When was the last time an original roll of 1877 Indian Cents surfaced?

Prethen

savoyspecial

i dont believe a roll has ever surfaced.......rick or stewart will know for sure

SilverEagles92

1878

gecko109

When you say "original roll", what exactly do you mean? To the best of my knowledge, coins dont come from the mint in rolls.

lordmarcovan

Let's see... was it Tuesday?

No. I think it was Wednesday.

I was going through my sock drawer, trying to find a match for that one with the different elastic on the top of it, and ...

19Lyds

<< <i>When you say "original roll", what exactly do you mean? To the best of my knowledge, coins dont come from the mint in rolls. >>



I do not believe that banks actually "rolled" coins in 1877 or any year in the 1800's.

Even if they did, I would expect that the paper used to "roll" those coins would have long since deteriorated and fallen apart.

UtahCoin

Rolls were not around until the 1920's as I recall. That being said, I did put together a roll of 1877 IHC's back in the early 1990's. I believe they were all G +/- and I bought them for about $150 - $200 each.

savoyspecial

>>Rolls were not around until the 1920's as I recall>>


i'm almost sure i've seen a barber dime roll......i want to say it was a 1907-D or 1911-D that yielded some nice UNC's

Prethen

A past fellow forum member noted that there were actually 20-cent rolls from the banks and that would by 1875.

lasvegasteddy

my understanding is treasury rolls appeared in the 20's...some early peace dollars came in them

but before then it was bags that were sent to a bank

some banks would privately roll them in paper for convience and yes my granny had a roll of ihc as such that the paper just crumbled off of once it was disturbed

tjkillian

I heard of an elderly collector who said he had a roll of 1877 uncs in the early 1970s.

ProofArtworkonCircs

<<Even if they did, I would expect that the paper used to "roll" those coins would have long since deteriorated and fallen apart. >>

That is an interesting situation. Wood pulp paper only came into widespace use after about the Civil War period and that is the one that deteriates. I would expect any 1860 rolls to stilll have their rag based paper intact.

I think somewhere in his writings, Benjamin Franklin mentioned rolls of coins.

Come to think of it, my 1952 rolls are still well intact to the best of my knowledge. Maybe I should dig them out and take another look.

savoyspecial

.....and come to think of it, certain Columbian Expo medals (c. 1892) came in paper rolls