What coins should I watch for in pocket change?

highvizballs

Realistically speaking, what coins should I watch for that are collectable and can show up every now and then in circulation?
Thanks!

cladking

There are a large number of them. The search function should yield quite
a number of different denomination coins that can actually be found in cir-
culation. There are also numerous rarities that might be found but with a
very low probability.

It's a good idea to actually start a set of the coins you're interested in. The
folders are very inexpensive and the coins to fill them can be even cheaper.
This will quickly reveal which of the regular issues are tough in nice grades
and help you spot some of the varieties.

mgoodm3

Bust coinage.

Sphinx357

your avatar is a bit obnoxious

BigGreek

I look for cent varieties, esp the 98,99,00 type 2s. Also keep an eye
out for '72 DDOs. Have yet to find any

richbeat

The more knowledge and time you have, the better your chances. Cladking's advice is very good. A lot of collectors pick up rolls of coins from banks and go through them. It takes a lot of looking and patience, but you can find occasional silver, errors and varieties, and some older dates that might be worth a small premium, especially if they're higher grade.

carl

Look for anything that looks like you've been drinking and everything is blurry. That would be a double die coin. Watch for offsets on the front and back, missing letters or numbers, very old dates, odd looking coins that don't look familiar. Get a magnifing glass and when you find something that looks weird, take it home and carefully check it out. Learn how to take closeups of coins and when in doubt send to this forum and there is always lots of answers, even some ones you may not want. One of the things I like to do is flip a coin over from top to bottom to see if the fromt and back are aligned. On American coins when you do this the coin should always appear face up. I find some of those on rare occations and about 30% of all my Mercury dimes are off from the fromt to the back. Good luck and keep on looking.

pharmer

big ones, very big ones