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skwca
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Canada
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Hey all,
So today I opened one of my Orca 25 cent mint rolls. From RBC. This is my first ever mint roll I've opened so I didnt know what to expect. I was thinking in my mind that every coin minus the ends would be in untouched shape.. WOW was I wrong. EVERY coin had some sort of minor scratching and dings as seen through a loupe.. O.o Is this common from the mint or are they just slacking in the new releases? I did find a couple that had very minor scratching and few if any dings, but still not impressed.
NOw from what I gather these are still in MS condition so this bring me to a question of what the dif is between ms 63-65 I know MS-60 is untouched crap ;P and MS-67 is like a god send something struck and taken off the line right away...
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Pillar Of The Community
Canada
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MS-63 and MS-64 and MS-65 Are different in price range. MS-63 usually has some contact marks that takes the MS-64 - MS-65 grade away. Now MS-65 Is a perfect coin with light hairline "scratches" Now in your mint roll im guessing it probably was searched and returned in the original package.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I dont think these were searched. They are all in that plastic shrink rap that you have to cut into or rip to get the coins out so I'm positive they were not touched.
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Pillar Of The Community
Canada
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Oh, they were in there shrink wrap. Im not sure.
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Canada
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Every Mint roll I have openned is like this. Most will have small scratches on them. With the Colored coins you will also notice that most of them have the color bleeding over the edge, or not quite to the edge.
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Pillar Of The Community
Canada
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I believe that why some people only buy separate sets from the mints and post office, they don't want they coins banging together and stuff when they get rolled and packaged.
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Pillar Of The Community
Canada
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My quarters were fine when I got them today in the sets.
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Pillar Of The Community
Canada
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Absolutely normal for a mint roll. I think I opened 6 or 8 rolls of men's hockey quarters, and didn't find a single MS-65 level coin. It's my suspicion that that reeds on the 25c coins are particularly bad for causing damage while the coins are being sorted at the mint, whereas the 1 cent coins seem to fare a lot better with their smooth rims.
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Valued Member
Canada
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The coins are shot out of high speed machines into large bins of coins, smash, smash, smash, where they can all slide around on top of each other, scratch, scratch, scratch, as more smash into them, then go into another machine to wrap them, swirl, swirl, swirl. Wham, bam, as fast as you can and to heck with quality.
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Valued Member
Canada
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hmm well it is an experience then... And I guess thats what makes the MS-65 and MS-67 so sought after and valuable.. makes sense. Thanks all.
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Valued Member
Canada
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ONe good thing I did however find an Error coin. a small strike through on one of the coins.. not to bad.
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Valued Member
Canada
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And now you know skwca, why MS-62-3-4 and 5 and really hard to attain....
Social drinker with a coin problem.
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Pillar Of The Community
Canada
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For me, I don't open those rolls because if the coins in it are damaged, I could'nt sell them anymore at a high price since it would be considered circulated. Keep them uncirculated by leaving them in the roll.
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Became a valued member on Nov 28 2011
Pillar of the Community -- May 28 2012
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Pillar Of The Community
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Error coin... Picture please?
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Posted 03/07/2012 6:52 pm
