'unsearched Rolls'

I think it really depends on what you or they mean by "unsearched". When I bought rolls, it was to simply look for dates I was missing. I know many people search for varieties and errors, but that wasn't my goal. So the rolls I have are searched for dates/MM, but not varieties or errors. So, I could sell my rolls as "unsearched (for errors)".

Rolls have to be all the same denomination coin, so that means partial searching occurred . Doesn't it

In the specific instance of ebay, no the term is not reliable. Are there unsearched rolls on ebay from honest seller yes, but they are few and far between. The problem is is that 99% of them have been searched and many of them even set up to have some desirable coin on one if not both ends of the roll. The ones on both ends of the roll especially are a huge scam.

Those rolls have all been searched for key finds ect and then rewrapped that way to trick people into thinking theyres a lot more where that came from and be sold at a premium to make money. You may in fact get a good roll the first time to lure you in, but after that itll be less and less if at all and the seller will probably just claim not every roll is full of gems.

Stay away from them on ebay. The site is flooded with these unsearched scams and they usually do very well. As long as people keep buying them theyll keep doing it.

^^ I agree with this person. I've bought rolls of 'unsearched' wheat pennies to fill in holes in dates and mints in my collection. When I did that, I carefully documented the contents of each roll and the seller it came from. Then I made a graph of the results (because such things amuse me) and found the contents of each roll were suspiciously uniform from roll to roll. If you'd like, I might be persuaded into digitizing my findings and posting them up here. Now, I'm new to coins (like I've been seriously studying them for about a month) and early in my study I bought one of there rolls for around $30. Bad bad bad bad bad idea. It had some Indian heads in it, but really wasn't worth it.

i'd only for the ones that show the actual end coins so you can guestimate the grade based on the pics and that way you know where to cap your bidding. I don't believe anyone, ANYONE, would truly sell a roll of unsearched anything...its all a sham...

unsearched rolls= bigfoot, loch ness monster ect

I agree with most of the above. Most are scams. Most of the legit rolls are from bulk bins. And there are a few, very few that are really what we all look for. However; they are so few and far between as to make it not worth your time to search out. A nice rule of thumb I use is that if a seller is not normally a seller of coins and just has a few rolls for sale; I might bite. If the price is right. Typically even those are mostly late 30s to present pennies.

You have to keep in mind the mindset of the sellers though. Which most people on these boards don't. There are basically three types of sellers; flippers, coin collectors, and non-collectors.

Flippers will buy coins in bulk from estates, storage units, or from large collections. Now those people can care less what is in those rolls. They might, might take the time to go through a couple to see if it is worth their time but usually will just sell as fast as they can.

I bought a large collection of pennies from a woman whose father had passed away and she simply wanted two times the value for the pennies rather than sending them to the bank. This collection consist of $250 face value in pennies. Like you it is going to take me awhile to sort through them. And sort I shall! I'm a collector, not a flipper.

A flipper friend of mine keeps telling me to just sell them for $2 a roll and be done with it. In fact he offered me 3x face because he knew where he could offload them for 4x face!

Second flipper story. One of my local bullion dealers, who was also a coin collector got so caught up in making money by scraping coins that he never went through his bags of coins; ever. But he let me go through them each day before he counted them and bagged them for the scraper. I found many "s" mint barbers including a 1903 S in XF. I also found one 1916D in G4 ( Mercury dime), a number of Merc 21 and 21d's. More BU Mercs than I can think of. A 1913 Barber Half in Fine. Just about every date and mintmark of Walking Liberty halves; including a half dozen 38d's and one very nice 1942/41 Merc.

The last seller is just what I said a non-coin collector that came into some coins and just wants to sell them. That is where the hidden gold....may..just may be.

This last lot that I am dillegently digging through? 95 percent 40s and 50s ( though some really nice BU coins here and there) but I did find a 14d..in AG but hey! It's a 14d!

Good luck, but don't let your emotions get the better of you when looking. And like everyone always,always, always; stay away from the ones with dimes on the ends.