Buying "Unsearched" Lots

Based on my experiences, I can tell you that someone searched through those lots before they hit the market. Don't fall for the marketing hype. You may come out a winner in some of them, but usually, the seller wins.

Don't get me wrong. There might be a few tokens, but most of the lots are going to be losers.

Any seller that lists unsearched rolls, jars, lots, bags are just trying to bait all new coming collectors . And if they say it wasn't searched by them ( the seller ),then rest assured it was searched by others . This kind of practice is one of e-bays worst scams next to trying to sell you counterfeit coins .
Buyer beware !

You are much more likely to find a silver quarter laying by your front door than you are in finding a truly unsearched lot.

The very worst are those that sell rolls with good coins on the ends that have nothing but junk in between.

Generally, sellers who employ this technique in selling should be avoided.

Well said.



to the CCF!

For what it's worth, I think that "unsearched" lots have only been screened for better dates, and perhaps higher grades, but generally not for varieties.

Know the seller, too.

Most sellers of coins on ebay are dealers. They know coins and know what they have, and will make sure they win in the long run. Lots from them can be fun, but they will almost never net you a valuable coin for cheap.

Once in a rare while, someone who is legitimately clueless will just list their inheritance on ebay to see what they can get for it. A genuine inheritance will either be organized as a collection, or will be a hoard of roughly similar value coins (e.g. they might have piles of Ikes or piles of Morgans, but most likely not Ikes and Morgans mixed in a bucket.) Nobody would buy a $1,000 coin and then mix it in with a bunch of 10 cent coins.

I guess this is somewhat of an example.... Just to play the rookie card for a second. How can the rolls be unsearched if you are putting them together? How do I know if I am really getting any value here as opposed to just getting rolls from banks? I'm sure you are offering as a coutesy so that I can enjoy the experience but in a typical transaction with someone who O do not know - my assumption would be to avoid these situations? And also, I may take you up on that offer..Since I dont have much of anything yet, itd br nice to have a decent and entertaining starting point.

Something that would be amazing is a roll of a certain date lincoln put together with only 1-2 variety coins in the mix. It would be a great challenge and learning method to pick out the varieties or errors.

Anyone know of a seller/collector willing to do this?

That is really interesting! I guess it doesn't suprise me to much. Where I get confused is from the collectors who are actually purchasing these lots. I mean, isn't it common sense? But yet it seems to be a trap that many continue to fall into.