teller. Keep this wonderful hobby alive!
     
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  21. Prez2

    Prez2 Well-Known Member

    Agreed. What coins are the best to hunt these days? Anything worth the time?
     
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