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Valued Member
United States
420 Posts |
LOL I know it's probably funny to you guys, but as a low budget collector.. I just got 10 rolls of wheats at 2.50 each - with an option of approx. 200 more rolls .05 each to me online, is a good price, I don't have any coin shops close enough to be worth visiting without 2-300.00 in hand- (close meaning - full time coin dealers, within 50 miles) so in a few days my 29.00- 4 bucks shipping- might bring me a couple good finds i have been reading a post about 100 rolls, and 1/10 is all I could bring myself to buy  i'll post anything good that I find |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1915 Posts |
I think you got a good deal, provided that they are in at least fine or better condition for the commons, and VG or better for the not so commons. One can never have too many wheats, right?
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Valued Member
 United States
420 Posts |
no you can't... I had many uncles, one had 6 or more 5gal glass water bottles full of wheats he let me play with as a kid... if I knew then what I know now...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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if I knew then what I know now...
If we all did, not just about coins either.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2120 Posts |
$.05 is always my target price for unknown dates in bulk. one of my local dealers separates the bin wheaties into bins of teens, 20s, 30s and 40s/50s and charges .13, .09, .06 and .04 respectively. One cool thing though is they have a "clear the bin" price. If you take the whole bin with out searching you get them all at .10, .07, .05 and .035 each. Pretty good deal imo. Its nice when your roll filling and needs a lot of 20s, I find its worth the slightly higher amount. the nice part is they dont search to heavily. I've found a handful of Teens with MM.
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
Hey ten rolls is better than none right, I only buy maybe five or so at a time, so your a big spender in my eyes lol, let us know if you find something cool or good   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Great deal!  |
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New Member
United States
41 Posts |
Good luck, keep us posted...
Lori
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Valued Member
United States
420 Posts |
well, they're still not here, lol... I will email the seller later today, and see when they shipped- the "bay's" not been so good to me in the last couple weeks.. slow shipping, not as described.blah blah. 2 transactions I've sent back recently, and 2 neg's I've had to leave for others... they can't all be winners
this one.. even at .05 each I can't complain- as long as I get them LOL
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4000 Posts |
You're crazy! (LOL - couldn't resist) |
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Valued Member
United States
182 Posts |
Hey did the coins come in yet? Be good to find out what ya found.
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Valued Member
United States
420 Posts |
Scooby, I AM  and legend,no... they JUST shipped yesterday, seller claiming a hardship, I should get them this week |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ok, you're crazy.
[happy?]
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Valued Member
United States
420 Posts |
well of course I'm happy with being crazy.. OK got them today.. a truly searched lot- oh well, I can put almost a full 40s-50s P&D set together with a few S mint's too 500 LWC's.... 1 teen (1919-S) a '27 , a '2? (so worn it's a 20-something) maybe 10- 30's, and 480+ 40-50's - there's a 57 or 58 with lamination issues i'll have to check out later a guy at work wants 2-3 rolls, I told him as soon as I got them, i'd put together the best possible ones to give him the most dates and mint marks... for cost i didn't spend 8-10 bucks a roll for " unsearched " , and I'll be able to start his collection, so all in all, I'm fine with how it turned out  |
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United States
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I got a great deal a long while back from someone claiming they were selling their grandparents coins, guy stated they were unsearched- and from the pictures when I initially bid I believed they were. I paid $60 for 35 rolls plus $6 for shipping not bad. The coins arrived and these things had obviously been sitting around for a long time just from how the wrapping looked- and the ends were nice and tightly crimped. Not newly rolled to be sure... so I started searching through and found a lot of nice wheats and a lot from the 10s and 20s surprisingly (more than what you would normally find now in an unsearched lot), good mix from the 30s, 40s and 50s as well. Needless to say I found some wheats that were worth some money- not going to get into that now. I let the guy know that I was happy with what I found and bought a few more rolls he located after I bought the initial auction and more good stuff to be had. The only time I was truly happy and believed the seller regarding unsearched. Anymore- folks should know that 99.9% of unsearched auctions are not unsearched.
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Valued Member
United States
420 Posts |
it's great to hear you got some good coins i went into this deal knowing I wasn't going to find anything super, but for the price, I wasn't going to pass them up.. the seller never claimed they were unsearched, just some old rolls of wheats.. the truly searched was more tongue in cheek than anything else mostly 40s and 50s is fine with me, as long as I can check for errors,RPMs, RPD's, and the like was fun waiting for them, and even better coming home from work to find them tonight- I had a nasty day before work even started, and come on it's work.. i wasn't expecting the coins to be here for another day or 2, so walking in tonight- and seeing THAT package.. I almost made my doggie dog wait to go out LOL she went outside, did what she had to do, came in got a full bowl of food, some fresh water, and enjoyed her meal while I ripped open LWC rolls the only thing I did was date search.. now the fun begins i have 500 opportunities to find something interesting ! |
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Posted 07/23/2010 05:28 am
