If only we knew the date... pretty cool eBay item!

Weather11am

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Disclaimer: I am not related to the seller. I saw this and thought it was neat.

AMRC

It is cool. Not sure it is an uncirculated roll, and seller is careful not to make that claim.

CoinZip

CaptHenway

The paper roll is original. The coins? Who knows.

lasvegasteddy

now 1953 on both ends in an old tight san fran paper...that could be exciting

TwoSides2aCoin

Someone will find out how big everything in Texas is and we will know how much they paid to find out, even if we never know.

Justlooking

Never know. Could be good, could be something somebody else bought in an ebay auction.

WoodenJefferson

I would have thought the Comptroller would have shown images of both ends?

ms70

I want that in my stocking for Christmas.

johnny9434

thats interesting.

BillJones

The end coin looks like a piece of junk to me. I can barely make out the Liberty Bell on it. It has the appearance of a coin that was dropped in a parking lot and run over by a few cars.

I would regard this as a silver bullion lot at best. The source is Texas Unclaimed Property, going by the seller's name. At 51 times face, I'll pass.

Even if the coins are all BU it's too much money. A few years ago I ran into a couple of BU rolls of Franklin half dollars that were rapped like this. The 40 coins turned out to be 1962-D half dollars. I went through it and graded them. There were a couple of pieces that I would have called MS-63. The rest were MS-60 to 62 with most of them in the low end of that range. It gave me a sense of why that date is so expensive in high grade. The Denver Mint did a lousy job of making them! The Gray Sheet bid/ask on those rolls was only $250/$270 which only a little more than half the bid on this current lot.

TopographicOceans

99% of rolls sold on eBay are home made and somehow most have a coin showing at the end that is much more interesting than the 49 other circulated Wheaties inside.

CoinCrazyPA

<< <i>I would have thought the Comptroller would have shown images of both ends? >>




Maybe it was a paper plug, I have had quite a few original rolls of Franklins with a plug on one end.

ricko

For the winners sake, at $622, I sure hope there is more than just junk silver in there... Cheers, RickO

astrorat

<< <i>99% of rolls sold on eBay are home made and somehow most have a coin showing at the end that is much more interesting than the 49 other circulated Wheaties inside. >>

Are you inferring that this auction is for a "made up" roll with the intent to deceive eBay bidders?

Wabbit2313

I was wondering why a common 1883-CC beat up GSA sold for $275 from this seller. I then saw the underbidder with 100% activity with the seller, bidding on 28 different items of his.

No thanks!

MadMarty

For some reason any of the state auction sites, and the "Police Auction" sites, Get crazy bidders. Stuff on these sites always goes for much more than it would with a private party auction. People are just stupid sometimes.