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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willsch49, post: 91611, member: 4624&quot;]I was reading over a few a the threads here, it&#039;s hard to keep up though, this forum is amazing with the amount of responses that are received.&nbsp; Anyway, I am two questions for anyone.&nbsp; First, I was reading about how some of you buy halves from banks and then search though them for good years, and then exchange them for different ones.&nbsp; Is this really a good way to collect?&nbsp; I know when I read I thought to myself, &quot;Wow, that&#039;s pretty d*mn clever&quot;.&nbsp; I mean it would really make the act of collecting more fun because you&#039;d never know what&#039;s coming to you.&nbsp; I used to collect cards, (baseball, basketball, etc.) and that was the feeling I&#039;d get when buying a box set, but the great part with coins is it&#039;s generally accepted currency, so you can just exchange it for more and more if there&#039;s nothing you need.&nbsp; Anyway, secondly I only read about people doing it with halves, would it be effective with other denominations like pennies, nickels, etc.?&nbsp; Actually I think I have just a few other questions.&nbsp; If you do go about collecting this way, is there some sort of way to prevent from getting the same rolled coins from a bank that you&#039;ve already sorted through?&nbsp; And I think lastly, when looking through halves, because other than nickels they are one of my favorites, what do you typically look for, as far as years go, or are there possible double dies you can find too?&nbsp; Oh, and one more thing, I apologize, I&#039;m still new to collecting, and these online groups, do you think that collecting in this manner is better than say buying gem condition, or uncirculated from dealers?&nbsp; I know buying and sorting is more fun, but then there&#039;s no way to be certain you&#039;ll ever get coins that are in top condition.&nbsp; Then again maybe I&#039;m just missing the whole point of collecting, I&#039;m not too sure.&nbsp; Anyone who could enlighten me with any info on any of these questions I&#039;d be greatly appreciative.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bill S.</p><p>new member and collecter[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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