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On 12/6/2021 at 11:01 PM, Quintus Arrius said:

Truer words have never been spoken.  I have been thrown off the Board many more times than I have fingers and re-admitted each and every time I apologized after she heard my feeble knock at the door. She is tops in my book!  

Way to pucker up buttercup. Lol 

On 9/18/2021 at 3:13 PM, GBrad said:

Well, my little girl strikes again and touched my heart where it counts.  I think at 11 years old, she may be the next numismatist in my household, I'm loving it.  I was scrolling through some coin and precious metal dealer's websites yesterday and she was right there with me looking at all the cool bullion and silver rounds that are out there now. Of course..... being a HORSE LOVING FANATIC of a little girl (she will always be my little girl!!!!) this one silver round just happened to show up while her gaze was fixed on all the cool and different designs that are available these days.  So....... she say's, "Daddy..... I would love to have 'that 'one.....".  What does a loving father do???? I think you all know the answer on that one..... Should be here in a week or so. 

You better hope it’s the horse and not the rider she wants. 

This is legit however what a previous poster eluded to rings true. The rolls I have were probably picked thru at the bank before the machine did it’s thing. 
 Just look back at the dates would tell ya. But also there are (and I encountered as well) quite a few ten dollar pennies in just a few I cracked open.  A ‘37 in ms condition for one. 

The Holy Grail of numismatic coinage........

https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35818871

sold all my silver culled quarters for 400 bucks. 80 in all. That and a few proofs at a c note. That was it had a few nibbles on ase ‘s and the Wheatley’s offered here. But no takers. Sold one handful of Wheatley’s to a kid 👦 he had a lot in that fist ful 😂 

one thing I found out....selling coins at a coin show requires a hand truck...........this stuff gets heavy!!! I just put together a fold up crt for tomorrow.....and added a few 2008 ase's to sell...........encapsulated those.......pretty much done with everything til then.  All the well wishers are appreciated, thanks to all the replies!!!

On 9/11/2021 at 1:48 AM, GBrad said:

Sounds like a sports update............

I have a sporting chance at making some coin  

On 9/10/2021 at 9:55 AM, Alex in PA. said:

And these 'people' have been doing this since EBay opened it's doors.

before then...and yes, there are those out there...but this guy passed away and the granny is selling off the hoard.......she is not a numismatist by any stretch but the hubby was.......I'll keep you guys updated on Sunday....8 am. til 2 pm.

On 9/10/2021 at 9:37 AM, James Zyskowski said:

$15. You told me $25. I feel somehow unloved. I try to be polite. Answer questions to the best of my ability. And now this 😂. The only way I could ever get over this would be for you to sell me one for $1. 😂. Seems fair 😂

whahoppin??

 In my best chinese accent...

Still looking for some privy 75th quarters I have 3 so far. 12 bucks a piece. No takers at the last show I did. I have one eagle for 500. 

On 9/9/2021 at 8:41 PM, RWB said:

Someplace, I have a $50 bag of unsearched wheat cents....except they are nearly all "unsearched" 1947 cents. That's about as "unsearched" as they get now-a-days. Buy 'em for the fun of digging through 5,000 little bronze cents, but don't actually expect to find so much as one real "keeper." Two or three cents per coin is fair.

More than reasonable, imho....10 cents a coin gets you, 5 bucks..add a few keepers and a  15$ cost at a coin show seems fair ,to me, as well...

On 9/9/2021 at 8:03 PM, Mohawk said:

