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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 2972335, member: 59737&quot;][ATTACH=full]729425[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]729426[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]729427[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]729428[/ATTACH] </p><p>By the numbers:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; WAM variety search pile</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; 1995 DDO search pile</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; CAM variety search pile</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; 1984 DDO search pile</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; 1983 DDR search pile</p><p><br /></p><p>6.&nbsp; 1982 DDR search pile (not sure if there will be much luck here, but I saw that there can be some doubling on the E Pluribus Unum)</p><p><br /></p><p>7.&nbsp; 1971 and 1972 DDO search pile</p><p><br /></p><p>8.&nbsp; Cheap 10x loupe.&nbsp; I have it out, but I really don’t use it until the end.&nbsp; Every time I pick up the loupe, I lose time sorting so I try to only look at coins when I’m done sorting for a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>9.&nbsp; 40lb box of US Cents.&nbsp; I cannot just dump them into a pile.&nbsp; I have young kids at home and I try to do my coin roll hunting after the kids go to bed.&nbsp; I also try to do it in the same room with my wife so we can chat and watch something together on TV.&nbsp; That means the coins have to be picked up every night.&nbsp; The other 2 boxes are still sealed.</p><p><br /></p><p>10.&nbsp; Random cents that I want to look at under a loupe for one reason or another</p><p><br /></p><p>11.&nbsp; 1960/1960-D search pile</p><p><br /></p><p>12.&nbsp; Socks, no holes, keep the toes warm.</p><p><br /></p><p>13.&nbsp; Tool for opening the boxes</p><p><br /></p><p>14.&nbsp; Post 1983 bin (I put all 1982s in the other bin to keep a conservative).&nbsp; I dump them separately so I can get the exact ratio of pre and post.&nbsp; I get that at the end, I’ll have dumped all the coins and I’ll know more or less the ratio based on simple math of 2.5x + 3.11y = 166 lbs and x + y = z (z being total number of coins).&nbsp; And after writing that out, I might just put them all together from here on out, the math will work itself out.</p><p><br /></p><p>15.&nbsp; Pre1983 (1982 and older) since I don’t want to bother sorting 1982s and want to be conservative in my estimates.</p><p><br /></p><p>16.&nbsp; This is my latest checking method.&nbsp; I used to lay them along my hand and go down the line, but the lighting in the room I’m in is so terrible that it’s a strain to get the coin angled right.&nbsp; Instead, I now just stack them and check them quickly one by one, dropping them into a pile below (not into the bin, in case I accidentally drop two) until complete.&nbsp; It’s a very quick process and lets me look at tons of coins in a row.</p><p><br /></p><p>I repeat this process on any night that I can sit down for an hour or so and do it.&nbsp; Once complete, I dump all coins back into those two containers and pack things up for the night.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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