Manufactured Rolls Of Pennies..."My Grandpa Was A Genius"

I agree - your grandpa was a genius. And all those buyers especially on ebay just love the excitement of 'unsearched rolls'. Duh...

I don't understand how even novices can fall for this.

When I started looking at buying coins on ebay it took me about 2 seconds to realize all those unsearched rolls with special coins (Indian Heads, Key Wheaties or Seated dimes) on the end have to be a setup. Basic common sense says these aren't unsearched.

Let's think about this from a different perspective...which is more likely

.....to find a 1909s VDB in a random truly unsearched wheat roll or
.....to find a 1909s VDB in a composed "unsesrched roll" where the seller might toss one in to get positive testimonial to sell more rolls

I would bet the second option is more likely to turn up a random key date.

I bought a couple back when I was in college, when I was still under the impression that people were generally honest... I figured it out pretty quick when all of the best coins happened to be on the end- I honestly don't know how people continue to fall for that

I'll just buy the key date. I just don't want anymore wheat cents. I sold a whole chest full of them to a friend just to be rid of them once and for all.

You want to have some fun ... find the clowns selling old still banks with old coins inside ... do an advanced search to see where they bought the empty bank right off ebay 2 to 4 weeks prior ... then go back to their listing and read their flowery lies.

Chance

Oh my, that description make my eyes bleed!

The paper is thin and fragile from being "fuzzed" in a tumbler. The wrappers aren't even vintage wrappers.

Chance

If I really bought a roll of "50 pennies" and the end coin was a 2 1/2 dollar gold piece, I would search it, not just sell it. What if it was TEN 2 1/2 dollar gold coins, 1 Civil War token on the other end and the rest of the coins were all keys, one or two 1909-S VDBs with a 1955 DDO in the middle, just by chance?

I don't know about you, but if it is real, I'd have that roll open as quick as I could.

The thing that get's me is that he gets almost 100% positive feedback. Are the buyers so happy that they get one coin worth a few bucks that they feel like they hit the jackpot?

Where did the seller find all of these rolls? If he knows nothing about the rolls, how can he claim they are unsearched or even that they have wheat cents in them? If he's selling these coins to make money on ebay, you have to think that he's doing something wrong, because so many rolls are worth 2 or 3 times what buyers are paying, until you read all of the listing.

Maybe he's telling the truth. Each roll has never been looked at by anyone from the day it was rolled, but I think this part of his listing that says a lot.

**Please keep this in mind when bidding: If you buy a roll, find a rare coin, and triple (or more) the amount you paid for the roll, I don't expect you to send me more money - that would be ridiculous, right? So, if you don't find a rare coin (which is more likely since the definition of RARE is...well, you get the point, right?), and the cost of the roll turns out to be more than the worth of the coins, please don't expect me to refund part of your purchase price to make up for the difference - that's just as ridiculous! - YES! Believe it or not, I have received requests like this!

It's a great way to sell rolls and he may be totally honest. I can't say one way or the other because I wasn't there when these coins were rolled, bought or posted on ebay.

I'm a roll searcher. I buy rolls to find error and variety coins. The rolls listed that even though you see gold and silver and his buyers tell him all the time that they find key dates, I will not be bidding on these unsearched rolls with coins on each end that are winners.

I'll be the buyer that gets the rolls that's worth far less than what I paid and the coins on each end will be the only coins worth much. It's just my luck.

Ben