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DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9863 Posts	Posted 03/15/2011 09:56 am When were coins first distributed in rolls? When were the number of coins in a roll standardized? Don't need an exact date,just ca. Report this Post to the Staff

docsfishn Pillar of the Community United States 1031 Posts	Posted 03/15/2011 11:16 am After doing a quick search I found... According to The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents that collecting coins by the roll first became relatively common in the mid-1930s. 1934 is the first year represented in the Coin Dealer Newsletter's price sheet for BU rolls Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9863 Posts	Posted 03/15/2011 10:12 pm I recall reading somewhere that someone opened a roll of uncirculated 1877 cents and found them all stuck together.Do rolls really go back that far? Or was this a coin collecting myth? Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 03/17/2011 09:36 am a year or two ago, an original roll of svdbs surfaced. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9863 Posts	Posted 03/17/2011 10:36 am Thanks biggfredd,I also read recently on this forum about Carson City wrapped rolls of Morgans.These things still have me wondering about the origins of coin rolling. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 03/17/2011 11:17 pm I do know that rolls of Lincoln cents existed all the way back. I also know that at least a couple of rolls of Indian cents were around at one time or another. Exactly when rolls started is a mystery (to me anyway), but I am pretty sure it was before 1900. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9863 Posts	Posted 03/18/2011 10:02 am Do many original rolls of LWCs still exist or have they all been opened in search of gems?I read somewhere in my search for the origin of rolls that collecting original rolls of LWCs was quite popular until the advent of TPGs when collectors began opening them in hope of finding MS65 and better. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/18/2011 12:00 pm When Matthew Boulton was doing private coinage back in the 1790's he shipped them wrapped in paper rolls of standard amounts packed in kegs. So you could say that rolls go back over 200 years. Report this Post to the Staff
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