HAVE FUN with bulk lot?

I bought this bulk lot for approximately 1.5x face value. That face value includes 8 Sacagawea dollars, about $3 in modern nickels, $13 in copper cents and $14 in Canadian coins. I figured it could be flipped it for $100 postage paid or I could go through it carefully & have some fun. I choose HAVE FUN. Since I don’t typically flip coins I plan to HAVE FUN & will spend what I don’t keep. The difficulty is that my wife will be home in about a week and I will loose the kitchen table. Here is the basic inventory I get to search:

<8 1909-1940 Lincoln cent books
<8 1941-1972 Lincoln cent books
< 2 Canadian small cent books
1 sparsely populated buffalo nickel book
< 7 Canada proof sets
Several Sacagawea & modern nickels in promotional packaging
1 Carter & Mondale medal set

What would you do with this lot?

 

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Depicting some of the early Lincoln cent books

Here is what I found this morning while getting it organized for sorting:
□ Two 1900s Indian cents that grade F & EF
□ A 1913 Lincoln in a hole designated for a 1918
□ Several nicely toned Jefferson nickels in promotional packaging

The 1909-1940 Lincoln cent books (shown in this photo) are missing most of the mint marked coins from the teens. Wish me luck & I’ll post what is found.

 

I'd search it. Probably wouldn't find anything of value, though.
Then I'd pass it down to my 13 year old nephew. He'd love it and have a ball adding to his new collection.

 

desk; check. loupe; check. cold beer; check. let the searching begin!

 

I like that idea, especially the cold beer part.
Looking at coins through a "beer loupe" might not be too productive, though.

 

Toned Coins abound

Check out the toning that is on this modern nickel. The promotional packaging includes an insert card with fancy felt surfaces. In the short time that the nickels have been exposed, they are really being affected. I’ll be popping-out all the toned nickels for certain. :smile

 

I want!

I see there was a LOC Lincoln album. I am a big fan of the LOC's.

 

there are a lot of DDRs for ocean in view. most are on the right tree.

 

it gotta be safer than "beer goggles"! you wont end up with a bar hag at your place refusing to leave. you may go to sleep with a bunch of doubled dies and wake up to realize you were only SEEING double, though.

 

Hoard it, hoard it all. That is my standard answer.

 

I've tried to capture the toning in these photos. Perhaps I'll keep one set of the nickels & sell the balance as a lot.