What to do with 5 59-D and 4 60-D Lincoln rolls

Moonbiter

Just went through and looked at the only original bank rolls I have and I'm debating on cracking open one of each and try for the elusive 67+ RD grade. Chances are pretty small, but it is sooooo tempting. If you had 5 rolls of 59-D and 4 rolls of 60-D large date, what would you do?

roadrunner

Fwiw Littleton is a strong buyer at times for orig rolls/bags of BUMemorial cents. A dealer friend of mine recently sent off a shipment to them and received 2X bid for them. I believe that was their posted price.

roadrunner

Smittys

Lots of RPM's to look for

ambro51

The letdown is probably not worth the anticipation.

Discolored, spotted, bag marked coins............thats all I found one time I ripped into an old roll of 1961's. Just threw them into the can........total waste of time and effort.

Type2

You can sell them to me.

oreville

Moonbiter: Hang onto them as is. The supply of these rolls once overwhelming is finally starting to get smaller and smaller.

You will someday thank me.

The same thing happened to the 1955-D obw rolls. Back in 1998, Virg Marshall could not unload his 1955-D obw rolls. I took them all at $2 per roll. He was so happy, he gave me some of the rolls at face value. A total of 40 rolls at $75 for ALL the rolls.

Fast forward to 2009. How much are those 40 rolls worth? I turned down an offer of $770 for all 40 rolls just a few weeks ago.

You might have to wait 10-15 years more but it is worth it.

More importantly, what is the inscription ON THE PAPER ROLLS THEMSELVES? Do they mention the Federal Reserve or any particular bank name? That adds to the charm of those rolls.

Moonbiter

8 of the 9 are marked:

Seattle Branch
Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco

The other is marked:

California Bank
Head Office
Los Angeles, Calif