Squatch2401
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Darn, makes me wish I would have done more research before dumping all those coins haha
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Not necessarily. For example, the post-2001 half dollars were generally only minted less that 3 million each. But they are relatively easy to find. I believe the toughest to find non-proof half to find is the 1987-D and P. They didn't make many that year and what few they made were for collectors. I've found 2 1987-D's and still looking for a 1987-P. A 1987 half is a nice find. Keep an eye open for them.Okay that make sense. Does that apply to all coins, anything under 10mill is considered a key date?
Most of my boxes are skunks, but the good boxes make up for the skunks. Just keep on truckin' and you'll stumble onto that occasional great box.No luck at all on the box, it was a skunk. But I did find about 10 of the halves to have a mark from others that are into CRH.
Well went through a box of cents, dimes, and nickels yesterday and today. I got a bunch of copper cents, and about 8 wheaties. The dimes box was a skunk. In the nickel box I got two war nickels, a 1937 buffalo, and two almost uncirculated 1938 nickels.
Sorry I didn't get any pictures this time.
The 1938 nickels are super-nice finds. I have yet to find a single 1938 nickel. They are low-mintage and very hard to come by.
I agree. Nickels are super-cool. A lot of the guys in this forum stick with the halves, but I like everything--even pennies. I've even had some luck with quarter boxes--two silver quarters from about 5 or 6 boxes.I have found three in two boxes. I am really liking nickels, I think they are my favorite thing to go through right now!
Yeah. I just edge check my dimes. I don't bother looking at each coin because I already have my dime folder filled in. There aren't any clad dimes that are hard to find. A few boxes and I had the whole folder filled in. I guess I'm not as patient as you. I like picking all the silver out of a dime box in thirty minutes or less.I have yet to do a quarter box, only because everyone else has kinda scared me away from them. I think next week I will pick one up and see what I can find.
I really like pennies as well. I have gotten 2 boxes and what I had in my coin jar, and I found about 28 wheaties. I really want to like dimes but I am not a big fan. I rim check them and I can go through a box in under an hour, kinda takes the fun out of it.
Yeah. I just edge check my dimes. I don't bother looking at each coin because I already have my dime folder filled in. There aren't any clad dimes that are hard to find. A few boxes and I had the whole folder filled in. I guess I'm not as patient as you. I like picking all the silver out of a dime box in thirty minutes or less.
I find with the dimes that if the light isn't just right, it's easy to miss the silvers. Natural sunlight, but within the shade with my glasses removed so I can get them right up to my face seems to work best. They are so tiny that conditions need to be just right. Artificial light doesn't work for me when I search dimes.
Quarters are nice if you're a coin collector. There are all the state quarters and national park quarters to find, and some of them are pretty tough to find. I've gone through about five boxes, and still have several that I haven't yet found--some of the 2009's for example. I've also found a few proof quarters and two silvers.