I'll do it Bob.  Here's the thing, Rocket.....you could have actual old rolls of cents.  It's possible, though unlikely.  However, there are many unscrupulous people out there who either acquire actual old coin rolls or get reproductions of old coin wrappers printed up for them.  Both are actually pretty easy to do.  And these people can put anything into these rolls that they want.  There is a lot of this kind of thing out there with Wheat cents.  I cannot tell you how many times I've seen someone fall into this kind of trap.  They'd buy a roll that looks like that on eBay...old looking wrapper and everything, often with a 1909 VDB reverse showing or something like that, then they get the roll and there are one or two 1909 VDBs on the end of the roll and everything else in the roll is post-1934 and often post-1940.  And then they'd come into the brick and mortar shop I worked at and sell us these wheat cents for 10 cents a piece just to be rid of them and the experience.  I'm not saying that you're being deceptive.....I'm saying you may have been deceived.  It's possible that you have genuine old rolls, but it's also possible that you've fallen into the trap.  "Unsearched" Wheat rolls are something I'd recommend people stay away from.  Think about it......the 1909-S VDB and 1914-D cents have both been famous and coveted for over 100 years.  The 1931-S has been famous and coveted for 90 years.  The 1955 Doubled Die has been famous and coveted for 66 years.  These four coins alone pretty much guarantee that any accumulation of Wheat Cents has been searched at some point in the past.  This includes old rolls.  You could have rolls of Wheats that have been wrapped since World War II, but they've been gone through back then looking for the 1909-S VDB, 1914-D and the 1931-S.  So, even an 80 year old roll of Wheat Cents is probably not "unsearched" for key dates.

Good point(s), and yes I agree 100%.....but the rolls I did go thru had a few ''secondary'' rarities if you will, making me think the rest are actually better than the other ''unsearched'' rolls we have looked upon skeptically....but if I did open them up I lose the OBW factor....a point I am counting on with my own personal experience.....

 I'm selling these at a show, face to face I 'd even insist to the buyer to open them up in front of me to be sure there isn't a 1940 to 1958 year wheatie hoard inside.....now thats confidence...if it is, 15 bucks back on the spot.

On 9/9/2021 at 6:41 PM, Just Bob said:

How do you define "true unopened wheat penny roll?"

On 9/9/2021 at 7:22 PM, Mohawk said:

That's a very good question........

By actually not knowing what OBW meant. 

On 9/9/2021 at 7:28 PM, Coinbuf said:

Call me jaded but I very much doubt that what you have are true unopened rolls, unopened by you maybe but not really unopened.

Ok. Jaded I feel jaded by your comment. They’re unopened here’s a pic. Coming up. 

well if I want to break even......you would need 24 bucks more.......each roll has a chance at a gem...thats basically what I'm going to be; A carnival barker  when I throw them on the table....lol.

So I am an owner of a hoard of sealed circulated penny rolls the question posed here is. 

 Whats a good price for true unopened wheat penny rolls? I may have over payed, but previous openings of the same hoard revealed quite a few very good specimens....none like I have ever seen to date, real authentic au pennies from the 20's and 30's...very few 50's like one usually finds with these type of rolls.....a quick look at the red book seems 2 dollars a penny, so I was thinking 30.00$....these are sealed rolls from way back....zero rolls from modern packaging.

A stunning Ase circa 1986........Arrived safe and sound Aydin.

On 8/11/2021 at 8:47 AM, Quintus Arrius said:

Forty-four D's?  What are we talking here... "Soutien-gorge"? 🐓

wow that got past the censor(s)

1909 I.H. 

 1909 s

1909 wheatie's

1914 d

1931 s

  and 2 pristine silver quarters...350.00$ all in au or better

I bought 4 rolls of wheaties machine wrapped in ''Bank of San Francisco wrappings.......anyone ever seen these before? They do not say Mint.

jeeesh loise!!,lol

2012 whitman's ''red book''....picked it up at a ''goodwill'' store for 3 bucks.......brandy new never read,fresh pages.

On 7/20/2021 at 2:05 PM, GBrad said:

Great info here.  I always somewhat figured that pop reports have an effect as you mention.  Whether subconsciously or not, one would have to assume this.  I did look up that Brown MS66+.... WOW.... beautiful to say the least with that toning and not to mention what it may go for.  And regarding cracking it..... uh... that one is a toughie for sure.  

Getting a “red book”will help in your grading skills imho

No pix yet , but a 1995 dbl die obverse penny........pretty cool.

On 1/8/2021 at 12:43 PM, RWB said:

Agreed.

There are thousands of counterfeit and altered 1914-D cents floating around. They began appearing in the 1920s (!) and are still churned out by crooks from Colorado to China.

might as well add connecticut to the list.....they just legalized marijuana.....not that I'm against it, I'm not,....as a matter of fact, when I retire I'll rooll one of them ''Big Bambu'' jobs right in the employee parking lot and go ''up in smoke''....