Decided to try Coin Roll Hunting

Don't discourage him - I just may find his cast offs in my future roll searches!

 

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All three! Copper pennies are worth 2X face value, there are many wheat penny hoarders out there, and pre-1960 nickels can be sold for a premium. Probably all but the wheat rolls would sell well on eBay, since there are many 'unsearched' rolls of wheats that are truly searched, people are weary of buying them on eBay. For those, try the BST section here.

 

I currently have about 48 gallons or so of pre-1982s and literally whole cent boxes filled up with rolled wheaters from my roll searching booty raidings.

 

BTW I "fired" my old silver girl and hired my youngest daughter. She has better luck for me - Thursday I found 14 silver, 8 40%, 5 Roosies, and the war nickel. Then yesterday I found a 1909 Lincoln, sans VDB, sans the S, but still 104 years old. I believe in stacking the deck however you have to for your favour - "silver girls" are good luck.

 

Nice, I've only been at it for a couple months (lightly) and have about 4 gallons of pre-82 coppers. I also have about 5 1/2 rolls of wheats, one my oldest (09-35) and 4.5 of post-35.

 

Copper pennies (60-80 ish) may be worth 2x face value, but let me say the local coin shop doesn't want to buy them. I am noticing one seller simply selling post 1959 pennies by the pound (144 to the pound ($5 shipping)) so maybe that is the way to go. He is up to $23 now so that does look profitable. Maybe just dump them into a zip lock bag of 144 coins each,

In recent weeks I have done some old rolls. 5 rolls of Kennedy half dollars were a total disappointment. Nothing earlier than 1973 found. I did two old rolls of wheat pennies and found one 1909 vdb (not an S) and a half dozen common date and well worn Indian Heads. [Also several like new 1957 pennies, was that when the roll was made?] Tonight I opened 2 old rolls of Mercury dimes and am sad to report not a single non-Mercury dime was in the rolls. I will dig out the bright light and the magnifier later on and see if there is a 41/42 in the batch, if not, silver for barter. A roll of pre 1964 quarters was interesting. Lots of Liberty quarters (well worn) in there. I think the gem of that roll was a totally undateable Liberty quarter with no visible date, except the back of the quarter showed it to be a variety 1 from 1916 or early 1917. Gosh knows, but I think it is sellable as a collector coin unlike the other undateables which are basically just silver slugs.


I think the thing about roll diving is to not waste your time on new rolls. I made that mistake with the Kennedy halfs. Several were from 2001. You are much better off finding a 1964 or earlier roll at a good price (they are out there).

Nickels, generally speaking yuck. Coinstar for many. They were worth hoarding before 2006, but once Congress made them illegal to melt their nickel value vanished leaving us only the numismatic interest. I have several Buffalo nickels so worn (we used to have a rating word of poor and very poor) that even with a good light and a magnifier no date is visible. Coinstar for those. Maybe you can find a way to turn a buck on those, I didn't.

At least with the liberty coins in equally worn non-datable quarters they have an intrinsic value of being a silver slug.