Halves, edge or date check?

[Durendal]

Just wondering what your opinions are on this and what you guys do.

Only been doing coin roll hunting for a few months and have always date checked, but I'm thinking of upping how many boxes I go through from 2 to 4 a week. May not seem a lot to some of you guys but date checking 4,000 coins a week would be a bit tedious.

There are a couple tarnished silver coins I would have missed just edge checking, and a few foreign coins. So I guess my question is do you think the extra volume would make up for the few coins missed by edge checking rolls?

 

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[Generic_Lad]

You need to date check halves, or at least sound check them. An uncirculated 40%er will look nearly identical to clad.

Look at this topic http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=366599.0

Or just pick up a 1965 special mint set and look for yourself.

Edge searching works just fine for dimes and quarters but if you are edge searching halves you will miss some.

 

[Dok Holliday]

I always date check, I would have missed 90% and 40% coins if I didn't

 

[quiksilver]

As mentioned before numerous times [tho not recently] if you edge check you will eventually miss silver.

 

[jrf30]

As mentioned before numerous times [tho not recently] if you edge check you will eventually miss silver.

PLus you will miss 1987 NIFC halves, and possibly some proofs.

I think it is worth the time to date search. It is hard enough getting silver without passing over some of it.

 

[palidin20603]

The more you edge check the better you become. Question every unusual coin you edge check.

 

[Theolog]

I think the question is how one edge checks. I specifically look for copper edges. Anything that is not obviously copper, I check the date.

 

[Bigheed]

you do not need to date check.

I find all my silver & Proofs & 1987's edge checking, if you do enough volume you know how they look.

I did start out date checking everything though for a few thousand.

Just takes practice.

Bigheed

 

[Piledriver]

A lot of it has to do with volume.

If you are running over $5000 per day in halves, you will find it very difficult to date check.

However, that amount of volume gives you a much better shot at respectable silver, even though you may occasionally miss one.

Quick story:

Back when I had access to Free Coinstar machines in one of my dump banks, I realized that the machine would cull any silver that we missed.
We edge checked anyway, and over the course of about $50,000 of halves and dimes we missed 2 40% and one dime.

But I'll leave you to guess what we didn't miss.

Keep on Rollin' !

 

[BuffaloBoy]

I edge check my first time around, then second time I date check, look for silvers, proofs, foreign coins(panama 1/2 balboas), and possible error coins, 1972d, 1974d, 1982, 1983. Also, but not recantly, NIFC's. There are too many post 2002 halves in my area, i just toss em back. except for the 2011 halves which i only have 2 of.

 

[byzanthia]

Like most everyone said: edge check then date check.

Unless you edge check with a loupe, there will be some silver coins that are almost impossible to distinguish from clad due to grim/wear (for me anyway).

 

[GimmeSomeSilver]

I don't usually date check because it takes too much time in my opinion, but I do ALWAYS sound check when I drop them into a box with other loose halves. I really don't care too much about missing NIFC or proofs, but I have pulled out about 10 proofs by just edge checking; they are usually thicker and newer looking than most clad halves.

HH,
Cody.