This seller claims to have "S" mint El Yunque quarters in a Strings & Son wrapper. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-ROLL-2012-S-EL-YUNQUE-NATIONAL-FOREST-QUARTERS-NF-STRING-WRAPPER-HEAD-TAIL-/380552039856?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item589aab4db0 I was under the impression they were only available directly from the mint??? Is the seller delusional or just a scammer???
Anything is possible. I got 2012 D Native American dollar rolls at my bank when they weren't suppose to be released that way.
That photo shows that the roll has been carefully opened and not so neatly closed back up. Look at the bottom of the pic. I'm guessing a roll of P and/or D (or any quarters) with one S mint added to the opened end to make it look good. The seller is hoping the buyer will not open this roll. Stay away!
I would bet all 40 are S mint quarters, but these are the rejects from cherry picking the best from a 100 coin bag.
I sent him a msg asking for more details and photos - I doubt there will be a reply, but we'll see. Photo that's on there now looks like he stuck his roll of whatever quarters on a scanner and scanned it.
You can buy the wrappers from String and Sons. These are most likely from bags the seller bought from the mint and he's just trying to make a buck or two off buyers that think they're getting the sold out mint wrapped rolls..
I have access to hundreds of wrappers a day as a bookkeeper for a mid sized business. We buy quarters from the bank daily. The roll in that picture has been opened. The ends of the paper have been turned up which is the only way to open those without tearing the paper as the edges are perforated. Unaltered rolls do not have creases on the ends.
It may not have been opened - I've seen 100's of new cent rolls that looked like that, where the machine wrapped one or both ends loosely.
I agree, the seller likely rolled the coins himself. The coins were originally from a Mint bag or roll. The best coins were taken out. A lot of the so called bank rolls on ebay are this way. At least from my experience the coins in them are often substandard ones that the seller didn't want, I do not even look at such rolls anymore.
Does it really matter? I mean, as long as they are S Mint coins and as long as they are El Yunque everything should be cool. According to your other threads these S Mint coins will be worth more than $4 each due to some future demand right? Nothing was mentioned about "where" the coins came from.
Guess you have to assume the rolls have been picked. But, at the link I posted above, I’ve bought some nice rolls. This guy sells a lot of all rolls, so it doesn’t look like he has time to pick them. I did order 2 El Yunque rolls from him, but haven’t opened them yet. I’ve only noticed the end coins are very shiny or brilliant compared to my rolls from the mint. Anyone notice this difference between the rolled & bagged coins?
