I am going to search some rolls from the bank this weekend. What should I be looking for, other than silver quarters, war cents, wheat cents, mercury dimes, and obvious oldies? Thanks in advance.
Searching for silver coins from bank rolls these days can be a disappointing and time consuming prospect. I will not say it's impossible to find any, but it may take you many rolls to go thru before you do. My suggestion would be to attempt your search in Jefferson nickels---not for silver but for the older dates/mm. With pennies, dimes, quarters and halves, there are easily noticed "tells" (wheat backs, silver rims). But with the Jeff series, you must check every coin for the date/mm. I recently went thru 50 rolls as a test and found dates from all 8 decades that Jeffs has been in circulation. About 6 months ago, I did the same thing with over $500 worth of rolls. Found a 1939 DDR, quite a few silver war years, and a pretty good start of other dates/mms for an album. Would be VERY hard pressed to do this with any other series!
I saw someone mention something about rolls they got at the bank came from a school. Mine did to, they have the school name on it. Is that a bad thing? Should I avoid it? I was at a casino this morning (they use my companies equipment) and thought about getting some rolls there. Anybody think that would be worth while? thanks again.
A lot of the later date coins are surprisingly tough in nice condition. Some of the date/mm combinations will prove to be a challenge, too. There are numerous common and rare varieties. The best bet to spot the good ones is to just start a collection. Soon you'll be familiar with the tough coins. Keep your eyes open for varieties and you'll find some.
hey mitch, i did earlier mention that my bank got rolls of coins from the local schools. they, for some reason, said I could get rolls from them. Kinda wierd.
Forget getting coins from the casino's. I live near Atlantic City and go there a couple times a month. Anytime I get change there its always beat up pretty bad. Go to a local bank, I think that you'll have better luck.
I started with 2 rolls of quarters, 4 rolls of nickels, dimes and pennies. I had another 50 rolls of pennies, and 10 rolls of dimes and nickels I have yet to search. Of the stuff I got from the bank: I found a 1957 dime, a 1944 penny, and one other wheat. I haven't finished my rolls yet, but so far I have found 5 other wheat pennies, and enough statehood quarters to fill two whitman folders. I have some BU of the quarters, but I wanted a couple of folders to build out of my pocket.
Don't assume that each roll has been picked through. All of us can overlook varieties. Some never bother to look at all. Use the roll searching to improve your grading skills also.
i have noticed that many wheat cents in circulation (as well as other no-longer made pieces) are often found with many carbon spots and distracting wear one wheatie i gound 1 1942, looked like it had so many catbon spots on it and was almost unrecognizeable in the light that I was in. I tilted the coin at an angle, so the light would reflect the design. Sure enough, it was a wheatie
