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<p>[QUOTE="mach330, post: 2990184, member: 25161"]Curious for information here... I've collected coins over the years, passively most of the time (snagging a wheat penny out of pocket change), to occasionally actively searching (coin roll hunting). Snagged some interesting finds such as a proof Franklin half dollar that way. However, dumping the coins after coin roll hunting became a hassle and since I deal with paper currency near daily I figured I'd try my hand at the paper version of coin roll hunting for a while and start studying them a bit closer.</p><p><br /></p><p>While of course finding notes worth more than face value would be a welcome surprise, my goal is more so for the entertainment value. Any tips, tricks, fun ideas for a new collector are welcome. Which leads me to my question, what are people doing to collect circulating currency besides saving the obvious (star notes, radars, etc)? My coin analogy would be besides saving the obvious pre-1964 silver, foreign coins, etc what else are you looking for (completing a state quarters set for each mint mark, finding the nicest examples of coins from your birth year, etc). Looking for ideas on a challenge that could be completed within a couple years by looking at a few hundred notes per week.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mach330, post: 2990184, member: 25161"]Curious for information here... I've collected coins over the years, passively most of the time (snagging a wheat penny out of pocket change), to occasionally actively searching (coin roll hunting). Snagged some interesting finds such as a proof Franklin half dollar that way. However, dumping the coins after coin roll hunting became a hassle and since I deal with paper currency near daily I figured I'd try my hand at the paper version of coin roll hunting for a while and start studying them a bit closer. While of course finding notes worth more than face value would be a welcome surprise, my goal is more so for the entertainment value. Any tips, tricks, fun ideas for a new collector are welcome. Which leads me to my question, what are people doing to collect circulating currency besides saving the obvious (star notes, radars, etc)? My coin analogy would be besides saving the obvious pre-1964 silver, foreign coins, etc what else are you looking for (completing a state quarters set for each mint mark, finding the nicest examples of coins from your birth year, etc). Looking for ideas on a challenge that could be completed within a couple years by looking at a few hundred notes per week.[/QUOTE]
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