UNC Wheat roll update-WOW!
BigBen
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I posted earlier about buying rolls of UNC 1951-D, 1952-D, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 Wheats and have some cool news to report! I figured out that the rolls I bought must have been gem rolls that were handpicked from other rolls during the 50s and put into these old penny tubes (see pic). In the 2nd 1953 roll I opened, at least 60% of the wheats were MS-66, some may be 67s, about half of those blazing "just off the die" RED. I'm guessing that these exchanged hands long ago through a dealer or from a serious collector and by the time I got them from the dealer he thought they were just a tube of unsearched unc wheats.
They are all mixed tones, some blazing bright some mottled light brown with webbingstriping. What cued me in was that the toned wheats have almost perfect surfaces and orginal luster poking out under the sometimes ugly toning, indication these were all handpicked as being gems and put in these rolls. I guess I got real lucky because "P" 1950s wheats are tough to get in 66, especially 53 and 54. Almost every coin in the rolls I've searched so far have yielded mostly 65s and 66s, some 64s, and an occasional 63, and some (which the grading services will have to see) are good 67 candidates. I feel like I hit the 1950s Wheat "Motherload" lol
Check out some of the pics of these 1953-P's........ The rolls as you can see are the older type and the tape and label appear to be very old. I also posted pics of some of the 1953-P toned wheats towards the bottom. Wheat collectors post your pics of 1950's-P's if you got them!
They are all mixed tones, some blazing bright some mottled light brown with webbingstriping. What cued me in was that the toned wheats have almost perfect surfaces and orginal luster poking out under the sometimes ugly toning, indication these were all handpicked as being gems and put in these rolls. I guess I got real lucky because "P" 1950s wheats are tough to get in 66, especially 53 and 54. Almost every coin in the rolls I've searched so far have yielded mostly 65s and 66s, some 64s, and an occasional 63, and some (which the grading services will have to see) are good 67 candidates. I feel like I hit the 1950s Wheat "Motherload" lol
Check out some of the pics of these 1953-P's........ The rolls as you can see are the older type and the tape and label appear to be very old. I also posted pics of some of the 1953-P toned wheats towards the bottom. Wheat collectors post your pics of 1950's-P's if you got them! 0
Comments
Will you send a small sample lot to PCGS first to be sure you and they are grading in the same ballpark?
Russ, NCNE
Marty does make a valid point.... we tend to see our own personal coins in a better light then what a professional grader does..
ms66 and ms67 cents are not easy to find... but thy are certianly out there, as I personally have made my share of them....
Here is something I discovered in my own coins I submitted as well as observing many graded specimens...
The O in One Cent on the reverse must be full struck and rounded to get into a seven holder...
I have had rather flawless cents but yet a mushy O that has the upper portion blending into the field fall into six holders..
all my sevens had a solid struck well defined O.....
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<< <i>I went on Heritage's website and compared the coins that I have to other PCGS and NGC MS-65, 66, and 67s, and mine were as good or even better in some cases. >>
That sounds eerily familiar.
Russ, NCNE