I’m Dave Gates and this article series documents my experience coin roll hunting pennies. I initially started coin roll hunting in November of 2017.
After a long break, I’ve decided to get back into the swing of things. It’s a lazy summer day, Sunday July 25, 2021 and I’m searching through pennies. Box 15 was an ok box. Continue reading for the results of this hunt.
Goals for coin roll hunting
Please read my inaugural coin roll article for my goals and thought process. Below is the short version.
- To have some fun, stay productive and keep busy.
- Treasure Hunting. Sort of fills that Indiana Jones wanna-be character. Finding treasure is always fun.
- To build up a copper bullion portfolio. There’s always room for more bullion in my portfolio.
So here is what I found from box 15 of coin roll hunting $25 in pennies.
- $5.64. of copper.
- (7) random wheat pennies.
- (9) Canadian pennies.
- (X) 1959 I’ve decided not to separate these. I’m adding them to the rolls.
- $19.36 of other newer zinc coins which I will return to the bank.
I’m lucky the bank I use has a coin counting machine when returning the zinc pennies, so this won’t cost me. Some banks charge a 10% fee on the amount counted. I believe vending machines like Coin Star are similar.
In fact one reason for starting this project was to keep my cost as minimal as possible. If I had to pay for returning the rejects I don’t think I’d be as agreeable to this project.
CONCLUSION
Box 15 was your standard box of coins. No earth shattering treasures here. Note to self, and future me, this is a box of pennies I acquired pre-COVID. I’ve had this one sitting in my cabinet and just now getting around to searching it.
Another note to self, I’ve decided not continue separating out the 1959 coins. I’m going to add these to the rolls. It was becoming too overwhelming to pick these these out.
The small pile you see on the tray are the 1982 dates I set aside. Since 1982 was a transition year, each coin would need to be weighted to determine the metal. I’m not willing to do that at this point. When I have a sizable amount I’ll take the time to search and separate these, but for now they get set aside.
I’m still not sure what I plan on doing with the Canadian pennies. I’m setting these aside for now. Do any of my readers have suggestions for the Canadian coins?
I plan to head back to this bank again to hopefully secure more copper. What are you finding in your area? Are all your boxes filled with newer coinage?
Thanks,
Dave