Posted 01/11/2010 1:09 pm
Snitchard,
The Lincoln Cent rolls they are referring to are rolls that are released by the U. S. Mint at a special release ceremony.
There were four of these releases held in 2009 for the Lincoln Cent.
Those in attendance were able to buy rolls of coins at face value.
They then took them to the local Post Office and had postage stamps placed on the rolls, and them had the postal clerk cancel the stamps.
By doing this the roll is sealed and cannot be opened without damaging the stamp or the cancellation.
This gives that roll provenance as to being a roll that DEFINATLY came from that release ceremony, in the release city, on the release day.
There are many, many collectors who like these types of rolls, myself included.
At the fourth release held outside the US Capitol in Washington DC, in November, for the Presidential Cent, there was a guy who got into the US Capitol Building Post Office and had 16 rolls canceled there.
ebay bidders raised the price to well over $100 per roll for these particular ones because there are so few of them.
Other rolls were stamped and cancelled at Union Station and a few other places in DC.
The Lincoln Cent rolls they are referring to are rolls that are released by the U. S. Mint at a special release ceremony.
There were four of these releases held in 2009 for the Lincoln Cent.
Those in attendance were able to buy rolls of coins at face value.
They then took them to the local Post Office and had postage stamps placed on the rolls, and them had the postal clerk cancel the stamps.
By doing this the roll is sealed and cannot be opened without damaging the stamp or the cancellation.
This gives that roll provenance as to being a roll that DEFINATLY came from that release ceremony, in the release city, on the release day.
There are many, many collectors who like these types of rolls, myself included.
At the fourth release held outside the US Capitol in Washington DC, in November, for the Presidential Cent, there was a guy who got into the US Capitol Building Post Office and had 16 rolls canceled there.
ebay bidders raised the price to well over $100 per roll for these particular ones because there are so few of them.
Other rolls were stamped and cancelled at Union Station and a few other places in DC.
Edited by tornandfrayed75
01/11/2010 1:12 pm
01/11/2010 1:12 pm
