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novillero
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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 Posted - 07/03/2010 : 19:32:50
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For those looking for gems while roll searching, my question is... What is your method?
For example, do you look at each coin as you handle each coin, or have some method of separating certain dates first?
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2010 : 19:45:19
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this is what i do
1st ryedale them.
2nd go through the copper ones pulling wheats, canadians and 1972's
3rd go through zincs one at the time, looking for certain things |
Inquiring minds want to know |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2010 : 08:46:27
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The best ones will fall into the zinc pile, so search those carefully before returning them. I'm saving all my boxes of sorted coppers to search down the road when the banks eventually cut us off... that way I'll still have something to enjoy. All I do at this time is pull out the really grungy ones as I see them so they don't spread the creeping verdigris to their neighbors by contact. If I see a wheatie I'll pull it out, but searching takes too much time for now.  |
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2010 : 13:07:19
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I'm kinda with beauanderos. If I had a Ryedale, I would sort as much now as I could, checking over the zincs before I returned them and saving the coppers to look at later on, or when I didn't have any unsorted stuff to go through.
But since I don't (YET) have a Ryedale, I still have the "privilege" of looking at each coin as it goes through my hands. One pile for all wheats, Canadians, other world coins. That's my "treasure" pile, and I really like going through it again. Basic copper into another pile. All 1982 into another pile. Stuff like 1972, 1960, 1983, 1984, 1995 etc, which will require magnification or at least closer inspection, go next to my loupe. Stuff like 1998, 1999, 2000 (looking for wide AMs) I check while going through it the first time - which might not be the fastest way, but there tends to be a lot of them, so I don't want to go through them twice. |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 07/04/2010 : 15:40:48
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Yes, as I search through rolls of coins, I examine each and every coin as I come to it, only going through one roll of coins at a time before I reroll and move on to the next roll. I do a quick glance under a lighter magnifier to see if anything jumps out at me as being "different" about the particular coin I am carefully holding by the edges. Then I check the date so I know if there are specific errors I should be trying to find. I carefully rotate the coin to look at the reverse checking for any rotational error as I do this before checking the reverse for any possible errors.
On the upside, don't just look for errors. Look for that "perfect" coin too. I have found some older zincs that really had a beautiful strike and not a blemish on the surface that I could discern.
When I finish a roll and replace any coins I have pulled out, I then recount the coins to insure that I haven't made any mistakes in my count and then reroll the coins and put my mark on the wrapper so I hopefully won't get it again.
Most importantly, enjoy the hobby. 
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