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Shrink-wrapped rolls question, How long have they been being used?

commoncentscommoncents Posts: 138
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I saw some 1981-D Lincoln cents on Ebay that were in the plastic shrink-wrapped rolls. But I can't remember ever seeing any of those type of rolls untill just a few years ago. Does anyone know when the mint or Brinks or the Fed-reserve banks started using them ? Thanks for any replies.
commoncents

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,736 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The fed no longer wraps coins. I believe Brinks was the first to use the shrink
    wrapped plastic back in the mid-70's. They didn't start getting pretty common
    until about the early to mid '80's. Now they are ubiquitous in this area. I've not
    seen a new shotgun roll in years. (around '94)
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • richbeatrichbeat Posts: 2,288 ✭
    I have shrink wrapped rolls of uncirculated Denver cents back to 1988, but I'm sure shrink wrapped rolls go back further than that. image

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