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<p>[QUOTE="chicken_little, post: 1370480, member: 4114"]Honestly, if your looking for collectibles, go for nickels or pennies. You'll get the best results with those, and rarely a skunk box! </p><p><b>Pennies</b>: plenty of wheaties, along with dozens of errors and varieties. always something to find.</p><p><b>Nickels:</b> Lots of pre-60 nickels out there (some high-grade), as well as silver war nickels, and occasionally a buffalo nickels (most of them that I find still have their dates. I was finding almost 1 per box when I quit a couple years ago.)</p><p><b>Quarters </b> Almost a waste of time. I've gone through $1,000 and never found anything collectible, so I quit.</p><p><b>Dimes: </b> You can find a little bit of silver going through dimes but not much. Also very few collectibles to make it worth your while.</p><p><b>Halves </b> aren't worth the effort anymore if your going through boxes. So many people searching them that its rare to find a good box unless your going through $5,000/week, which is ridiculous. </p><p><br /></p><p>In summary, if you want to have fun, go through pennies and nickels. If your looking for silver, all I can say is good luck, because it's slim pickings today. What you can find today is nothing like what you could find 5 years ago. You will NOT get rich looking for silver in rolls. You'd make twice as much money in a minimum wage part time job. </p><p>Just my observations on things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chicken_little, post: 1370480, member: 4114"]Honestly, if your looking for collectibles, go for nickels or pennies. You'll get the best results with those, and rarely a skunk box! [B]Pennies[/B]: plenty of wheaties, along with dozens of errors and varieties. always something to find. [B]Nickels:[/B] Lots of pre-60 nickels out there (some high-grade), as well as silver war nickels, and occasionally a buffalo nickels (most of them that I find still have their dates. I was finding almost 1 per box when I quit a couple years ago.) [B]Quarters [/B] Almost a waste of time. I've gone through $1,000 and never found anything collectible, so I quit. [B]Dimes: [/B] You can find a little bit of silver going through dimes but not much. Also very few collectibles to make it worth your while. [B]Halves [/B] aren't worth the effort anymore if your going through boxes. So many people searching them that its rare to find a good box unless your going through $5,000/week, which is ridiculous. In summary, if you want to have fun, go through pennies and nickels. If your looking for silver, all I can say is good luck, because it's slim pickings today. What you can find today is nothing like what you could find 5 years ago. You will NOT get rich looking for silver in rolls. You'd make twice as much money in a minimum wage part time job. Just my observations on things.[/QUOTE]
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