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Message:: [QUOTE="tsk, post: 152475, member: 5858"]You did fairly good on the pennies IMO (I usually get in the neighborhood of 15 wheaties in a box--$25).  My suggestion on the pennies is to save all wheaties (should be fairly obvious).  Maybe even get a 2x2 to toss some of the nicer pennies you get in (like the shiny 58).  Aside from the wheaties, I tend to save any BU pre-82's and then I look through for any of the more common errors.  Things like 84 double ear, 83 double die, 98-2000 wide AM, etc.  You can find out about those sort of errors in the Redbook.  Or go check coppercoins.com under the date guide.  Problem is, the date guide lists a ton of errors so if you look for every error, you'll never get anywhere. Common wisdom is, skip searching for silver (ie 1964 and older) in quarters and dimes.  They're hard to find in there.  There is a good dime error you can search for also.  I think it's 1982 no mintmark. And on the nickels, you should keep an eye out for war nickels.  These are 1942-1945 and they'll have the mintmark over Monticello.  They are something like 35% silver.  Buffalo nickels will be pretty rare, but finding war nickels is pretty good. And then finally, if you can get them, the halves are good to search.  Just keep any of the 1970 and olders.  Obviously there are probably more varieties you could look for but 1970 and older is easy enough to search. Oh and this is all off the top of my head so it might not be 100% accurate.[/QUOTE]