scyther wrote:Cool. I'll be sorting my first non-penny boxes this week... looking forward to it. Are you not able to get half dollars?
Good luck to you; it's always nice to sort a few boxes of other coins in between the pennies -- the monotonous copper color becomes an eyesore after a while. I am able to get half dollars, and I have before, but since I don't really have a lot of cash and they're not circulated very much, it's difficult to get them in bulk for me. Ten rolls of halves off camera in that picture yielded me 2 40%ers.
knibloe wrote:I haven't sorted any pennies since September. I have a stash of 10 bags + some CRW to sort this week. Good luck. I like Bmans advice to sore the larger denomitions first. Once I bought $5600 in change from a coin counter at a bank. There were 7 bags if nicks. They sat in the garage for almost a year. I hate sorting nicks. Finally had to, as I needed to pay some bills.
Once again good luck
10 penny bags?! Goodness; if you're a handsorter, you're set to have a busy week! Happy hunting. As for nickel sorting, I used to hate it because nickels always seem to leave more of their black grime on your fingers than other denominations and because they don't turn up much treasure, but then I started wearing gloves and looking out for the pre-1960 nickels. It really helps to look for those to convince yourself that nickel hunting is worthwhile, despite there not being a huge market for them. Nothing wrong with a self-fulfilling prophecy if it takes away stress. That said though, lately, I've found an influx of War Nickels and Buffaloes, so it's re-energized me into sorting nickels.