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Aside from that, paper disintegrates over time and therefore it would be natural for original mint roll collectors to have repackaged mint rolls solely for the sake of preservation, making the search for what is unsearched even more difficult at this point in time. Unless a buyer knows that a seller has owned the rolls ever since the coin was minted, I think that all makes the success rate of attempting to buy "unsearched" mint rolls on the secondary market to be very low.
I'm not sure I agree with that. I'm fortunate to operate a store in an area where these can be relatively common. Albeit not a daily occurrence, late 50's/60s silver rolls do surface from time to time with early 60's nickel rolls being VERY common. Mint sets even more so. I've seen boxes and boxes of 63-67 sets still sealed in mint "50 pack" boxes come through the door. Not unlike the coin rolls, these were just hoarded by individuals and not necessarily bought as collectibles and is one of the reasons why they are not picked through.
Edited by TheCoinHunter
09/21/2016 4:49 pm