Another Jarring Offer.

Some of the inside contents are visible, it looks like everything inside are nickels and wheats.

Well, this latest auction has already been bid up to over $3,000 with 4½ days yet to run.

The most recent auction referenced at the top of this page hammered down at $5,111.

1. Place empty paper towel roll in empty jar
2. Drop problem examples of potentially expensive coins and an old paper note on the outside of the roll
3. Be sure the "important" side of said coins face toward the inside of the jar and that a coin is hiding the serial number on the note
4. Fill inside of paper towel roll with dateless Buffalo nickels and wheat cents
5. Remove paper towel roll and seal jar
6. Write some fairy tale about how this jar came into your possession
7. List on ebay
8. Profit!

That line of work is ok as long as I have a few pairs of asbestos underwear handy

Regarding the latest listing, it's the same seller, he's apparently feeding these jars out one per week. I'm thinking this latest may go for the most yet.

Kefiroth - I concur that these seem very much stage managed. Try putting coins in a jar one at a time, or pouring them in. They're not going to all end up facing the glass all around the circumference and depth of the jar like this (although a few will). In fact, many will stack in such a way that you'll only be able to see their edges from the outside. The defense is, of course, that the hoarder did this deliberately so he could see which coins were in what jar. I suppose if you're swallowing the rest of the story, well, you're probably going to buy that, too.

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