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<p>[QUOTE="pennsteve, post: 2400383, member: 33011"]I just stopped at the bank on Friday and asked for 10 rolls of customer wrapped pennies and she pulled out a box to open and I just asked to buy the box ($25). Not trying to scare you off, but you'll go through hundreds of hundreds of rolls and hardly, if ever, find anything. But you never know. You just might find a good one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Then again, I don't look at every coin. I only go for errors, so I separate the dates I want to look at from the rest. I'm sure I'm probably missing out on die clashes and such, but they don't interest me much. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do, however, search for rotated dies on each one. My method is this: I crack a roll and flip them all so they are reverse side up, separate the memorial from the shield. Then I put them ten at a time in a row and flip them vertically to make sure they aren't rotated (haven't found one yet that's rotated), then I look for dates I want to search, move them aside, and throw the rest in the coffee container. Then I use my loupe to look at the ones I put aside. Then move on to the next roll.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="pennsteve, post: 2400383, member: 33011"]I just stopped at the bank on Friday and asked for 10 rolls of customer wrapped pennies and she pulled out a box to open and I just asked to buy the box ($25). Not trying to scare you off, but you'll go through hundreds of hundreds of rolls and hardly, if ever, find anything. But you never know. You just might find a good one. Edit: Then again, I don't look at every coin. I only go for errors, so I separate the dates I want to look at from the rest. I'm sure I'm probably missing out on die clashes and such, but they don't interest me much. I do, however, search for rotated dies on each one. My method is this: I crack a roll and flip them all so they are reverse side up, separate the memorial from the shield. Then I put them ten at a time in a row and flip them vertically to make sure they aren't rotated (haven't found one yet that's rotated), then I look for dates I want to search, move them aside, and throw the rest in the coffee container. Then I use my loupe to look at the ones I put aside. Then move on to the next roll.[/QUOTE]
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