/r/CRH
Welcome to the world's largest Coin Roll Hunting community! Come meet other hunters, share your finds, give and get advice, and share in whatever else has to do with the hobby of Coin Roll Hunting (also known as Bank Roll Hunting).
Coin Roll Hunting, or "CRH," is the hobby of searching change pulled from circulation for collectible coins. The serious hobbyist usually obtains rolled coins from banks. Coin roll hunters (United States) obtain rolls of cents, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and sometimes dollars. We open the rolls and search for silver, copper, rarities, high quality coins or coins to complete a collection.
Check out this Discord server, Past Finders: https://discord.gg/qMVMT6h
How Do I Get Coins To Search?
It is easiest to open a free or cheap bank account. Let the bank know your intentions to order perpetual coin orders, and make sure they are okay with it, or try the next bank. There should never be a fee for coin orders. There are plenty of banks out there if you know where to look and have the means to get there.
What Coins Do I Look For?
That depends... Perhaps CRH is something fun to do with the kids? Are you sorting through pennies for the rare indian heads or wheaties? Are you on a mission for free silver from rolls of half dollars, quarters, dimes, or even nickels? There are also those seeking errors, low mintage, or pieces for collections.
Silver Seekers: U.S. coin denominations of 10 cents or higher can quickly be searched by edge-checking the coin for a white metallic color. This is easy to see with a careful eye, as the edges contrast from the copper edges of post-1964 U.S. coins. U.S. war nickels are 35% silver, and require meticulous searching for years 1943-45.
Tips For Starters:
Wear Gloves, searching through large amounts of coins can be quite grimy.
Use A Magnifying Glass to better-view details on the coins to verify if there are keepers. Better yet, Use A Digital Microscope!
Consider a hand truck when picking up and dropping off heavy coin batches.
Get a strong bag or wheeled backpack to carry your coins in.
How Do I Return All These Coins After Searching?
This is easy if the bank has a free coin counter. Consider a bank (not the same one you order the coins from) that does. While you can return coins to a bank by re-rolling them, it takes time... and coin counting machines with fees can get a big chunk of your cash. Never return coins to the same bank you bought them from; it is bad etiquette.
What If My Bank Does Not Have A Coin Counting Machine?
There are coin wrappers and several coin sorters you can purchase.
Many banks require you to write your account numbers on the coin rolls. Making labels with your account number will streamline re-rolling coin.
What To Do With Your Finds:
Organization is key. It is helpful to keep your treasures in containers.
Tubes:
Helpful Guides:
Free:
Check Your Change! You Might Strike Silver!
Helpful Sites:
Coinflation: Measuring the Metal Value of Coins
Treasurenet: The original treasure hunting website
CoinTalk: Coin Collecting Community
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Got a W and a silver quarter today.
Got 2 rolls of coin and was rewarded nicely today.
05:12 UTC
Not all hunts are great..
Today my halves hunt was awesome, my nickel hunt wasn’t a total loss, but the dime hunt was not so great
8 rolls; 1 Canadian, a 63 silver, 3 wide rims, and one offset.
03:33 UTC
Insane silver haul!!!
I got a box of halves today and pulled 25 40s and one 90!!!
02:32 UTC
Walking Liberty Ender
What a shocking find! What are the odds of finding one as an ender? Wish I could say it was packed with silver but it wasn’t.
01:56 UTC
How do you search?
Looking for best practices that you guys & gals use to make your searching more efficient. I’m sure over time you have learned and refined your methods.
Please post for others to learn from you
What are you searching for? Quantity you regularly search? Random rolls? Boxes? Etc? Silver? Rare coins? Errors?
What’s your method?
Do you track? If so what categories are you tracking and how? Spreadsheet app, website, etc
Thank you for sharing
23:12 UTC
Very disgraceful person the owner very rude screaming at me the minute I started telling him what I had for coins doesn't know his ass from his elbow wanted to sell a 40% silver pro of half dollar told me I was a liar and it wasn't silver which it is never go to him disgrace to the coin community
Check out this Yelp review for Village Coin Shop! https://yelp.to/N6wfczON47
15:20 UTC
From 4 half dollar rolls i got these two. Second 1968 so far!
06:02 UTC
Awesome first dime box!
Been hunting mostly pennies for the last 6 or so months, finally got a dime box and got 5 silvers! Definitely going to get another box soon!
03:15 UTC
Tonight’s hunt results in the nastiest proof I’ve ever seen
BUT… it’s a 1987! First one I’ve ever found at that date so I’ll take it!
01:41 UTC
Huge Jackpot
Pay days don't come like this often. It's the good tenders for me tonight. Onwards to nickels next.
01:36 UTC
1776-1976 D Silver?
Started CRH, got a box and started going thru it.
I found a 1776-1976 D Bicentennial that appears to be a clad silver coin. Or is that an S and it's been degraded?
Please take a look and let me know what you think. I've also included a picture of the edge of the coin which appears to be silver clad on the exterior with copper center.
Edit: Thank you to everyone who responded. I appreciate the information
01:23 UTC