1941-D Toned Roll

I picked up a toned BU Roll of 1941-D Cents a while back and just got around to looking at it. Turns out the entire roll is beautifully toned. There is a range of color and level of toning through the roll. The roll was tubed when I bought it, and it appears that two coins were replaced as they don't match the rest for toning. I have imaged 10 coins so far, including two that appear to be roll end coins. Enjoy!

































Here are what I believe are the roll end coins:

 

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Great roll!

 

very nice!

 

I should buy a roll myself..... love toned coined coins

 

A fantastic roll of wheats. Has he got anymore?

 

Those are really pretty.

 

Those are gorgeous! Let me know if you plan on selling any.

 

Nice coins, indeed. What's fantastic are the quality of the pics. Nice going, Ray! Gorgeous shots.

n.b. I've worked with Ray for a while now and he has built me a custom photography rig similar to the one he used for those shots. My coin pics have gone from "fair/good" to very good overnight. What helped me more than just the rig was Ray's very patient and caring approach to understanding my needs and his conscientious follow through, even beyond delivery, in helping me properly use the equipment. Thanks again, Ray.

 

Those are SWEET Ray....high grade to boot!

 

I really hope you sell me one of these coins....

 

I want to image the majority of them first. I'm loading the images directly to my website now. You can see them at http://macrocoins.com in the image gallery, 1941-D Toned Roll. Nice to see them all there together! I have a few more to upload, plus perhaps 19 more to image, before I decide what to do with them all.

 

I also want to say that I use my home monitor, which has a fairly neutral setting, to calibrate my image vs in-hand look. I am at the moment viewing the coins on my work monitor, and they appear wildly-toned! I wonder if others are seeing this wild toning as well? The toning is actually relatively subtle on these coins...Ray

 

The toning is relatively subtle on my laptop. The pastel colors are there, but not in your face like a lot of colorful toning is. I also love how clean the coin's surface is.

 

Those are magnificent! I mean it, I mean it, I mean it, I mean it!

 

Nice looking find,congrats!

 

Is it hard to find actual unopened rolls like this? How much of a premium do they carry?

 

I've uploaded more images (total now of 25 coins) to my website. You can view them at:

http://www.macrocoins.com/1941-d-toned-roll.html

A few more coins to image and then I'll decide what I will keep and what I will sell...

 

Yeah, it's hard. As to the premium, it's difficult to say, but I do know this. Do you see the cents with the pink on them? Pink doesn't carry much of a premium. Supposing instead it was advertised as, "periwinkle." Everybody is going to think, "Ooh, what a big word for such a tiny brain!" And that's why periwinkle is always worth more than pink.

 

Whipps...Unopened, unsearched OBW rolls are getting tougher to find. It was common practice in the 60's through 80's to open paper rolls and put them in plastic tubes to protect the coins from toning. In fact this roll came to me in a plastic tube, not in its original OBW wrapper, and it carried no premium over bid. In general, if you find a dealer with OBW, they will usually have a mix of tubed, real OBW, and tampered-with OBW. Often they know the difference and price accordingly, but most don't attach a premium to the OBW for various reasons. As an example, this 1941-D roll was in a big group of rolls I purchased from a major dealer who was cognizant of the extra value of OBW's. He charged me bid for the tubed rolls, and ask for the OBW. Often dealers will charge 10-20% over ask for OBW. If I find an OBW I really want, and it has all the right characteristics, I'll gladly pay 2x ask to put it in my collection...unopened.

 

Nice pick Ray and as always, excellent photos.