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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1624465, member: 44079&quot;]Copper pennies (60-80 ish) may be worth 2x face value, but let me say the local coin shop doesn&#039;t want to buy them.&nbsp; I am noticing one seller simply selling post 1959 pennies by the pound (144 to the pound ($5 shipping)) so maybe that is the way to go.&nbsp; He is up to $23 now so that does look profitable.&nbsp; Maybe just dump them into a zip lock bag of 144 coins each,&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In recent weeks I have done some old rolls.&nbsp; 5 rolls of Kennedy half dollars were a total disappointment.&nbsp; Nothing earlier than 1973 found.&nbsp; I did two old rolls of wheat pennies and found one 1909 vdb (not an S) and a half dozen common date and well worn Indian Heads.&nbsp; [Also several like new 1957 pennies, was that when the roll was made?]&nbsp; Tonight I opened 2 old rolls of Mercury dimes and am sad to report not a single non-Mercury dime was in the rolls.&nbsp; I will dig out the bright light and the magnifier later on and see if there is a 41/42 in the batch, if not, silver for barter.&nbsp; A roll of pre 1964 quarters was interesting.&nbsp; Lots of Liberty quarters (well worn) in there.&nbsp; I think the gem of that roll was a totally undateable Liberty quarter with no visible date, except the back of the quarter showed it to be a variety 1 from 1916 or early 1917.&nbsp; Gosh knows, but I think it is sellable as a collector coin unlike the other undateables which are basically just silver slugs.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think the thing about roll diving is to not waste your time on new rolls.&nbsp; I made that mistake with the Kennedy halfs.&nbsp; Several were from 2001.&nbsp; You are much better off finding a 1964 or earlier roll at a good price (they are out there).</p><p><br /></p><p>Nickels, generally speaking yuck.&nbsp; Coinstar for many.&nbsp; They were worth hoarding before 2006, but once Congress made them illegal to melt their nickel value vanished leaving us only the numismatic interest.&nbsp; I have several Buffalo nickels so worn (we used to have a rating word of poor and very poor) that even with a good light and a magnifier no date is visible.&nbsp; Coinstar for those.&nbsp; Maybe you can find a way to turn a buck on those, I didn&#039;t.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>At least with the liberty coins in equally worn non-datable quarters they have an intrinsic value of being a silver slug.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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