Bank Bag Dilema Pt 2

of the unopened bag please.
John1

I think you should open it. Isn't this the kind of thing all roll searchers look for?
If you decide to sell it I would be interested too.

I have dealt with similar bags from banks, and the ones from the Fed, were labeled with the date and the mint such as "1970 S". The bags were in the period of 1968-1972, all were labeled and all cents inside were loose and correct date/mint and all BU. I am curious about an unlabeled bank bag and would have concerns if all inside would be the same.

Jim

Sounds like the common every day Federal Reserve Bag that was used. Nothing special so far my guess is that the bag alone is worth anywhere from $10 - $25 plus $50 for the pennies.

If you do a search you should be able to find many FR bag such as the one you have.

The bags where sealed like that to prevent mysterious disappearance of coins.

think about how much more fun it would be to open it yourself. selling it would let someone else have that fun and satisfaction. the thrill and fun is worth the potential profit in my opinion.

Not knowing what was in there would drive me crazy. I would open it!

Was finally able to sit down with mom and go through the $50 bag. It ended up not being very exciting. The cents were a bit newer than she remembered. The newest in the bag were 1981. Here is the breakdown
100% copper ( just wanted to say it, I dont see this ever happening from a bank box these days)
35 wheat, olderst 1940
12 Canadian oldest 1957
The best part... a non-upset rim blank planchet

The bulk of the cents were between 1975 and 1979. The bag was purchased in new England so it isn't surprising that D and S mints were less than 10% of the content. I am very pleased with the blank planchet as it is my first find