Talk About Doin A Dance.

They do tend to have bagmarks already but if the coins are still in a bag, they will continually get bagmarks so the rolls do offer some measure of long term protection. OBW(original bank wrapped) rolls, especially Lincolns wheat cents from the 40s and 50s, can be a treasure trove of varieties and higher grade coins but that does not necessarily apply to moderns.


I have that exact same problem

Which is one good reason why I do not collect rolls...

...and this is another!

But as said, to each their own.

Yes he was a great man. Not a looker but a great man!

I saw something on numismaster today about the 2010 designs.

You would think they would get rid of the penny and put Abe on a regular dollar coin. That might get the public to use it.

Unfortunately for me the pleasure in my collecting is being able to look at the coins, not the packaging.

Plus I only collect one of each type. So this would not work for me on both counts.

Very interesting facet of the hobby however. Amazing how even people doing essentially the same thing, collecting coins, can be soooo different.

Besides it sounds like ordering these things from the mint is very stressful!

Well.....just keep in mind, that, as you say, "it is only a facet" to collecting coins. There are few to zero "roll collectors" who ONLY collect rolls. In fact I bet NO ONE on this forum who pursues the rolls (old or new) would say that was the majority of their collection !
In fact our (roll holders) collections would "mirror" your collection !...in style and maybe even type......It's just that "a small part" of "ours" would also include some BU rolls as "part" of our collection !.....only "part"......and for me it's a tiny part......but a "part" nonetheless.
We "roll holders" collect the same coins as everyone else does......same albums....same folders.....same Sets.....same Graded Slabs....different countries as well done in the same way as everyone else including you.......it's just that ours (roll keepers) just includes some rolls, and some collectors have more rolls than others too of course.....some mostly older rolls - 50-80 years old....some newer rolls....some have a mixture of BOTH.......there ! .....that's the best way I can explain it ! ....

On the subject of everyone collecting differently, I find that the UK is very much a pre-decimal country. Anything after 1971 is not really considered a coin worth collecting and many of the collectors are rather snobbish about this fact.
The US, probably because of the continuity of the coin series from way back went to the modern times, the fact that you can get a Buffalo nickel, or a wheaty in your change, and you do, even I did when I was working over there, makes it more fun.
The only thing to look out for in the UK are the 1983 coins or the 1998 and 1999 pound coins, because they did not circulate, and you never get them anyway.
There has been some interest in the new coins, but I live out of the country and have all of them bar the 50p. The only other thing are the £2 coins and 50p commemoratives, and some are getting rather annoyingly hard to get your hands on. You may see one of a type if you are luck.

In the Euro zone, collecting is about the other countries, Finland, Greece and the new ones. I live 10km from slovenia and we hardly get any of their coins, but all I need at the €2 commemoratives and many of the new euro map design coins, along with cyprus and malta which I will probably buy some time.
People actually like collecting these and there are dealers purely for euro coins.

I guess it is not strange, people collect what is interesting, and rolls may be interesting to a lot of people. I wouldn't have them, I am an album person, but I also buy the cheapo (or not so much) UK coin set every year, a sort of investment/owww sort of thing.

I've filled 3 rolls with them from roll hunting this past month......