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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ajm229, post: 59787, member: 3350&quot;]I know you guys already cleared up the &quot;good&quot; denominations to search through, but I&#039;d also add that if you have a little patience, you can still find great stuff in rolls of nickels and pennies. I have found things like Indian Heads and Buffalos (no, not the 2005 ones... the older stuff!) in circulation. For example, my 1904 and 1907 Indians in F12 and EF40 both came from cent rolls, and my 1920 Buffalo Nickel in VG came from a nickel roll last month, along with about 2 rolls worth of silver nickels. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d also like to add that tellers give odd looks at me for this, but it&#039;s actually easier for them, and it gives you a MUCH better chance of finding great old coins: BUY BY THE BOX (if you can afford to....). A sealed box from the bank&#039;s vault likely came from a shipping distribution center that simply collects all the old coins from banks that people have turned in from a wide area, as well as things like the &quot;CoinStar&quot; counting machines. The center counts and re-wraps (all by machine) the coins, and seals them in special containers (now they&#039;ve switched to plastic containers that shrink to fit the coins). I love this method because then since the coins are all mixed together by the machine, the wheaties, silver nickels, etc., all stand a fairly equal chance of being found. I usually get about 2 War nickels per box, A total of 20-30 nickels below 1960 per box, 10-40 wheat cents per box, and 2-10 silver dimes/quarters per box.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just for reference, here are the amounts you&#039;d pay for each denomination by the box:</p><p>Pennies: 50 rolls per box: $25</p><p>Nickels: 50 rolls per box: $100</p><p>Dimes: 50 Rolls per box: $250</p><p>Quarters: 50 rolls per box: $500</p><p><br /></p><p>If quarters are too expensive by the box (they are for me), I&#039;d suggest buying between $200-$300 worth when you go in. The teller usually has to break into one of those boxes to get them anyway, and you get the &quot;good&quot; rolls!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I hope this helps some, and I hope you won&#039;t count out nickels and pennies as good sources to find old coins! After all, dealers pay about $1.50 per roll of wheaties from 1909-1940, and about $2.75 per roll of nickels 1938-1959.</p><p><br /></p><p>~AJ[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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