A little about me and how I came to love coins

[iluvtbs]

Hi, my name is Angie and I'm from SC. I got into coin collecting back around 1993. I let my uncle come over and go through my pennies and I started helping him. He collected coins. He wasn't a professional. He just did it as a hobby. He didn't know a whole lot but he definitely knew more than I did at that time.
While helping him, I found a 1980 cent that had been rotated in the collar double struck. This got me hooked!
However, with life's circumstances always happening, I kept being pulled away from my new coin hobby. I could never focus on coins for too long before being pulled in another direction that was more important. This went on until here recently. However, about 5yrs ago I sent that 1980 cent coin to be graded and I cherish this coin even today. IT WAS MY 1ST COIN LOVE!
Of course I made a bad decision and cleaned that coin with an eraser back when I found it because it had dirt on the edges but I didn't know any better.
It is still a beautiful coin today.
I am now back on my coin hunting journey. My goal is to build each of my grandbabies a coin collection that they'll surely enjoy when they're older.
I have so much change that I have saved up since about 1990 that I might not even get through in this lifetime because it's so much.
Well that's a little of my story and I'm looking forward to learning more and collecting more.

[MintErrors]

Welcome aboard.
Good story, we hope you have some good varieties in that change hoard.

[iluvtbs]

I know right.

[MintErrors]

Should you go through the coins, you may want to separate them into each denomination.
If I had to do it, I would probably work on Lincoln cents.
I would probably use plastic drink cups, one for each year. I would use tape on each cup, so they can be re-used for another denomination.

From there, I would probably visit variety vista to see what years have either re-punched mintmarks or doubled dies and look through those years first.

There may be several years which may have no listed varieties at all, and me personally, I would give those coins a quick look over, but not spend a lot of time on them.

Once a denomination is done, move on to the next.
If you decide to roll all of this up, put a special symbol on the roll, so if you go to the bank for rolls to hunt if you see that symbol, you will know that roll has been looked through.

Happy hunting.

[iluvtbs]

Thankyou. Great minds think alike. I set this same scenario up about 5yrs ago. The problem is / was that I keep being pulled away. However I'm hoping this streak continues. I'm thinking positive.
Thankyou again.

[MintErrors]

Good. Sound like you have matered the project.

As far as the being pulled away from the excitement, simply carve out a time period near the end of the day, like 30 minutes to do coins. It is to be enjoyed and not become a burden. I typically try the last 30 minutes or so before I go to bed.

Looking though coins relaxes me, so it helps prep for a good night sleep. Now that I am retired, I can enjoy the coins just about any time. But the end of the day is still my fav time

Happy hunting.