Found In Rolls Storys

Georgems65

what is your best story/ experience while searching through rolls

TwoSides2aCoin

jelly rolls

a 1995 DDO Lincoln
a 1937 DDO Washington
a 1983 DDR Lincoln
I'm gonna find a cheerios sackie, too

STONE

Just some buffalo nickels and some silver war nickels. I'm not a big roll searcher.

Musky1011

<< <i>jelly >>

commoncents05

I used to search through bags of dimes and quarters. Didn't find anything huge, silver here and there. Some funny items that make it by the sorting machine I pulled out and saved. Including, numerous foreign coins, buttons, pennies ground down to the size of dimes (some idiot making 9 cents by doing it) and a bunch of other stuff.

-Paul

relicsncoins

About 6 months ago, I pulled out a proof Franklin. The fields were still mirrored, but there was some friction on the high points. Other than the occasional 40 and 90 percenter half, that's about it.

JJ

RWB

It was in the late 1950s when my consistently lucky cousin was searching rolls of cents. In one roll he found a gold $2.50 Indian.

PrivateCoinCollector

A $500 box of Half dollars yielded the following:

38 - 90%
4 - 40%

and about half a dozen Gold Plated ones.

holeinone1972

15 Frankies
(4) 1964 90% halves
(29) 40% halves

Out of 6 rolls

AUandAG

3 -1882 o/s, 6 -1882 o/o and 11 regular 1882-o morgans in the same uncirculated roll.

bob

Jcarney

Not my story, but we had a guy on RCC who found a Saint in a roll of half dollars. I know he still lurks on RCC, I don't know if he checks in here.

anablep

Best roll story for me: 5 OBW rolls of 40% 1967 Kennedy halves. I was stunned & thrilled.

Second best: 1/2 of a nickel roll of buffalo nickels, with the balance of the roll silver war and pre-1950 nickels.

cucamongacoin

1943/2 P Jeff, in a BU roll, grade was MS64 FS or better

Earendil

While I was looking for the "no edge lettering" version of the George Washington Dollar, I found one missing a clad layer on the heads side, and was able to sell it for $500.

anoldgoat

1992-D type I Lincoln Cent. MS-62

docg

13 PCGS MS66 1989d Washington quarters in a single roll purchased for $20.00.

SUMORADA

it was a very lucky.... big,big day...........3/23/07

19Lyds

Right here!

In a nutshell, a Morgan in a roll of IKE's. From a satisfaction standpoint, that beat the heck out of finding a 90% Kennedy in a roll of Halves.

WarNickelHoarder

Heck of a roll search

GoldenEyeNumismatics

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You suck!

clackamas

I found 10 MS66 1943-P Double Eye (DDO) Jeffersons in a roll. About $1K each. I also found 7 extra leaf WI quarters in a roll. Numerous doubled dies and high grade coins.

mojoman

This one I got a few rolls of wheats from the Bank and was searching thru them,I had to look twice, my heart was pounding but then settled down, but a cool coin for the album,I did post this before on the forum

lordmarcovan

Mind you, that was found in bulk wheat rolls, not right out of circulation rolls.

But I have made a few interesting roll finds.

In cents, I (actually my wife) found three or four blank planchets in a roll of new cents a couple years ago.

Mostly, though, I hunt the nickels, since I can't get halves very often. I have gotten lots of war nickels, several clipped planchets including one double clip, and once, back in '92, I got a BU full step 1940 nickel out of a roll that consisted mostly of new 1992-P coins. That was weird. The 1940 looked better than a lot of the new '92-Ps did. That 1940 gem BU Jeff and a 1937-D Buffalo nickel from a Pepsi machine are about the best of my circulation finds.

When I was a kid in the late 70s, it was not uncommon to get really low grade Wheaties in circulation, and I got 1909, 1909-VDB, 1911, and 1912 coins out of change, but they were really slick.

LincolnsRule

Bought a roll of 1963 Lincolns in a plastic tube from a tiny coin and jewelry shop for $1.50. Found this... now pcgs ms67rd pop 4/0. Was the highlight of my collection but had to sell it for $5600.

lordmarcovan

I bought a BU roll set of Memorial cents from a Numismatic News classified ad back in 1992 (one roll each of 1959-1992 coins), and the tubes of cents were shipped to me in a paint can. Upon going through them, I discovered the seller had included some bonus rolls. There were no 1960 Small Date cents, but pretty much everything else, including all the 1982 seven varieties, was represented by a BU roll of coins.

Not only was this roll set of superior quality, but there was a roll (and a second, partial roll) of BU ... 1972 DDO cents!

They were Die #3, so in other words, they were "Poor Man's Doubled Dies", but that was one helluva nice bonus!

I sold handpicked BU sets in the NumiNews classifieds for a while, and once got a nice letter from a guy who'd been really impressed with the quality.

So, whoever and wherever that fella who sold me the paint can full of BU Memorial rolls is, God bless him.

Snowman24

here are some that i found in rolls that i got graded this past year - i kinda look at everything

Minnesota Extra Tree DDR-001 & DDR-011
Sac Wounded Eagle
2006 Lincoln FS-101
1979 Wide Am SBA
1994 Lincoln FS-039.9

The 94 Lincoln was getting ready to be taken to the bank and was asked
if i wanted to look at them - I said SURE !!!!!!! i'll take them all
In the end the one 1994 penny is worth more than double than all the pennies they had

Snowman

ricman

AU 1918 S SLQ & about 15 early (no '21's) Walking Liberty halves in a roll of same.

thezookrew

Finding about 100 extra leaf Wisconsin quarters in about 25 rolls of quarters (yes they were new, but they were rolled).

lkrarecoins

3 rolls of 90% & 40% JFK halves when I worked as a bank teller...

