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jmkendall
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Good Afternoon. After seeing many, many threads about "unsearched" rolls; and seeing all the comments about frauds and fools. I started to wonder if anyone has ever bought, AND BEEN SATISFIED, with their purchase.
I am specifically EXCLUDING from this thread all those rolls that are obvious frauds. I.E. rolls with silver coins, vdbs, and keys on the end.
I'm not looking for a regurgitation of all the negative comments we have all seen and done to death. I am only interested in positive results.....if any
So I'll start it off. Yes, back in 2008 I found a seller that sold a lot of misc. merchandise and who had a number of "old penny rolls". I took a chance and bought a roll for about $7.50 with shipping. I was pleasently surprised to find a fair number of BU 40's and early 50's; with a fair number of XF or better 30's. I bought the rest of her rolls and ended up with a number of BU 30's and a few late 20's. A good number of which were red, but more likely red/brown.
Now I never found a key or anything especially rare. The best was a red 29s. But most of the coins were Phillys. Still all in all I did find way more value inside the rolls than what I paid for the rolls. Not hundreds of dollars more, but I more than doubled my money.
Anyone else? ( And lets see who can read!)
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Same as yourself, years ago eBay was a decent spot for unsearched rolls/bags of wheat cents. Nowadays it's such a joke it's not even worth it unless you're able to snag a roll for what the going rate per average wheat is. Not to mention the bonus "rare" surprise mercury/seated/gold/adamantium/kryptonite/ whatever just happened to fall into the counter 50-100 yrs ago ;)
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Is there really such thing as an unsearched roll? My local coin dealer has numerous totes filled to the brim with wheats. They tell me that even if they had the time, they wouldn't bother searching through them. Just not worth it. However, when I search through my wheats and bring them the leftovers, where do you think they go? Basically, if you buy wheats, and they aren't in a mason jar covered with a good film of fly poo, they've been searched.
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I have bought many rolls and been beyond satisfied, I use one seller in particular.
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I bought an "unsearched bank bag" once--statistically, it was very clearly searched and "salted" with a couple lowgrade semi-keys. I did find an unsearched box of Canadian cents--where I found a lot of valuable coins, but that's the exception.
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I have received several rolls that I was happy with. I also got a bag from The Coin Vault that had this in it....   Still have to send it in to find out if it is a no D or weak D, but either way, more than covers what I paid all on its own. It is could've, would've or should've, not could of, would of or should of.
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But most of the coins were Phillys. Not surprising. If the coins came from the east coast I'd expect it. I come from Philly and started collecting at a young age. All my older relatives gave me their stashes. At most, one in 25 or 50 had mint marks.
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I also got a bag from The Coin Vault that had this in it.... Looks like a DP4. No need to send it in, can you see any trace of the D or not? If you can see anything, then it's a weak D....if not, it's a no D.
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Unsearched rolls are mostly a joke. Yes once in a great while someone finds something. But usually all coins have been SEARCHED over and over and over.
just carl
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agreed unsearched is only when your ancestor has a bag of coins dont believe it any other way
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I found a guy on eBay who bought large lots of wheats and buffalos that were genuinely unsearched. I bought them strictly for the dateless, and was surprised at what I found. There were some full dates, some partial, and mostly no date ones. In the 10 rolls I bought, I found a 1913-D T2 partial date, and also a 1921-S partial date. They weren't partial dates in the sense that if a mini purple flying elephant looked at it through a magnifying glass, when all the planets were aligned, and the sun was at a perfect angle to see the date, either. They were clear to the naked eye.
Genuine unsearched are out there, but I would say 99% are searched. Especially when they make a point of it in the listing, over and over.
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I don't want to sound mean, but I did ask that people only respond with positive accounts. We have all heard the negative ones to death.
Please READ the question and answer only if you can respond to the original intent of the thread.
Thank You!
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Thad,I can see absolutely no evidence of a D. As for sending it in, I prefer to have my keys slabbed. Just a preference. Now, the question is, what diagnostics are there for that die pair? And where can I easily look that up?
It is could've, would've or should've, not could of, would of or should of.
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Posted 06/20/2012 2:32 pm
