looking through circulation coins

DanArgent

If you were looking through rolls of coins in circulation, which denomination would you say would yeild the best results?

Dan

Gonfunko

Halves or nickels.

ziggy29

<< <i>If you were looking through rolls of coins in circulation, which denomination would you say would yeild the best results? >>

I would say nickels in terms of finding older material (still quite a few 1940s and 1950s pieces out there). You can find some obsolete type in cent rolls (still a few wheaties). And finally, rolls of halves sometimes still have some 40% silver pieces in them.

kamehameha00

One person on this forum found a boatload of rolls filled with WLH's, Frankies, and Silver Kennedy Halves.

cladking

Quarters have a huge advantage or two over every other denomination. Cents, nickels,
and halfs get a little attention so another collector has likely beaten you to the good ones.
Dimes are almost totally ignored but most of the better dimes are too rare to have much
chance of locating or common enough that they are less interesting. Certainly trying to put
together a set of clad dimes in nicely struck VF/XF will prove a monumental challenge and
keep you busy for a good long while but most of these coins are fairly available in unc eith-
er in mint sets or rolls. AU+ memorial cent collections can be formed with extreme effort and
will make very attractive collections, and you will find at least a few nice varieties but most
of the coins are excessively common in unc. Indeed, if you have low standards, none of the
regular issue memorials is very difficult in unc. Jeffersons aren't too bad and getting a nice
attractive VF or better set of these from 1962 to date will prove challenging. Many of these
coins were poorly made and still show it in VF. Half dollars have several stoppers and to add
insult to injury the stoppers are readily available in unc. These also are often difficult to obtain
since they don't circulate freely and many banks and most retailers don't have them.

The quarters have been mostly ignored for decades. Many of the regular dates are not com-
mon in unc and are sometimes easily found as beautiful AU's in circulation. Even uncs are a-
vailable for coins back to 1996. There are numerous rare, scarce, and common varieties cir-
culating some of which may not even exist in unc. Since these coins are poorly known, they
circulate side by side with the common coins. Putting together a set of nice looking VF's is still
possible though getting more problematical every day. Best of all, when the set is complete
there will almost certainly be many coins in it which are scarce and highly desirable. It would
be impossible to assemble such a set without learning something about circulation, commerce,
the fed, statistics, wear, metalurgy and a host of other subjects.

...And even if you include all the minor varieties the set ('65- '98) can be done for less than $25.

fivecents

Halves and the occasional Ike dollar roll

coinbuf

Nickels, I own vending machines and I find 40's and 30's even war nickels all the time.

Chris

sammydabull

i had a few days of down time the last few days and decided i would go through some pennies, I hit three different banks and did $10 worth at each one, I managed a few wheabacks, a couple errors, and one beautiful red 2002 pennie, ive never seen anythign like it, I dont know why it is this is, but i consider it a nice red MS68 or close.....