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Has Anyone Ever Tried Searching OBW Rolls?

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I do this on occasion. I will go onto ebay and find some reasonably priced OBW(original bank wrapped) rolls for sale. I like looking at mass quantities of the same coin. The differences really jump out at you. I had a lot of success with 1959-D. There seem to be a lot of RPMs in those. Found a lot of class 9 doubled die reverses on coins from the mid 2000's. Has anyone else ever tried this? Let us know what you have searched and what you were able to find.
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Hmmm, I figured I would get a response by now.
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local coin shop, coin club or flea market

when they list 1o rolls plus of years of rpms and DDO I found in my experiences most are rerolled searched rolls or carbon spotted rolls they trying to get rid of they use twister to reroll them I bought from several vendors I had luck few times but I got burned sometimes as much as 2 of 3 rolls once had 10 rolls of 1960-d with no rpms with middle coins toned whats the odds on that.

90% on ebay you can see they opened

they come broken in middle of roll and say no returns as its opened

red flags
if they sell single coins the same year mint mark slabbed or loose for same price as the whole roll
they selling rpms, DDO, or DDR of same year
they

you tend to find end toned coins in middle of rolls
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I agree with all of that. There are a few dealers on ebay where I buy OBW rolls. I have been buying them for years from them and I am always satisfied. Most of he OBW rolls I get are at my local coin shows. That way I can inspect the roll before purchasing. If you do it right the rewards can be great. I once bought 2 rolls from a show dealer. One was 1998 the other was 2000. I got a total of 32 WAMs from the two rols. I bought them both for $10 and sold the WAMs for $10 each. I think I did pretty good.
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I have had luck with early 60's OBW rolls from ebay... mostly RPM's and some unlisted DDR's. Then again, I have also experienced receiving re-wrapped rolls. It is obvious when you open the roll and it has different dates/mintmarks. And most are sold with no return if opened

I still have an unopened 1938S OBW roll that I purchased from ebay a few years ago; at least I think it is OBW?
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I buy a quit a few OBW 1962 rolls. Found a few double eyelids and a few DDO. I like them cause, like you said, the errors/varieties really jump out. Another nice thing is there are usually multiples in the roll of whatever you find.
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