Where To Get Unsearched LWC Rolls? - For Varieties

Next to impossible to say if 'bulk' wheat cents sold on ebay have been well-searched for varieties or not. In my experience, the best bet is to buy bulk lots of wheat cents from coin shops--wherever you're at. Over time I've bought 50,000+ wheat cents in large lots. Some cents will be junk culls, and a very few will be semi-keys. I've only found five or six legit key dates that way. A relatively good number of woodies, lamination peels, die chips, and die cracks show up. Again, low numbers of true doubled dies and repunched mint marks--maybe 30 for me over that time. Same for easily discernible varieties--maybe a couple dozen total.

Most (not all) coin shops simply don't have the time to put several thousand wheat cents under a microscope one-by-one, much less a hand loupe. Most shop owners/staff are good at quick visual checks for semi-keys and keys. Most coin shops have a very good idea where their bulk wheats are coming from, so they tend to trust whats coming into the shop.

Build a time machine and go back to between 1909 and 1959. Then you will have a fair chance of finding actual unsearched Wheat cent rolls.

You could try to contact a coin shop using emal or the web. Explain what you want and see if they have rolls to sell. I recommend this shop:
https://portsmouthcoinshop.com/

I wish I lived closer to his shop. From watching his youtube videos you will find he is very honest and knowledgeable.
His youtube channel has helpful videos for numerous topics on coins.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI...7rBmXg71pXQw

Most bulk sellers are passing along bulk lots gathered by other large volume sellers. Most sellers simply don't have the time to examine each coin for errors and varieties. The more noteworthy/valuable material was pulled a long time back--most of it that is. Experienced sellers may quickly scan a lot of coins for the big ticket items, but again, most don't thoroughly examine each and every coin--particularly under a microscope. As such, some 'not visible to the naked eye' errors and varieties can slip through.

Good luck!.

I've had luck on ebay finding sellers who had lots, but who were not coin dealers. So in other words, people who were just unloading cents but had no dog in the race. These sellers are difficult to find, but the harder the times (like now), the easier it is to find them. Good luck!

It's all in research. Check their feedback to see what they sell in general and check their other items currently for sale. If for example, it appears they primarily sell toys and their feedback confirms this, if they have some wheatie rolls, there is a good chance they haven't been well picked over. But, on the other hand, you have a seller selling cent rolls and says they haven't been searched and all their feedback reflects they are a coin dealer, in general you just busted them. No guarantees this strategy always works, but basically it's a positive step in your favour. Good luck!

I have had good luck buying rolls from toomba9641 on ebay. I've found some pre-cuds, DDO's, & DDR's along with other minor errors and varieties. I am fairly certain he doesn't check for E & V's. With that said, I'm just not sure if he still does mixed rolls.