why are the new Lincoln Cent rolls selling for more money if they are in mint rolls than if they are in bank rolls. when you buy the roll of coins aren't you buying the coins it seems to me people are paying more just because the roll is from the mint.
i don't understand if I buy a roll of uncirculated coins I am buying the coins not the wrapper I don't care what it came in.
One main reason I can think of is that the collector of bank-wrapped rolls might believe that some of the coins can be in a higher average grade and "unsearched" if bank-wrappped (from a Mint bag). Also, there's the possibility of finding valuable errors that would likely not have been overlooked by someone outside of a bank wrapping the coins.
I don't understand the attraction &/or the higher price of mint rolls either, but I collect coins not packaging. I think it has little (or nothing) to do with the quality or quantity of the coins in the roll. It's the perception that the mint wrapper makes it a distinct type of collectible.
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