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Pillar of the Community
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MtnCoinMan,
It is because I get those from roll hunting. Franklins and Walkers I sometimes find, but not often. I have plenty of JFK.
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A so-called roll of 'unsearched' Lincoln Wheat Cents? We all know that there is no such thing as 'unsearched', it's just a matter of when and by whom it was searched. Exactly!  Let's say the best possible scenario, where someone squirreled away a $50 bag in 1922 on the west coast. Never searched at all, and kept in a safe for 87 years. If it were an airtight scenario, I would jump at the opportunity. I admit that's totally wishful thinking. |
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Wheaties "Unsearched" (truly): Would have to consider the source and wonder why they are selling them instead of searching them, but hypothetically...? $5 to $10...proof as KurtS's example $20 - $100 per roll if we are talking uncs. "Junk" Silver: 8 or 9X Face Buffalos, Mercs, ext..: a little higher than "Junk" Silver...10-12X Face Hey KurtS...If you find that bag of 22's...let me know I would give you at least face for 'em.  |
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I'll even cover shipping!
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Exactly! Let's say the best possible scenario, where someone squirreled away a $50 bag in 1922 on the west coast. Never searched at all, and kept in a safe for 87 years. If it were an airtight scenario, I would jump at the opportunity. I admit that's totally wishful thinking.
OK Kurt...you can wake up now!  |
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Quote:you can wake up now! Hehe...I don't think it's impossible, but highly improbable. After all, I found an unsearched cache of 30s-40s Canadian cents that contained 8 1949 "A to denticles" in VF30-AU50 (CV is ~$400 for that group) |
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Would you pay ninty nine cents for an "unsearched roll" of wheaties?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Would you pay ninty nine cents for an "unsearched roll" of wheaties?
Yes! I've paid up to $9.99/roll. That's right - 20 cents/coin! Occasionally I pick up a "high price" roll from a reliable seller and I'm rarely dissappointed. I've pulled a lot of AU/MS sliders from the teens and 20s out of these rolls. Going by Greysheet price, I've come out ahead of the game and it's loads of fun! The problem is 99% of the seller's out there will rip the shirt off your back. You have to find someone you trust. By the way; Has anybody seen the Coin World (January 12, 2009 pg. 37) ad about the 400,000 wheat hoard found in Cascade, Iowa? It makes good reading for what it's worth. Claims these coins haven't seen the light of day since the early 70's! |
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Would you pay ninty nine cents for an "unsearched roll" of wheaties? I'd gladly pay 99¢ for searched roll of wheaties! |
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I'll take all the wheats you got for 99¢ a roll
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I've gone to nearly $11 for a roll of Mercury dimes, but usually in bulk so you get a better price per coin when shipped. The one thing about "junk" is if you look at them, sometimes I've found something of value and if you piece out or create a date run you can pay for the roll, fill some holes and have some silver left over. I've found some decent stuff, got 1 roll for $22, including ship, and found an AU 1939-S that I sold. You'd really be surprised at what are in some of these rolls, pennies I'd never trust though. |
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Where are you getting a roll of Mercs for $11?
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Quote:I've gone to nearly $11 for a roll of Mercury dimes, but usually in bulk so you get a better price per coin when shipped. Yeah, right, a roll of how many coins? What are you talking about? Is there a roll of 10 coins or something? Normally 50 dimes to a roll and you get Merc's for $11. And as to unsearched rolls. This never ends. THINK. How could anyone say they have a roll of unsearched anything if they didn't look first to see what they were. If I said I have a roll of 1955 Lincoln Cents but I never looked at them, wouldn't you THINK I'm lying? How would I know what they are if I didn't search first? |
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Sorry, I got a roll in 5 lots of 10 at an average price of $11 for 10 coins ($55/roll), including shipping and in one of the lots I was able to pull out the '39-S
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I recently bought a large 357 roll lot of wheat cents off of ebay. All were in the 1940's and 1950's. 250 rolls were S mints and the other rolls were P/D. All said and done I paid about 3.6 cents each. Lots of EF and AU coins. Over 90% of the rolls are in wrappers from a bank in California dated 1963. I figured I was just going to buy them and move them out quickly for a nice profit, but I have searched about 4 dozen rolls so far and have found around 30 or so varieties and all the rolls from 1958 are cherry red BU. I am now going to search them all. So all in all,I think I made out pretty well. |
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