I made a tutorial on the basics of currency searching and CRHing for my YouTube channel a little bit ago. For that video I purchased a box of each denomination of coin, including nickels. It has been a very long time since I searched a box of nickels. In the past believe that I enjoyed CRHing nickels, perhaps it was because I was lucky enough to get good boxes. Flash back to the present box, I think I hit nickel fatigue about 2/3's of the way through the box. I think I am being a little unfair to nickels, but from a lack of rewarding returns (silver, key dates) it was hard to want to continue searching. This is just my personal experience, and I totally respect those that find nickel CRHing enjoyable. Anyways here is that video. Enjoy. **Spoiler** No major finds. I think I had more fun making the video then actually searching and returning these nickels. :thumbup: Happy Hunting!!! ~JobIII http://xxjobiiixx.blogspot.com/2016/05/nickel-coin-roll-hunting-episode-2.html
There are definitely ups and downs to CRH. I do halves, dimes, and cents and it is boom or bust. I love doing halves the most but when I get skunked 5 boxes in a row I question what I am doing and if it's all worth it. I love coins in general but not having a lot of extra income CRH is a logical step to take in order for me to get my coin fix. Once I get extra income coming in I'll probably just buy the coins for retail and save the hassle of dumping at banks.
Honestly. I don't know if I'd really fully switch to paying retail. Once I had a little more money to allocate to coin collecting, two things happened. 1. I simply upped the amount of CRHing I was doing in a given weeks. And yes before you ask, all pick-up / dump banks were very happy to discovery this trend 2. I would look for brick and mortar shops that sell 90% below retail. This isn't very common and the deals don't come through often. But I never pass up an offer on a couple $100 in face below spot. ~JobIII
a couple of years back I did lots of nicks. found 3 key dates and a little over 2 rolls of silver nicks. Stuck away a few rolls of pre 60's. Also found some early year, gem bu grade that made it into my albums as upgrades. Imagine finding a 1954 that is nicer than the one I put in my album 50 years ago. cool. That was probably the most fun, finding a 50's or earlier in stunning pop unc. condition in circulation. Was fun to rescue it from common use. but I have moved on for now. I still go through my pocket change and what comes my way. and of course every year I look for that choice current year for the albums. May go back to them sometime. for me it is just a quiet relaxing way to past a little time. and what I search passes with the seasons.
Well said Soft. Totally with you, when it comes to finding those gems bank rolls. Probably that enjoyment is what keeps me going back to the banks for more rolls!!
A third option is going to flea/antique markets. I've made major finds, for example a Russian mint set a few decades old that sold for just under 300. Paid 2 dollars for it. Or I got a buffalo commem silver dollar for 25, sold it for 150 or more. Things like that. As far as silver, US silver I usually don't run into for below spot. I more often score with world silver that's lumped together with other world coins and the seller doesn't know or care.
