Shotgun Rolls

It's uncanny how the IHC (or even Flying Eagles!) gravitate to the ends of these rolls, and steelies and 1950 wheats gravitate toward the center. I can't explain it! It's almost as if by design...

There is a big difference between a gamble and a scam, anyone can assemble a shotgun roll and put whatever they want on the ends.

I'd say about 5-6 bucks. Assume 2 IHCs at about 1.50 each and about 5 cents per wheat. I doubt you will win one though. These sellers "seed" their shotgun rolls with occasional ncie shape wheats or more than just the end IHCs and sometimes a semi-key date gets found as if they are unsearched after all!

Thought I should put this out there...

A couple of weeks ago my brother bought one of these rolls for $13(including shipping) with two indian heads on the end, and I told him the only way to make his money back was to save it without opening it for awhile and than sell it again. That was our initial idea.

But as Murphy's Law would have it, the roll came torn so you could see a few coins' edges. No dates but enough to make any dumb buyer skeptical.
So he opened it and found a bunch of 30's and 40's and 50's wheats, a few 20's and a couple teens, and three indians altogether. The ones on the end were common dates but one inside was a 1909 in VG. Not bad for a risk.
Also there was a BU 1958, I mean how did that get in there?

When all was said and done we got our money's worth.

So we emailed the guy and gave him a neutral and told him the roll was ripped, than I casually asked him if he had wrapped the rolls himself. Of course he said no, and said he bought a box of them at an estate sale. He than wanted to know what we had found so we told him.

I think these are a scam. If you want unsearched rolls, go to the bank.

what DVcollector said above.
Only bid on what you know and assume common wheats unseen.
Sure there may be a story or two out there where things were actually as advertised,
but overall it's a suckers game.