Is It Worth The Time?

Coin Roll hunters, is it really worth the effort to search the zincolns? They are so nasty with all the corrosion. And what is that black goop? Also, all the problems with the coating, plating blisters galore! Usually, I only find a few die cracks, mainly on the 83's. Maybe only look for CAM's & WAM's? I don't know. Just thinking out loud.

 

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I've found that CRHing in general is a fun activity but not worth my time. You could spend hours searching cents and only find a couple common wheat cents and insignificant errors.

Although I have found a Indian head cent in a customer wrapped roll before. It was a common 1907 P, worth a dollar, but the excitement of finding a hundred year old coin is awesome. (especially as an 8th grader when I found it)

 

I’m going to come to your rescue: Yes!

There are many valuable Zincolns, and those are ones I continue to look for.

The 1983 copper is only found by weighing zinc coins.
The 1984 doubled ear, the 1988 with the reverse of ‘89.
The 1995 DDO.
The CAM/WAM years.
The 2007-D.

I do happen to agree with you that Zincolns can be really hard to get excited about. But varieties notwithstanding, a really well struck, low bag mark, clean field Red Zincoln can fetch big $$. Like other coins, finding them in upper level MS condition to see those $$ becomes the challenge…imo…Spark

 

No. My experience backs this up after looking through 60lbs.of pennies this past winter.

 

Yes and no
Yes as it trains your eyes and brain what to look for, and no as its not like 40 + years ago where you could actually find good coins. True on several occasions members have found silver, or a ddo,etc...but today thats so rare.
If you have the time as well patience to go though thousands of coins,enjoy doing it....go for it. Will you get rich, will you find something rare? IMHO playing the lottery today you have better odds.

 

I don't often hunt cents anymore for that reason. I know money is dirty, but I don't like sifting through sticky and goopy zincolns for the chance to find a wheat cent worth a nickel. I think I'm just going to start buying coins for my lincoln folder, it's much less labor intensive. However, I still search nickels and sometimes half dollars if I feel like a baller, but usually I don't have a thousand bucks to drop on a box of halves.

 

Yes - if you think your time is worth it, just like Spark said with the addition to 1997, 2006 DDO plus 2009 DDR

The 1992 close AM is the big worth thousands, the other that are worth hundreds 83 DDR,84DDO,1992D CAM,1999CAM and possible 1988 P&D RDV-006 on condition

I have found 84DDO and a few 99 CAM's and the original 1988 RDV-006 but it's not like I get boxes every week. Just friends and relatives change.

 

I used to enjoy searching boxes of pennies for errors and varieties, but haven't done it at all since 2014 or so (once shields started becoming predominant). Even back then, from a financial perspective, it was not worthwhile. But, I did it because I enjoyed the process, which did make it worthwhile. It's a hobby activity, not a business activity.

 

I found that I got nearly all my kick out of hunting and finding things, not having them. The thrill of filling the last slot in a folder was pretty underwhelming for me, but turning up an unexpected coin in change? THAT gets me going.

 

IMHO One of the main purposes of a hobby is to take your mind off of your problems by doing something you enjoy. When working on your "HOBBY" seems like actual work, it has become work and is no longer a hobby. If you enjoy looking through rolls of cents, then look through rolls of cents. If you find something of value that's just icing on the cake as they say!

 

I think you're right, I agree when I think about it. If I've been searching for something for a while and finally find it, I've hyped it up so much that finally getting it isn't as good as I thought it would be. That's why getting Rex was so exciting for me, I wasn't actively looking for him but I knew I was getting a steal on a rare figure. I guess the "stickiness" and visible uncleanliness of Zincolns makes me feel it's more trouble than it's worth to hunt through cents, so I switched to nickels instead.

 

If you enjoy it, yes, then it's worth it.

If you're trying to find "treasures" or make a profit, then I would say it's not worth it.

 

I saw a couple videos on the different grades of the 2007-D penny but what exactly are you looking for with this coin? Also, the 1997 penny, is it just the doubled ear? I have a two-page list of what to look out for that I refer to sometimes, but pretty much know them. Don't have anything on the 1997.

 

Thank you everyone for your thoughts! I still enjoy searching coin rolls. It's just the amount of time trying to get through the Zincolns. You never know what you will find. Just finding something makes it worthwhile. You are looking at true history pieces in every coin. So, even though some are beat up and even have some nasty things clinging to them, they still have my respect. I weigh them all first to separate the copper from the zinc. Then I separate the shields from the memorials. I wrap the shields and mark them as "unsearched" for the next guy if they want to search them. Then I look at the coppers first and then the zincolns. I also mark those wrappers as "searched" (copper or zinc) when I am done. I'm on my 4th box. Peace!

 

i will be honest with you as per my opinion, yes it is still worth it to search bank and rolls, although due to the hobby becioming more and more prevalent the chances of finding error coins is plausibly harder

 

It all depends on the person and their circumstances. For me the answer is no but CRH is a lot of fun. It’s also exciting when you find something.

 

If you find yourself with nothing else to
do yes, but most of us on here are pretty
busy with other projects.

 

If you find yourself with nothing else to
do yes, but most of us on here are pretty
busy with other projects.

 

I agree, seems like circulation pennies are picked clean. Although I have found some nice ones to keep. But not top errors that we would like to find.

 

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