Question About Buying Mint Rolls Of Coins.

People are going to be amazed how scarce most modern rolls are. Collectors simply stopped saving them in 1965. More precisely they scaled way back in 1965 and scaled back further yet in '67, '68 and '69 until it came to a virtual halt. Even though very few '65 rolls were set aside a large percentage of them were later released because there was no interest in thm over the years.

Other than most cent dates, a few nickels, bicntennials, and most of the states issues finding rolls after 1965 is very difficult. Some dates like '69-P quarters are very scarce.

Most will shrug and say "so what" but they forget that not all moderns appear in mint sets and that not all coins that appear in mint sets are easy to find as gems. Many dates and most varities just don't exist in the mint sets and can be rare or even non-existent in rolls. Choice and gem coins from the Satin Finish mint set years will be scarce for the main part other than quarters and halfs. Some of these will be tough. Just finding "common coins" like a gemmy '79-S SBA will be a challenge if more than a handfull ever seek one. There is no depth to the supply of most moderns and the attrition is still extremely high. It just wouldn't be unusual for someone seeking a '79-D type "d" reverse quarter to locate a roll and spend all the coins that weren't keepers. It's not unusual to find whole rolls with no keepers.

Circulation just keeps grinding coins away. It doesn't matter how a clad quarter gets into circulation. If someone accidently loses track of a very rare '72-D DDR quarter it will get worn away in circulation and no oni is likely to ever find it because there are so few looking. If a 1916 quarter accidently gets into circulation the very first person it finds will probably save it. Until people start appreciating these coins more there will be about a 3% annual attrition. Even though something like a BU 1971 dime is scarcer than a BU '50-D nickel there are 3% fewer of the dime each year and the number of nickels just drops a little.

My point precisely with the "Official U.S. Mint PAPER" ! That's how you actually DO know exactly what's in there ! ....
Machine wrapped/bank wrapped rolls....that's right....you never REALLY know what's in there ! .....
And the Two Roll Sets with Official U.S. Mint paper will get you BOTH mints, which no one can do from their banks, at face value or any other value. And this is pretty important too for those with this as their only option to do so.

For the record......I'm not paying for any "paper" either (except for a couple items each year).....I just "see the other side", and don't disagree with the theory behind pursuing it if one has the extra money. I do not agree that it is folly or a waste of money or a bad decision in coin collecting.

Some folks hate the "paper"......some folks like the "paper".......some folks love the "paper".
But at least we all respect all levels of collectors, all kinds of collectors, and all theories of collectors.......even if we agree to disagree .... ...





Actually......that's HSN....not Dansco ! ..... ...

OR in 2041 you do open those rolls and find they were all spiked with a pile of normal, everyday, circulated coins or even worse, washers. Might get lucky though if the washers were all Copper and Copper prices were way up there.


And I suspect if there are people that know how to open a slabbed coin, replace the coin, reseal the slab, surely there must be those that can do that with a piece of paper.
And who knows how they were stored? The entire roll might well be full of corrosion.
I'll just keep away from rolls unless I can open them and see what is really in them.

Keep in mind, this is nothing like paper money. These things would be very easy to counterfeit; easier than a TPG slab.

That's where un-opened mint boxes of mint wrapped rolls comes in. Seriously, those boxes, with date stamps on the outside, housing mint rolled wrappers on the inside. I know anything is possible but at some point you just know an un-opened mint box of mint wrapped rolls is going to be legit.