Thursday Terminology - C.R.H.

 Roll of 2012-P Pennies

Welcome to Thursday Terminology, I think that this term is one that is getting around more and more often nowadays given that coin collecting is getting more popular on the treasure hunting forums. So here is the definition!

C.R.H. = Coin Roll Hunting/Hunter = One who amasses a large amount of rolled coin and searches them for either silver, copper, die varieties or foreign coins. 

CRH exists in many forms in the U.S. and Canada.  The majority of CRH's in the U.S. search 50 cent pieces for silver coins as they usually contain a higher proportion of silver per roll, on average.  Typically a CRH will go to a bank, also known as the "buy bank" and purchase either a few rolls of coin or a few boxes of coin.  The buy banks will usually not charge a fee for providing such services or if they do, the CRH really likes banking with them.  Once the CRH has finished searching their coins, they will either take them, loose or rolled, to a "dump bank" or a coinstar machine.  The "dump bank" is usually a bank that the CRH dislikes for one of a variety of reasons, or just doesn't care, and deposits the coins into an account that they have their, or if they are loose, then they put them through the sorting machine which may or may not charge a fee.  It is common courtesy to not buy and dump at the same bank as each one is doing you a favor, and the tellers may become accustom to you and disfavor your activities eventually.  Also, some CRH's mark coins that they have gone through by marking the coins with a dot from a permanent marker or a slash from a key.  This is traditionally looked down upon by the CRH community, but nonetheless, it happens.  I have yet to delve into this hobby, but I will try my luck eventually and purchase an entire box of U.S. half dollar coins for a nominal price of $500.00.  When I do it, I'll post a video of how it went!