I (we) just finished searching through a 100 rolls of pennies while manning our annual garage sale. Nice way to kill time between customers. Anyway, here is a list of the coins that I thought worth saving. 1-1916 Found by my 8 year-old 1-1927 1-1929 1-1939 1-1940 1-1941 1-1942D 2-1944 2-1945 1-1946 UNBELIEVABLE COND. 1-1947S 1-1949 1-1951D 2-1953D 1-1954D 2-1955D 1-1956D 5-1957D 1-1958D 4-1969S 3-1970S 3-1971S 1-1972S 2-1973S 3-1974S And 5 coins '75, '59D, '59, '60D, '61 that looked as if they just came from the mint. Great condition and will replace coins that are already holding a spot in one of my coin books. It was fun and I made 300 bucks selling the garbage from my basement. A good weekend all in all.
Nice. I'll probobly end up doing the same this week, minus the garage sale Can we get a picture of the 46? I'd love to see it
moen 1305, When you search, do you re-roll? Or just put in bag and let your bank send them out for counting and then credit your account? I just looked through 100 rolls (with little success) and I re-rolled them all, I just about quit after the first box due to the rerolling part. Just asking. JD
There are banks now that offer free coin machines. (Unlike the 8% fee at coinstars in the grocery store). You don't even have to have an account. One chain near me that offers this service is Commerce Bank. To see if a branch is near you check out this LINK This bank even has a state quarter/nickel series program for its members. They send you a post card and give you first dibs on the rolls when they come in. Just found this all out yesterday, so I'm looking into opening an account there.
I don't understand why anyone would re-roll the pennies. All my banks have counting machines and they don't want rolled coins because they want to know how many coins they are getting. If I had to re-roll them, I'm sure that I'd never do another search.
I guess we are behind the times here, no counting machines. I just found out that I can turn them in by the bag and they will send them out for me and then deposit the money when the count is in. I think I will try this next time. JD
My banks actually give me the cloth bags and I don't have to turn them back in if I don't want to. What I would do with them all I don't know.
Here is the 1946. Nice toning, no evidence of cleaning but still like new. These coins always make me wonder where they've been all these years
That IS in very nice condition I just love to see anything shiny and more than 55 years old I have a few 50's in like-new condition, and one with blood red toning which I got from rolls at work.