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Found In Rolls is Back!

Bill O'Rourke — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:53:35 +0000

I have added the "Found in Rolls" website to Ask About Coins! Each section of "Found In Rolls" has been added as a post so that navigation from one section to another becomes fun and easy!

Found In Rolls – United States Die Varieties

Bill O'Rourke — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:44:17 +0000

As the author of the "Found In Rolls" column as seen in "CoinWorld Magazine" I find a large number of collectible coins in rolls that I obtain from local banks and credit unions. Since I can't fit all of my discoveries in my column, I thought that I could share some of my other finds here.

“The Roll Searchers’ Handbook” is on the way!

Bill O'Rourke — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:22:43 +0000

Being written and illustrated by Bill O'Rourke, the author of the "Found In Rolls" column, as seen in CoinWorld Magazine, "The Roll Searchers' Handbook" is still in the works!

A Roll Searcher is Born!

Bill O'Rourke — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:43:01 +0000

Looking through rolls of coins to find a rare date or die variety has its roots in searching through pocket change. That is what gets a lot of people started in the hobby of Roll Searching!

Doubled Dies on Kennedy Half Dollars!!!

Bill O'Rourke — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:46:08 +0000

For those of you who search through rolls of Half Dollar coins or for those of you who may have some Kennedy Halves in your collection, there may be more to them then meets the eye.

Using Diagnostics to Identify Die Varieties : Part 1

Bill O'Rourke — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:05:05 +0000

How Diagnostics can be used to decide if a coin is a valuable Doubled Die, for example, or if it is just one of millions, or billions of other coins.

Using Diagnostics to Identify Die Varieties : Part 2

Bill O'Rourke — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:01:57 +0000

Part 1 explained that not all anomalies in details indicate that a coin is a rare die variety. This portion shows how specific Diagnostics need to be used to attribute a die variety.