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EDM Valued Member United States 292 Posts	Posted 07/21/2020 6:39 pm This year I experimented with buying ATB Quarters from the US mint. I first bought $25 bags and searched through them for MS65+. Using an 8x hand lends I found about eight per 100 and another 40 that were passable with tiny dings from siblings reeded edge. Then I bought rolls which I have not searched, yet. I'm guessing that buying rolls may produce better results because of the abuse coins may get jostled around in bags. Is that a good guess? Report this Post to the Staff

CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12817 Posts	Posted 07/21/2020 6:47 pm Seems like reasonable logic. However, one could argue that the rolling machine is just as rough on coins as just dumping them into bags and having them bang into one another during transit. Either way they're being tossed around and exposed to other abuse. For storage, though, rolls are probably better than bags. Report this Post to the Staff
mikem007 Valued Member United States 318 Posts	Posted 07/21/2020 8:27 pm I've had both. I've had better luck with rolls. Report this Post to the Staff
Ballyhoo Pillar of the Community United States 1613 Posts	Posted 07/21/2020 9:11 pm Rolls for sure. I believe you answered your own question as each time that bag gets handled, more often haphazardly tossed around, the greater the chance of dings. In roll form that is all but eliminated since they are tubed flat. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon Report this Post to the Staff
mikem007 Valued Member United States 318 Posts	Posted 07/23/2020 8:36 pm Clarification on rolls. If at a coin show and the rolls appear loose, don't buy them unless near face value. On loosely packed rolls, the chances go up of finding rub marks on the high spots where one coin touches the other. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 07/24/2020 09:09 am My experience with rolls is they have been made by people that already searched them. Report this Post to the Staff
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