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Pillar of the Community
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Rest assured those rolls have not been searched since the person selling them rolled them. As Crazyb0 states, buy a roll or two and let us know how you make out.
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Pillar of the Community
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Consider it a right of passage of sorts to to buy an "unsearched roll" from ebay. As crazy said "it'll bug the crap outta ya until ya do"  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Valued Member
United States
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What about the rolls on ebay that appear to have been sealed on the ends with some sort of machine (the ends of the roll look rolled over), are they legitimate unsearched rolls? I saw some the other day that were supposedly uncirculated bank rolls from the 40's. Edited by jmgi
11/27/2017 4:50 pm
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Try your luck if you need to scratch that itch ... seconding what has already been said that there are no unsearched rolls on ebay.  Quote:
I saw some the other day that were supposedly uncirculated bank rolls from the 40's. Try those as well if you choose to ... let us know how that goes for you. My advise to both of you ... FWIW ... steer clear of ebay 'unsearched rolls' ... the sellers know exactly what they have and are hoping to make money off you ... otherwise they (sellers) would list them individually. You are much better off purchasing your coins one at a time knowing what you are getting. My opinion ... others can and may disagree. David |
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nickelsearcher,
I don't plan on buying them. I should have asked the question differently I guess, which is, how do the rolls get those crimped ends on them which don't look like hand rolled coin?
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Rest in Peace
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Jmgi, you can buy the old wrappers, an older style machine wrapping machine then take a wire brush and "buff up" the ends to make 'em look old. It's all a gimmick and the reason I just HAAADDDDD to make this, seems like a good as any time to post it in this thread...here goes:  As the great sage and marketing philosopher P. T. Barnham put it, "There's a sucker born every minute"  Edited by Crazyb0
11/28/2017 5:36 pm
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Valued Member
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Well see, you learn something new every day, I didn't know that the average person could get one of those machines to roll coin, I thought only banks had those. Must not be that expensive then to buy one.
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All bogus all have been searched, a waste your time and money!  *** Edited by Staff to remove YELLING. All capital letters is the internet version of yelling. Please do not do it in titles or posts. ***Edited by Reeds253
11/28/2017 2:22 pm
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Valued Member
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But, but, there's a seller on ebay that says his rolls have not been searched like all the others. That would be lying if it's not true. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't buy them unless they have silver dimes, gold coins, or vdb on the ends
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Rest in Peace
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Oh, I've sold LWC's and LMCs with the disclaimer that I only looked for RPMs and the major DDO / DDR like 69S, 55P. I could give a *** about those too tiny "cracks, Cuds or cruds" that some one could then look for. These were "unsearshed for certain errors" wholly true, no pretense. But a "unsearched by us" is a marketing schemo-supremo! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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thecoinguy - Sounds like a smart strategy, keep us informed!
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11/28/2017 5:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thing about wheat pennies, we tend to think of them as hard to find and valuable. But the fact is that billions of them were made and even today not worth more than a couple of cents each. But when we open up a roll, we still expect to be pleasantly surprised by something really old and rare! Instead, we get a roll of full of 1956-Ds, 1957s, and a few 1941s. Pretty boring, even for wheaties.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've only come out ahead one time buying random wheats on ebay. One time a seller had a picture of a jar they said they found at a garage sale. They said they glanced through them and saw many worth $1 or so each but just weren't interested in keeping them. They only bought them because it was a good deal. I think I paid like $50 for $10 face and I got like 10 1909's (including 1-2 VDBs), a low grade 1913-S, a decent number of 1932-P, 1933-P along with other "not so common wheats." Only about 50-60% were 1940's and 1950's. This was the only cent lot the seller had ever sold from what I could see and they have not listed anything else coin related. It still didn't make up for the many times I got burned though. |
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