How long could you sit on an original roll of 1969-S cents without looking at the coins?

MrEureka

I have 9 rolls I've owned for more than a year. I'm going to look at them for the first time right now. Will report back later. Wish me luck!

fc

awesome give away! thanks! ;-)

good luck!

but you should see the other original roll thread for advice before
opening them :-) :-P

A. some people here doubt you have them.
B. you do not know how to handle them
C. they are worth more in the rolls for the greed factor on ebay
D. etc..

hah.

good luck!

RYK

About 10 nanoseconds

speety

To answer your question, it depends how long of an ebay auction i chose.

Good luck! You wouldn't happen to live in Michigan would you?

savoyspecial

if this mirrors the recent "public roll opening" that occurred here it will go something like this:

1. people will cheer and coerce you to open them for all to see
2. once you open them you will be publically chided for doing so

the only way to win is to never ever tell us about them......cat's out of the bag now


(by the way, what are you waiting for.....I NEED PICS!!)

in good humor,
greg

Raybo

<< <i>I have 9 rolls I've owned for more than a year. I'm going to look at them for the first time right now. Will report back later. Wish me luck! >>



A year!

I woud be done the day I got them.

Ray

(at least a roll)

Swampboy

I was looking through my modest collection of Lincoln rolls tonight trying to decide which one to open.
In the end I didn't open any but then again I don't have a roll of 69 Ss.
Good luck.

savoyspecial

in all seriousness, do the paper wrappers say which regional fed bank they are from? next logical question would be are the DDO's known to come from a single region?

greg

Placid

I dont think I would sit on them, it would be uncomfortable.

crypto79

I have a roll that I've had for about 6 months from blue moon, there from the Oregon fed res. I paid $40 shipped which is too high I It's one of the last cir years for S coins and real rolls will become scarce from people looking for DD. It's fun to own and is nice sitting there in my random stuff box. It's not getting broken up. Now if it was from the Michigan fed res.......

MrEureka

Well, that turned out to be no fun at all. I should have waited five years instead.

AskRaq

<< <i>About 10 nanoseconds >>







It'd take me a wee bit longer........... just long enough to grab my magnifier and turn a lamp on!!

SanctionII

I picked up a roll of 1969S cents when a was about 13 -15 years old (1969-1971). I did not open the roll and look at the coins until about 5 years ago, 30-32 years later.

Beat that folks

TwoSides2aCoin

Ouch. Not a doubled die in the bunch. How about some MS 67 or MS 68s ?

djm

39 Years, but a bunch in 1969 also bought a bunch of 68-S first year of S since 1955. Still un opened.

LincolnCentMan

How long could you sit on an original roll of 1969-S cents without looking at the coins?

Until my rear got numb.

-David

19Lyds

All the 69-S Rolls I've looked at were loaded with scuffed up, dinged up, and spotted up coins!

njcoincrank

Andy,

Don't feel bad. About 10 years I was in a coin dealers office (in north Jersey). After doing our business of slab trading, I was walking out when I saw a pile of unopened Lincoln cent bags. 5-10 bags if my memory is correct. Anyway, I ended up buying a mint sewn, unopened bag of 1969-s. Waited awhile before greed go the best of me and opened it. 5000 coins later...nothing.

njcoincrank

ozzyfan269

Never. I would sell them unopened because I don't collect cents. They are too small to really enjoy with the naked eye. Quarters and larger are what I normally collect.

tahoe98

<< <i>if this mirrors the recent "public roll opening" that occurred here it will go something like this:

1. people will cheer and coerce you to open them for all to see
2. once you open them you will be publically chided for doing so

the only way to win is to never ever tell us about them......cat's out of the bag now


(by the way, what are you waiting for.....I NEED PICS!!)

in good humor,
greg >>

tahoe98

<< <i>I dont think I would sit on them, it would be uncomfortable. >>




at least lay them down first

ambro51

Thats the same feeling when you look at a Pick 6 lottery ticket........up to the moment of the drawing

ricko

I would open them almost immediately... as I have done with unopened CC GSA coins... I buy them in the hopes of a scarce date... so holding them makes no sense to me. Cheers, RickO

ksteelheader

<< <i>How long could you sit on an original roll of 1969-S cents without looking at the coins? >>



Until they made my ass sore.

RWB

Andy,
I have five rolls of 1969-S that I got in 1969. They've never been opened.

RichieURich

<< <i>Andy,
I have five rolls of 1969-S that I got in 1969. They've never been opened. >>



This could be a problem for anyone who would die unexpectedly and the heirs not know what to look for. Of course, you could sell them on the BST!

RWB

Hmmm...let's see...if we assume they are all doubled dies, what should I ask per roll? Maybe I'd better look thougth them first. Heck, I even know the name of the teller who originally wrapped them - Mrs. Green.

MORGANHUNTER2

<< <i>Well, that turned out to be no fun at all. I should have waited five years instead. >>



Always in a hurry Andy- next time- look but no touchy..

jessewvu

I purchased a large lot of BU rolls of pennies from an older guy back in 2003. I just started looking at them last fall after joining this board. I found 14 rolls of 1969-S that have been sealed for a long time (the tape was all deteriorated and you could just tell they hadn't been looked at for 10+ years. I found a lot of very cool machine doubles. But I didn't know what I had either. I ended up filling up a Whitman book of IHC from 1879-1909 and a lincoln album from 1909 to 1977. I think I purchased 30 BU rolls for $150. While I was going through it, I found a roll that was full of silver that I didn't know was in there. A lot of barber and shield nickels, some barber dimes, and a few buffalos, and some quarters from like 1890-1910, maybe five or six.

RWB

Just finished going through 8 original rolls I’ve had since 1969. Thought I had 5 but there were three more in hiding.

Nothing --- a few mechanical doubling…Oh, and they were all 1969-P not 1969-S. I had labeled the rolls wrong (or the mint mark dwarves changed them)!