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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8140149, member: 24754"]Back in 2012-13, I took up the hobby of searching penny rolls for errors, wheaties, foreign, copper, etc, etc. It was a fun, cheap way to satiate my treasure hunting urges, and I was actually able to find a few interesting varieties, but unfortunately, I started losing interest when the majority of the coins had transitioned into shields.</p><p><br /></p><p>I used to get boxes of rolls, search them, and then return them to the coin machine at my bank. After a few times, I learned that the really crappy, damaged, or gunky coins would junk up the counting machine, so I started tossing the really trashy ones into a jar while searching. At some point, I went through the junk jar and realized that I had a pretty wide distribution of dates/mints. I had an empty Whitman folder laying around, so I decided to see if I could complete a "Worst" collection of each example.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had completely forgotten about this collection, but came across it while organizing some boxes in the garage. It brought back a lot of memories and I found it interesting to see just how trashy coins can be in circulation! Anyway, I thought you guys might get a kick out of it as well. Has anyone done something similar? If so, lets see the pics!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418986[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418987[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418988[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418985[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8140149, member: 24754"]Back in 2012-13, I took up the hobby of searching penny rolls for errors, wheaties, foreign, copper, etc, etc. It was a fun, cheap way to satiate my treasure hunting urges, and I was actually able to find a few interesting varieties, but unfortunately, I started losing interest when the majority of the coins had transitioned into shields. I used to get boxes of rolls, search them, and then return them to the coin machine at my bank. After a few times, I learned that the really crappy, damaged, or gunky coins would junk up the counting machine, so I started tossing the really trashy ones into a jar while searching. At some point, I went through the junk jar and realized that I had a pretty wide distribution of dates/mints. I had an empty Whitman folder laying around, so I decided to see if I could complete a "Worst" collection of each example. I had completely forgotten about this collection, but came across it while organizing some boxes in the garage. It brought back a lot of memories and I found it interesting to see just how trashy coins can be in circulation! Anyway, I thought you guys might get a kick out of it as well. Has anyone done something similar? If so, lets see the pics! [ATTACH=full]1418986[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418987[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418988[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418985[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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