In the wild. Which coin(s) do you look for ?

TwoSides2aCoin

I'm still looking for boldly detailed tail feathers on the reverse of the 2000 P Sacagawea Dollar, every time I see them, in the wild. This really is a rare bird. Buy rolls. Search coins. Spend money. The hobby is perfectly suited for that. How much longer ? Anyone have a "find" ? A coin your'e looking to find ? Tell us about it.

garrynot

I haven't seen a Sacagawea dollar in circulation for years. I look for the few and far between silver coin. A few years ago I got a war nickel in change with luster that was near mint state. Curiously the bakery I was in was next door to my local coin shop. I brought it in to see if the guys there recalled selling it recently. They didn't so now it's mine.

OldEastside

Anything silver, anything out of place, and I do check for copper memorial cents, just for fun

Steve

AMRC

Silver, but just barely.

jedm

I always check my change for a really super nice Lincoln to see if it will upgrade my cent collection. ( I used to do it with nickels and dimes too, but have since sold those collections.) Every six months or so I will have about ten of them and I compare them with what's in my Dansco ... very rarely is one replaced, but it is very cheap entertainment. I am on the lookout also for the ATB quarters and when I see one I think is nice I put it back and will go thru them some snowy winter day. I also check every 2000 Sacajewea... no luck so far.

AUandAG

I've been searching for a 1909svdb for the last 63 years and have NEVER found one in the wild. I have found one 1909s and one 1914d but never a 09svdb. I started searching in earnest in 1954. They were all gone out of the tills by then (at least for me). In the early years I went to the bank every Saturday morning with my dollars to search through their pennies. No luck.

bob:)

ChangeInHistory

Silver,i have the best luck with dimes and war nickels.

dpoole

Still looking for the 1992 and 1992-D close AM Lincolns, the 1998, 1999 and 2000 Wide AMs Lincolns, and the low-leaf/high-leaf Wisconsin quarters. Some of the few exciting things still out there in change.

mannie gray

I have a very large "mental check list" of coins I look for.
It would be too long to post here.
Most are Lincoln 1c varieties, as you get a bigger bang for your buck with cent rolls.
Recently I have found a 1970-S Small Date in a lot of BU rolls purchased from eBay.
That was a nice find.

ricko

I check for wheaties, and then the date, mm, DD etc.. Always look for silver..... I check yard sales for the Cheerios Sacs....Cheers, RickO

ECHOES

Lincoln DD's, Silver, anything odd.
I always check my change, adds to the fun of collecting.

divecchia

I don't do much commerce or carry much cash around with me, but I always check my wife's change for wheaties and silver.

Donato

JBK

I search boxes of nickels for silver and buffalos. I also keep an eye open for Henning counterfeits and off-metal war nickels. I have started picking up a couple rolls of cents here and there to pull some copper out (finding 15-20% right now), and also look for some of the rare cent varieties from the past few decades. I check the Constar reject tray for silver.

My best find: a 2016 nickel struck over a 2015 nickel. Had it identified here on the forum, and then had it slabbed. It is my best find ever, and although I will keep looking, I don't ever expect to come close to that find again.

Jackthecat1

I look for silver, wheaties, and errors in change.

anablep

Wheat cents, copper cents, nickels dated before 1960, silver war nickels and anything silver. They are all far & few between.

silverpop

Whatever catches my notice

291fifth

I look for anything unusual. That means I find virtually nothing except perhaps an AU wheat cent or a silver coin (a rare event).