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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topher, post: 216641, member: 8489&quot;]I do much the same as Aidan, except for the pulling silver part.&nbsp; I&#039;m not THAT fortunate.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; That being said, check around at the going price of bulk coins and don&#039;t overpay.&nbsp; I like to buy 10-20 lbs of circulated bulk foreign coins at a time and search through them.&nbsp; The best mix that I bought was also the least expensive (per lb).&nbsp; I also try to get them from different sources, as they will have different mixes, too.&nbsp; I also once bought 100 wheat pennies on ebay from an orchid dealer and managed to get an Indian Head in the batch.&nbsp;&nbsp; (Check what they sell, if they sell coins, you&#039;re almost guaranteed not to have any shot of finding key dates!).&nbsp; For me, it&#039;s the thrill of the hunt, not about the value of what I find.&nbsp; (Although it is nice to pull something worth more than a few cents!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I also go roll diving here in Canada and pull out the circulating commemorative coins, which I then trade to others around the world for their circulated commemoratives.&nbsp; It helps me build my world coin collection, country by country.</p><p><br /></p><p>It all boils down to what your looking for.&nbsp; I never expect much from the wheat cent lots, but I enjoy the mix from the world coin lots.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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