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Valued Member
United States
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Here's a example of where I'm searching and sorting grandpas pennies... there's many more that are just loose that I'm sorting through... just for fun I grabbed all the rolls and laid them out to see what was there...  Here's where I'm sorting the loose coins by decades first, then I'll sort by years and mintmarks...  Here's some of the ones that it looks like grandpa already sorted by year and mintmark...   Here's just a long shot of the rest...  Would you open and search them? Or leave them as is? |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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If it were me, I wouldn't be able to fight my inner urge to look through all of them, even the ones that are labeled.  You just never know... In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh boy, that's a tall task. If it was me, I would examine one roll at a time. Take them out of the roll, look through carefully, then put them back into the wrapper. Of course removing varieties, odd balls, rare, & super rare coins.  Edited by Coconutjoe
06/02/2017 04:36 am
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Moderator
 United States
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I would search them for errors and varieties and have a blast while doing it  John1  |
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Valued Member
 United States
148 Posts |
There's also about 15-20x this much in loose pennies I have yet to go through...
From opening the nickels dimes and quarters he had rolled, most were done in the 70's... but, he was a coin guy, so I'm betting the older stuff is mostly out of them... I'm not sure how far he delved into errors, oddities and varieties... so that's what I'm looking for personally. Then I plan to rewrap them by date and mintmark like he did... dunno if the plan is to ever resell the horde... but if I did I was asking the question of sorting them of leaving them 'unsearched' to be able to sell at a potential small premium...
But the collector in me says a proper error or variety could net more in the long run than a bulk small premium for unsearched rolls...
And now you guys get a glimps of the task ahead of me! Lol
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United States
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I don't see it as a task at all,just hours of fun. Even if I did not find many errors/varieties it would still be fun. As to selling them,the 40's and 50's go for around 3 cents each. 20's and 30's about 5 cents each and the teens a bit more. So no big returns on them as a bulk sale. Anyone in the know knows there is no such thing as "unsearched" per say. You could do a few mixed rolls and the rest by date and mm. You could also pass them on to others in your family and get some new blood in the hobby. John1 |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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That's quite a hoard you have there . I would check a few rolls at random ,If you find a couple of varieties or errors then more then likely he didn't check them . Then go ahead and search the entire hoard . hope you have a lot of time on your hands .  |
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Valued Member
United States
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The way I figure it, the easiest way for me to error and variety search is going to be to sort all my coins of all denominations into years and mintmarks... then get a Cherry Pickers Guide, and then search each year one by one looking for the same markers and cues... Otherwise it will be too hard for a beginner like myself to randomly look up all varieties for each new year coin I come across... |
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United States
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Since you're a beginner, your way sounds right. I on the other hand, would just go through 5-10 rolls worth per day since I know what to look for. I have looked through more than a few rolls in my day  John1 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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But the collector in me says a proper error or variety could net more in the long run than a bulk small premium for unsearched rolls... The collector in you is right. Lots of people are worried about the "unsearched" rolls on ebay, making it a lot harder for you to sell them. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Looks like a lot of fun, although I'd probably hit the 1955 and 1972 rolls FIRST.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3469 Posts |
I would open and search every roll. What a great binge weekend you have before you.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Agree - get started and keep us informed! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
910 Posts |
I would check a few rolls to confirm that the roll marking = the roll contents and then box them up and concentrate on any older coins. Good luck
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Certainly the pre-1955 rolls should be checked even if for just nice AU's. I don't see much point in opening the late-date rolls.
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Rest in Peace
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Me, I'd check the D and S mints for RPM's and for major DDO DDR. Just how deep into the error field is up to your eyes and patience. Grandpa most likely didn't get nitpicky over Cuds, cruds or cracks (as I call em), most collectors knew little of those and not much info was around til 90's on.  Was drooling over those 56D rolls...  |
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