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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As many of you know I do a good bit of roll searching. One thing I pick out are any quality BU's. I'm very picky when selecting these since they are part of my collection. What I really like about the challenge is it's essentially free as my boxes come straight from the bank. Tonight I finally took my giant bag of BU's and starting the sorting and tubing process. WHEW! Not only is this a lot of work, I've discovered this is going to take me years! LOL This is a shot of some the progress after I don't know how many boxes (a lot!):  You can see, this is DIFFICULT! I'm way short after months of work. I have to finish the 90's dates around this still, but it's going to be short too. I haven't sorted any of my 1980's yet, but it's going to be disappointing as I don't have very many of those. In this process I discovered I had about 50% 2000-up. I thought I was being ultra-picky about that series, but I need to raise the bar another notch. There's TONS of good examples available for 2000-up. |
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Valued Member
United States
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wow u have a long way to go! myself its easy I live in a small town so coins dont circulate I get about 5-6 rolls of bu's per box ive now stopped saving them I have a 5 gallon bucket full of bu's and I hand em out to lucky little kids. I have a roll of bu's from 1944 up I dont think ill find a roll of 1943 bu's I usually find about 20-32 wheaties per box hehe I'm making out like a bandit!
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01/10/2009 02:27 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You are making Roll Sets I take it? What mint state are you settling for? I had a friend collector that would go through mint bags and bank wrapped rolls and occasionally find a Cud or clipped coin. Do you find some of those too? |
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United States
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I'd like to try this, but on a smaller scale, mainly to upgrade the modern coins in my albums. It seems the best coins I have are in the middle: the older coins are not great because I can't find/afford them, and the newer coins, well I don't really keep an eye out for those. I'd like to see what you, and others, consider "BU." What is the minimum required to be BU?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:You are making Roll Sets I take it? What mint state are you settling for? I had a friend collector that would go through mint bags and bank wrapped rolls and occasionally find a Cud or clipped coin. Do you find some of those too? Yea, BU roll set as part of my collection. The coins I generally keep are MS63 and up, nice full red, no spots or distracting marks, good eye-appeal, good die state, etc.......I'm very PICKY about them. The slighest flaw and I cull 'em. Every single one is one that a collector would by happy to take. I have yet to find a Cud or clip....but I'm always looking.  Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Bedrock of the Community
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What is the minimum required to be BU?
BU is one of my pet peeves! BU is just that BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED. The coin must be fully red with all of the original mint luster. Absolutely no darkening or toning. I've seen hundreds of people call a coin BU when it was not. Their coin may be unciculated, but it's not brillant. unless it meets what I said above. MHO |
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United States
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Thanks,
Next time I get some rolls, I'll keep an eye out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thad,
Very nice. And we all know "The joy is in the journey"...and we love it. Thanks for keeping us up to date. I have pretty much identicle system...just havent' got to the step of sorting by years and mints, just decades. Thanks again. -Tom
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Bedrock of the Community
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I've seen hundreds of people call a coin BU when it was not. This is a very real issue for collector's of copper coins. ebay is loaded with "BU" coins and rolls that should be sold as UNC. There are millions of coins/rolls of copper cents on the market that are UNC/MS but NOT BU. Good pics go a long way but when buying rolls you need to be very careful. P.S. Nice square tubes Thad! |
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Valued Member
United States
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BadThad I have ben doing the same thing. A lot of work! 80's are the hardest. My best finds were from my mothers container of change. A lot of beautiful bu coins, especially from the 80's with very nice luster/toning and none of those lumpy Lincolns.
Is it me? Or can some very nice coins be found in rolls. I've only purchased a couple "BU" rolls in the past and wasn't very impressed. I find nicer coins in circulation.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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mikep - Don't bother buying "BU" rolls unless they're OBW. Chances are they've been cherrypicked already. The 80's are wickedly tough to find nice examples of. They've got to be the worst production of the LMC ever made.... and I hate how they changed the steps on the reverse....just ugly. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow!
Very nice.
I'm surprised you have any from the '80's.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm surprised you have any from the '80's.
I prob have about 100-200, but most of them are AU-MS63 RED. Not quite up to my standards, but I'm going to use them because they are so tough. I can always upgrade them later. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Valued Member
United States
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How can I buy 2008 rolls? It seems like no banks in my area have them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I started the same thing about a year ago. I only searched last winter and haven't touched a box this winter yet! Yikes. So here is how I keep mine for the time being. All the wheaties are strictly from roll finds except for a roll of steelies I accidentally won not long ago on ebay :) Obviously not the best storage method, but its decent for now until I get the ambition to buy nice tubes. Image Insert: Image Insert: |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Cool Chris!  |
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