Now this roll is on fire!!!
ahooka454
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Sellers handle, ilovebadgirls.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
-Paul
Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA
http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
Ok, back from Fantasy Island. I cant believe this works.
Bob
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I knew it would happen.
78750Aggie
I knew it would happen.
Don't get me wrong. I've bought from him multiple times, and usually there is no question. But these two both have very thin rolled ends. It's easy to see in the 2nd pic, although both of them are the same way.
Most old original rolls have ends that are almost the same size as each other. These don't.
Again, most of the rolls I've bought from this seller have been original.
I recently encountered a similar instance on a 1966 roll of Quarters that was clearly re-wrapped in the old-style orange wrapper, and the seller admitted that it had been re-wrapped by "his" dealer. Again, that seller had been pretty reliable in the past.
I've found never-opened OBW rolls of all stripes and flavors harder to find as the weeks go by.
I knew it would happen.
an "original roll" off Ebay and ever found something that made the purchase
exceptionally worthwhile?
I'd really like to hear your big scores.
And how many here have fallen for the old "unsearched roll" ploy and have
come up empty? Can you admit you had $$$ in your eyes that maybe got the better of you?
Thanks for the pics.
Id also like to hear about some of the stories about rolls from ebay.
If your feeling lucky go buy a powerball ticket... that will only cost you a buck and your odds of winning are about the same
I knew it would happen.
I knew it would happen.
<< <i>Has anybody here ever, in all your years of this hobby ever bought
an "original roll" off Ebay and ever found something that made the purchase
exceptionally worthwhile?
I'd really like to hear your big scores.
And how many here have fallen for the old "unsearched roll" ploy and have
come up empty? Can you admit you had $$$ in your eyes that maybe got the better of you? >>
Actually, in my Morgan roll collecting, I've found several rolls that are obviously from the same bag and kept together.
Some were obviously rewrapped and a few were not. I remember an 1882-O roll that I bought off the bay from a
newbie that had 9 1882-o/s, 3 1882-o/o and the rest were all normal dies. Pretty good roll for $250. I have a
perfectly matched two roll set of 1881-s PL morgans, all twenty from the same PL bag. So, as far as Morgan dollars
go, you can still find some great roll deals.
bob
PS: I've found AU/BU rolls described as matched BU coins. Lot's of crap out there as well.
The other thing which is suspicious to me is that for years there is one bidder (the one with over 1100 feedbacks) which kind of looks a bit like a shill bidder on many of the more expensive auctions--he's been doing this everytime I check for at least 5 or 6 years. This bidder wins some of these auctions and has in the past sold “original” “unopened” rolls of his own on eBay. Maybe there’s nothing wrong at all, but it just smells a little fishy.
This is a picture of an OBW roll I won.
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Fine print at the very end (smallest font used in the entire listing): NO GUARANTEE OF WHAT YOU MAY FIND. ROLLS COULD BE SPOTTED TARNISNHED OR TONED.
morris
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Note the seller never said it was unopened.
This seller was slightly more than acceptable until about 5 years ago. Now he is very marginally acceptable. I used to buy from him when he had some decent rolls. His later offerings have deteriorated.
I have not bought from him in quite some time.
Ditto for "unopened" proof and mint sets.
It's the treasure hunter in me, I suppose.
SELL stuff unsearched? Me? Never!
I'll often sell stuff unpicked for die varieties, since I don't give a hoot about varieties for the most part. But not being able to SEE the coins?
Couldn't do it.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Gimme a break!
I once got some circ rolls from the bank and noticed they had an old bank name on them, with the old pre-ZIP code postal code on them. (For example, "Minneapolis 16, Minnesota".) The rolls (well, the wrappers, anyway) were from a bank in Cleveland, Ohio, as I recall, though I was in North Carolina at the time.
Realizing that ZIP codes began sometime around the late-Eisenhower or early-Kennedy era, I began to salivate.
Yup, sure 'nuf... each roll was solid Wheaties, through and through! They were circulated coins, and not BUs, but that was a fun little lick, gettin' 'em for face value, from the bank.
My point is, if those circ rolls had been put away that long, why couldn't the one we're discussing have also been?
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.
Ditto for "unopened" proof and mint sets.
It's the treasure hunter in me, I suppose.
SELL stuff unsearched? Me? Never!
I'll often sell stuff unpicked for die varieties, since I don't give a hoot about varieties for the most part. But not being able to SEE the coins?
Couldn't do it.
lordmarcovan, I know exactly what you mean. A "cookie monster on caffeine" is just about the right description!! I bought what, about 30 rolls of the 1958-P Roosies, and another 35 rolls of the 1959-P Roosies from the same older gentleman. Then I did something dumb.
Almost every roll had toners, so I proceeded to open all the 1958-Ps, thinking that I would remove the end coins and put them into 2x2's to "preserve them" which I did. I glanced through a couple of the rolls, and finding them unremarkable, I just put them away with 48 coins in each roll.
Now, I am thinking that I screwed up. I should have left them intact until I was ready to look through them, but I was like a little kid in a candy shop. At least I stopped when I did. I made a contract with myself that I don't get to open any more rolls until I have time to look through the ones I already opened.
It's killin' me.
I knew it would happen.