Georgems65

ok ok ok any body got anything else

Earendil

As I am sure everyone else does, I find 40% silver halves in rolls and loose at banks every few months. And ever so often I get lucky enough to come across a 90% silver one. When I was working as a cashier at a supermarket I caught someone dumping a bunch of half-dollars into our Coinstar machine; a few kept coming back out, making this odd clunking sound in the change return slot. I knew that there was only one thing that they could be. So I headed over there to take a look. I ended up buying all of the lady's remaining half-dollars. Mostly regular ones, but also nine Franklins and one 1964 Kennedy. That job also helped me to accumulate a whole bunch of silver war nickels, buffalo nickels, dimes, quarters, and even a roll or two of 40% and 90% silver half-dollars over time (the halves from elderly customers who paid with them), although it was very rare. Plus more than a few wheat pennies and Eisenhower dollars. A few managers there were coin collectors, and they had entire containers full of silver and other old coins (I was allowed to see them when I asked). I was just able to catch what came through my register, or what came through the store when I was the only coin collector working. No good currency, though.

jmski52

Collecting has become fun again, and buying a roll of Kennedys in an ebay auction turned out to be one of my most interesting finds. PCGS has now certified all 4 of the ones I've submitted, so I am confident that the rest are certifiable too.



I came in on the tail-end of a roll liquidation, and managed to pick up (20) rolls of 1958-P Roosies, with both ends toned, and another 35 rolls of 1959-P Roosies having one end toned and the other end papered. I've opened all of the 1958-P rolls, but none of the 1959-P rolls. Until I find time to look over all of the 1958-P, I'm in no hurry to open any more rolls.

The 1958-Ps:


(25) of the 1959-Ps, taken before the last (10) rolls arrived:

My avatar is one of the 1959-Ps.

I'm waiting for some Frankie rolls, one of which might even make Lucy drool. It should get here this week.

Morganmanic

Just went through some penny rolls today. Found these three. Not going to pay the rent but I like the color on the 45










On a side note. Of the rolls I opened today I have to say they were the worst looking rolls of pennies I have ever seen. Times must be bad as people are rolling those pennies they find crusted and covered in crude from under the car seat to pay for the cable Wonder if there is a correlation between crappy pennies in rolls and the state of the economy

Georgems65

ttt

SUMORADA

Found this 1945 P DDR in a plastic baggie full of nickels..............2 weeks later I found another one in a circulated roll of war nics........

foundinrolls

Are you kidding? :-) Where do I start?

GREAT Thread!

Bill

larrynj

here's some of my jefferson nickel bu roll finds (* sorry, no pics, thery're all in the bank box)- pcgs66fs - 38-d,45-s,47-p,48-p,72-d,74-p
pcgs65fs - 49-s,54-p,55-p,63-p

i have a 53-p anacs-66 fs pop 1 for many years, but it won't cross to pcgs. pcgs did list it as crossed to 65fs with the initial submission, but renegged after a review, and realizing it was a $5,000 coin in their plastic. i guess the 60-p debacle got them skeered.

meos1

SUMORADA - How much are each one of those worth??

jhusman

Recent finds in rolls - lots of cents lately.

1972 DDO "poor man's doubled die"
1995 DDO
1890 (!) indian head cent.
1916 D Wheat Cent

Those are the big finds, plus some other older cents that have some nice color - one is absolutely gorgeous rainbow colord.

In nickels, I found a few buffalo nickels, and one very worn shield nickel. Also 3 silver nickels in 3 different boxes.

Weather11am

This thread makes me jealous.

PipestonePete

Found 3 all in one roll.....none in the other 6 rolls from the same bank, same day.

DJCoinz

Over the course of 2007 I found 36 40% silver halves and 18 90% silver halves.

mozeppa

found a pecan shell in a sticky bun once...do that count as a roll?

19Lyds

Very Funny Mike......................No, it does not count!

MASSU2

I pulled out a 1925 Stone Mountain Half just last year while searching through some rolls of Kennedy halfs.

BobGreene

While I used to go through rolls as a kid, I generally don't anymore because my collecting patterns have changed. However, I was at the bank one day, and as a lark I picked up 20 rolls of cents to go through. I ended up with 14 complete rolls of wheat cents, including almost two rolls of steelies.

AJ2525

I'm jealous too but I just turned 40 and have plenty of time to keep searching...

From rolls:

Numerous wheats, nothing special
Lots of nickels, but only three of them Buffs, one decent 1935-D

I'm close to 300 40% and two rolls of 90% silver halves, the one Franklin I got wasn't in a roll it was part of the $6 in halves a teller had.

YaHa

I found a condom the next morning in the belly of this chick I had relactions with in college, no lie. TMI, yes I know.

But if we are talking about coins, I found 1909 vbd and sent it in for grading and got a pcgs ms 62 too bad it wasn't a S mint.

ahooka454

<<I found a condom the next morning in the belly of this chick I had relactions with in college, no lie. TMI, yes I know.>>


WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

clackamas

Found 10 MS 1943 DDO (Double Eye ) Jeffersons from a BU Ebay roll

Found 7 Wisconsin Upper and lower leafs in an Ebay Roll

sumnom

1908 cent
1926-S nickel
1996-W dime
1958-D quarter
many, many 1964-1969 halves
1985-S half