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 Posted 05/03/2023  2:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A few years ago, I gambled and purchased--on eBay--a couple rolls of mixed wheat cents, 7.95 per roll. Most of the coins were in the VG to VF range, and spanned the teens through the '50s--with around 2/3 being in the '40s-'50s range. To my surprise, there were seven or eight '23 S coins in VF condition--actually pretty nice.

ebay has warts, but it's not always the evil scourge it's made out to be. Sellers on ebay run the gamut--some honest and responsible, some crooks. As always, buyer beware.
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"Unsearched" and "estate find" are the two most common gimmicks on ebay. It means nothing anymore. Think about it - literally everything is in someone's "estate." Hope you find something that makes it worthwhile.
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Looking forward to seeing what's in those rolls.
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There is no such thing as an "unsearched" roll of Indian Head cents.
That something is from an "estate sale" means absolutely nothing.
"unopened" means what? It means unopened since they were wrapped, which could be yesterday (even if it were from an "estate sale").
How does the seller know they are all Indian Head cents if the roll is "unopened"?
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Use your head. Anyone who buys something like this is just a fool in a hurry.
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 Posted 05/29/2023  3:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Anthony86 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree with Icutler on this. This is how I started filling albums years ago by buying rolls for common dates and then upgrading later. This is something to think about.
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I posted this earlier today about unopened / unsearched rolls.
http://goccf.com/t/446397
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I bought a couple cheap rolls of Wheats from a very well-known "unsearched roll" scammer many years ago purely to see if they were as bad as the horror stories would suggest.

They were, in fact, that bad. I think I paid less than $5 for each of the two rolls and probably lost $4 on each.

Be especially wary of any rolls that have different end coins, like "roll of Indian Head cents with a 3 cent nickel end coin" etc, those are 100% scams

There are also a lot of fake "uncirculated bank wrapped" Morgan dollar rolls that sometimes bring shocking money which are basically seeded with common date mid-grade Unc coins. That's when you learn that being in an original bank wrapper doesn't mean they were originally wrapped at a bank.

IMO if you want to toss a few bucks at them just for fun, no harm no foul, but don't go expecting to find 1909-S VDB's in that random $3 roll of "unsearched" wheat cents.

I saw a particularly hilarious one a couple months ago that was advertised as an "unsearched roll of nice 1860s and 1870s Indian Head cents" or something like that. cue facepalm. Seller had quite a few different rolls listed, including things like "Guaranteed that all coins will grade at least VF20." (!)
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After the dealer fills the tubes with his coins he doesn't need to search them again. They're unsearched when you get them. Weasel words.


I was thinking the same thing. Scenario: the dealer has a bunch of loose coins he searches; then he puts them into a roll and forgets about them. So the coins by themselves were searched; but the roll itself is not searched. Getting away with semantics here.
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