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Modern Guys: Where do you get your submittable Circulation Strike material?

CharlesDarwinCharlesDarwin Posts: 285 ✭
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Do you get your circulation strike material from Mint Sets or from Rolls? Which is better?

For instance, could the two 2000-D 50c pieces that I pulled from 12 rolls ever equal one of the coins in a Mint Set, or do I have a chance of hitting a MS67 with a roll coin?

I really like working through rolls and picking out the best for submission, but maybe it's not the way to go.

Right now, I've got 2 2000-D 50c and 2 2004-D FL 25c in at PCGS. I guess I'll find out how I'm doing when I get those back.

CD
to live outside the law, you must be honest ---- bd

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    At the bank. But, you have to go in when the branch manager is out to lunch.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • mintlustermintluster Posts: 926
    I cherry pick a LOT OF ROLLS....most look like crap....but once in a while there are nice specimens worth submitting. About one or two coins per 5 rolls I think.
  • mintlustermintluster Posts: 926
    ...Of course that is because my target is usually an MS67 or better. If you wanted MS65 or better you would get more specimens, it really makes a diff with what your target grade is.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you like clean coins than some are only available in rolls. If you like nice strikes checking the
    mint sets is like shooting fish in a barrel. Clean coins of most dates can be found in sets and are
    common for a few coins. Good strikes can be found in rolls but are tough for most dates. Rolls of
    the clad dimes and quarters are virtually non-existent so you'll have to get these from sets.

    Slabs are becoming an increasingly good place to find coins. It can be very expensive to look in
    rolls or sets and the prices of many of the slabs in just missed grades can easily be the least ex-
    pensive way to acquire these coins.

    Good luck.
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  • CharlesDarwinCharlesDarwin Posts: 285 ✭
    Well, Russ. If you wanted to bring up that fiasco, I found out the other day that the guy that approached me was not just the manager, but the CEO and President of the whole small town chain. I should feel special.
    to live outside the law, you must be honest ---- bd
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Mint sets would be your best bet - they're still very reasonable and you can usually cherry pick through them.
  • PeetiePeetie Posts: 627 ✭✭


    << <i>At the bank. But, you have to go in when the branch manager is out to lunch.

    Russ, NCNE >>




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  • foodudefoodude Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭
    At the bank. But, you have to go in when the branch manager is out to lunch.image

    Mint sets and rolls, but mostly mint sets.
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  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭


    << <i>At the bank. But, you have to go in when the branch manager is out to lunch. >>



    If you sweet talk the nice teller she might throw in some free flips alsoimage

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  • FrattLawFrattLaw Posts: 3,290 ✭✭
    If you sweet talk the nice teller she might throw in some free flips also

    The "free flip" comment was the funny the first 3 times you posted it. Then it was a tad bit annoying the next 5 times. Now you're crossed over the bridge into Dorkville.

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  • beartracks42beartracks42 Posts: 2,834 ✭
    I make most of my moderns from rolls. Every now and then I will find a few coins in a mint set, but I hate to tear them up for one coin, so I only cut them up if there are two or more possible MS67 or better looking coins in the cellophane.image
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    I have 4 sources I've used....

    Bank Rolls. I used to pick up rolls of state quarters and whatever else I could find and go through them for high grades. I've made many quarters that were worth hundreds each this way. (Now I live in Belgium... may need to try this in Euros, and have the #1 Belgium Euro Set... hmmm)

    Rolls from the mint. Haven't noticed any difference from bank rolls, other than cost is higher.

    Mint Sets. Can be higher quality than rolls, but no t always. Sometimes a coin will be awful in all 20 sets I buy. Better chance of high grades when these are fresh from the mint or unsearched.

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  • slideridersliderider Posts: 1,834
    The problem I see with mint sets, is that the coins are open for all to see. This makes the chances of them having already been picked over very high. Original mint rolls, boxes or bags are better, I think, because who really knows what's buried deep inside?
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