Latest Coin Roll Hunting

[emodx]

On Friday I picked up a box of pennies from my big box bank location. All rolls were heavily circulated. A lot of corrosion and zinc rot. But also a lot of copper coins.
Before I post the stats I did find three pennies to add to my collection. One Bahamian penny with a starfish on the reverse, very cool coin for an old salt to put on his desk. One red 1974 D with great detail and a counter stamp of the state of Alaska and AK stamped in the middle of the state. Very cool because I have been to Alaska before. And a 1992 toner. Pink and purple with copper highlights, stunning to turn in the light.

Stats:

490 total coppers (19%)
215 coppers to date sort later (8.6%)
193 coppers damaged and into the bullion bag (7.7%)
66 copper non bullion dates to check for errors (2.6%)
9 wheat pennies
6 Canadian coppers
1 Bahamian copper

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[Petespockets55]

Nice % for coppers. My local rolls have been running only 6%-16%.
(And thank you because I thought I was the only one crazy enough to be tracking the Cu% )

[mustbebob]

Very nice breakdown of your searches. I like your keepers also. In keeping all this data, you will be surprised how things will change (for the good or bad) in subsequent searches. As mentioned, that is a great ratio for coppers. Keep up the great work and keep us informed on your next search!

[VAB2013]

Looks like you got a good box of cents to search! Just have to ask... that 92, is it a close AM?

[jfines69]

Nice group of coins... At least they weren't all frankenzincs... Vivien mentioned the 92 close AM... The mint used a rev design intended for 1993 lincolns on some 92s... Here is some info on rev design varieties from Variety Vista (VV) - http://varietyvista.com/01b%20LC%20D...0Varieties.htm RDV-006 was 1992 and RDV-007 was intended to start in 93!!!

[emodx]

Pete - the numbers define different thoughts and beliefs. Such as I think I can make a small profit from selling copper bullion in the near future. I think I can make a little more profit in the intermediate future if I sell year sorted rolls that have no corroded coins. In the distant future I can make a good profit on UNC zincs. All the while keeping the best pennies for my own collection. Any profit really isn’t a profit as it goes to hidden costs such as supplies and transportation. And as I collect data I can track which banks provide certain types of coins. This lets me save time by going to the branch that has what I am looking for.

Vivien - you know I didn’t even check. I love toners and was stoked to find it. I’ll have to examine it later.

JF - thanks for the resource.

[Petespockets55]

Thanks Emo for the follow up.
This line of thinking is a great way to off set some expenses of collecting.
(if you don't suffer from separation anxiety when they sell!!)

[WaterSport]

A whole lot of fun in my opinion.

WS

[emodx]

Just to be sure... this is the right forum for CRH, correct?

[VAB2013]

Just to be sure... this is the right forum for CRH, correct?

Yes this is a good place to post info on coin roll hunting! If something gets into the wrong forum category our good friend Jim jfines 69 can fix that for us