LWC Collecting Questions.

You can still find unsearched rolls, but I would recommend getting them from LCS. Buying them on ebay seems to risky for me. I myself have had luck with unsearched BU rolls from my LCS. I recently bought a roll of BU 1957D LWC, with about 3/4 having RPMs. Hope I helped a bit.
-CRHer

It depends on how you define "Unsearched". All coins have obviously been looked at at one point... Many honest sellers have these listed, and you can get some nice hole fillers from those althouh, to be honest, i'd much rather suggest buying individual coins where you can inspect the quality of the strike and cherry pick the best coins

Prices differ on BU rolls by date and MM. Basically 40's and 50's rolls can be found cheaply enough but rolls of other dates in BU can get expensive. Rolls of UNC 1943 cents that havent rusted are also hard to come by (compared to normal coins).

Most people use Dansco albums for their LWC collection, I know I have mine in one right now.

Most people collect by date + MM, as this is the standard. Usually the only error considered part of ones collection would be the 1922 No D. Some people choose to add the famous 1917 DDO, 1936 DDO, and 1955 DDO coins to their collection, and both the first coins can be found for under $150 in decent grade, but the 1955 DDO will set you back a few thousand.

Woody cents are amazing, although it is more often found on earlier dated coins in AU or MS condition.

Also, most people do not collect the proof coins as part of the LWC set, as they dont have a special mint mark.

Some dates are prone to weak strikes, many early branch mint issues suffer from this. I've also noticed this on the early 30s coins as well, most likely due to the economic depression and the need for dies to be used for longer periods of time than usual.

Thats pretty much all that I can think of right now, if you have any other questions just ask. Also, I'm sure many other members will post on here as well.

SIDE NOTE: I suggest picking up a copy of Q. David Bowers' A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents (part of the RedBook series hes writing) on Amazon... It's only $15 and its an amzing tool!
https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Lincol...p/0794822649

The LWC is one of the most popular sets to collect. I've always collected them by date ,mint ,and condition . there are a few key dates that are up in price compared to the bulk of the series . start with a nice circulated set; SAY- very good to EF . then after some time , upgrade your collection one by one. this makes it very exciting and keeps you interested in the set .
Uncirculated Red Wheaties 1944-pds TO 1958-pd are fairly cheap, not a problem with that. Now, 1934-pd TO 1943-pds
will start to get a little expensive . But anything earlier than that puts most guys out of touch.
As far as rolls go, It's very hard to buy red unc. rolls earlier than 1944- pds. later than that not much of a problem . BTW don't let anyone try to sell you an UNSEARCHED bu roll OF 1955-P ,they just don't exist.
good luck and have fun with LWC's !

It took me 45 years to complete my wheat back cent collection. Perhaps you can do it a bit faster. ;)