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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eskychess, post: 145793, member: 4692&quot;]<b>Took Me</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve searched 200,000 pennies since November of 2005 - This is what I&#039;ve found so far.</p><p><br /></p><p>847 Wheats - The best a 1931 D in F condition I sold for $4.50 Of the 847 we&#039;re talking an excellent mix. No key dates of course, but several worth $1 or more.</p><p><br /></p><p>3 Indian Heads - 1902 not really even G it was close to smooth but readable with a loupe - an 1868 and a 1907 in BU condition</p><p><br /></p><p>My greatest find - 1984 Lincoln Doubled Ear (MS 62-3 condition I might add!)</p><p><br /></p><p>1 - 1995 Doubled Die</p><p>1- 1998 and 2000 Wide AM</p><p>15 dimes!</p><p>2 very nice CUD errors - one of which I sold on E*Bay for $3.</p><p>14 foreign Coins - one of them being a 1942 Danish Penny of sorts that lists at $2.50</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus a JAR of BU pre 1982 coins - I&#039;d say about 500, but I just started saving them recently. Wished I&#039;d of started sooner on that.</p><p><br /></p><p>So as you can see out of 200,000 I&#039;ve found a lot of treasure!</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say that I think searching through rolls and bags of pennies are the cheapest - best - and most enjoyable way of prospecting for coins. Get yourself the redbook on coins or the Cherrypicker&#039;s guide to searching - as you MUST have an idea what to look for. There is so much if you don&#039;t study up, precious coins could pass through your hands and you&#039;d never even know it! </p><p><br /></p><p>I only do pennies of course, but I agree with the others, halves and nickels are a lot of fun too. One note of advice though is if you are going to SEARCH for coins, you must have a lot of patience - it&#039;s many many many hours of long boredom and tedious repetition, all for that few seconds of lightning when you find a great coin! It&#039;s a lot like fishing a lake that you know has big fish, but they&#039;re so difficult to catch!! The other bit of advice I have is, work with your banks ahead of time. What I do is strictly buy from some banks and cash in at others. You will run into your same coins if you buy/cash in at the same banks. Tellers will get very upset with you (buying or cashing in) unless they know what is going on. Simply asking and getting permission relieves a lot of that tension - also when asking - ask the manager not a teller and ask them how much you can do before it gets frustrating to them. Of course it&#039;s wise to have an account with that particular bank and the more $$ you have in savings, the more they will work with you on keeping you happy. Still, they might get frustrated, but once you put some time into this kind of treasure hunting and&nbsp; you hit paydirt - it is extremely satisfying. I&#039;ve done 200,000 pennies. I hope I can get to 1,000,000 before the abolish the one cent pieces forever. When the abolishment comes, you know ole Eskychess will be doing some heavy crying!</p><p><br /></p><p>Take Care - Esky[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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