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Pillar of the Community
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Monday I went to my annual coin club Christmas party. They had some drawings for some prizes, and I ended up with a mint sealed bag.. of $5.00 worth of 1963 pennies (my birth year). This bag has never been opened. So my question is: Should I open it? any valuable errors or varities from this year?    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've never heard of a "mint sealed" bag of cents with $5 worth of coins in it. All the bags I've ever seen from the mint were for $50 (other than the mini souvenir bags (really looked like tobacco sacks) in the early 70's that had something like 25 coins in them.
This 5$ one is a new one on me.
The only thing to do is either open it and check for varieties/errors or sell it like it is ---- unopened.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If it was me, I couldn't sell it without seeing what kind of goodies are in there. I see there is DDO of the 3 on my list of errors for the 1963. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
650 Posts |
Which mint? It says Treasury Dept. Washington DC. Not sure that's a bag from one of the mints.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I don't know which mint, maybe it was something you bought at the Treasury Department back then.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Never heard of this either!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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First thing that comes to mind ..... 381484602202Hopefully yours is legit. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not a MINT sealed bag, but a Treasury sealed one. . Might be Unc cents or it could just have been a convenient way of packaging $5 worth of cents and they could be mixed dates and condition. You will also note there is no date on the bag so you really have no idea what year it is from. This leads to the dilemma, you will never know what is really in it unless you open it, but personally I think it is much more interesting unopened as a somewhat historical item.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ah Treasury Sealed bag..
It was sealed in 1963
I spoke to the original owner of the product. He is a member of the coin club. Said he bought it in 1963 in D.C.
I assume it was all UNCs, but, you are right.. I may have to slit the bottom and open it up.
Either way, I paid $5.00 for the Raffle tickets and got $5.00 worth of pennies. No place to go but up on this one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4932 Posts |
I'd open them because as we know, if these have been in a bag for 52 years, they need to come out. The chances of finding a higher grade MS coin is decreasing on the year. Might find some nice wacky toners, however.
Use cotton gloves if you decide to open it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Keep us posted, I really am curious on what you will do, and if you open, what you will find?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
624 Posts |
If it was sealed since 63, then odds are that it could be 90% wheaties...
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Free them from their tomb! Of course let us know what you find!
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Moderator
 United States
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The prize was not winning the bag. The prize is winning the opportunity to open the bag.  |
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Posted 12/16/2015 3:26 pm
