original bankwrapped '55 lincoln roll

Gription

just got this..



..anyone know where the double dies were found? hopefully baltimore?

i don't want to open this unless i've got a good shot.. whatcha think

ArizonaJack

The were discovered in Massachusetts, most were found in Boston , another hotspot was upstate New York.

Gription

wikipedia - "They were originally found in New England, and many were distributed in cigarette packs in vending machines"

maybe i should do research, and then ask..

jhdfla

You are gonna open them, right?

john

Gription

nope

ProofArtworkonCircs

I got OBW rolls in New England in 1955 and it was years before I looked. There was nothing of interest there. I guess you had to get some from just one particular's day production.

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AnkurJ

What are the odds of a double die?

Gription

<< <i>Why not show both ends? >>



cuz... i don't have to prove anything to anybody

Hyperion

ok, let's just cut to the chase. what's the undercurrent of this thread that newbie gription just got very defensive over.

that this is a scam of some sort?

I hate the veiled tension BS

coinman420

<< <i>ok, let's just cut to the chase. what's the undercurrent of this thread that newbie gription just got very defensive over.

that this is a scam of some sort?

I hate the veiled tension BS >>

Gription

what?

stay in school....

frnklnlvr

I don't think I could restrain myself from opening that roll. Are '55 OBW rolls tough to find?

darktone

Sorry- but you know those were looked at before. It would be nice to find un-opened original 1955 cent rolls but they are so easy to open and close up. I have a bunch of 1972 rolls I bought that were supposed to be unopened a few years ago- when I opened them I found several finger prints. I still have them somewhere.

Gription

do ya

YaHa

<< <i>What are the odds of a double die? >>



Getting hit by a train first. Like something in 200 million to 1 chance of finding a DD.

rgCoinGuy

There was no First National Bank in Baltimore in 1955.




















J/K

MadMarty

If you paid a bunch for it chances are you got boned! There are way too many people that still sell old paper wrappings and the end crimpers. A roll like that is like a sealed proof set, you can bet 95% of the time it has already been searched. Unless you bought it or know exactly where it came from then you may have a chance.

JRocco

I do not believe the DDO's were found in rolls. Rumor had it a NE dealer had
a roll with a DDO showing on the end and claimed the roll
contained gem DDO's, but this was debunked if I remember correctly.

I have opened MANY 55 rolls and found the coins to generally be sub-par because they had been picked through and re-rolled so many times over the years.

Halfhunter06

nobody will pay a premium on a chance one will be a DD. The odds are very much against you. Go ahead and open it up.

chrsb

If you don't find the "big" one, the second one is nice also and more rare.
I personally have opened up a roll, searched through it and sealed it back up just to see if I could. Guess what, I could not tell the difference.
I once got a roll where the toned end coin was in the middle?
A good way to tell if a roll has been tampered with is to shake it, if it is lose than there is a good chance it has been opened.

darktone

<< <i>nobody will pay a premium on a chance one will be a DD. The odds are very much against you. Go ahead and open it up. >>



I don't know that no one pay's a premium for these rolls- look at the ebay prices!

Shamika

<< <i>The were discovered in Massachusetts, most were found in Boston, another hotspot was upstate New York. >>

Actually, I thought they were mostly found in western Massachusetts.

braddick

<< <i>What are the odds of a double die? >>


Greater chance of being bitten by a shark...





and never swimming in the ocean.