1974 penny roll.

@Mike the plumber
What you need is a software program to process your images before you post them. I believe that PhotoScape is a free download.

It's always best to crop your images, first, to remove all of the unnecessary background. Then, you can resize the photo to enlarge it. After that, you should select "Full Image" rather than "Thumbnail" when uploading the file. The thumbnail on CT really sucks!

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This is the best i can do. Sorry.

 

Could be grease from the press got into the depressions of the die that made those letters. It can be transitory for just a few cents and then back to normal. No real value, part of normal minting process.

 

I second motion what desertgem said. But check your coin make sure the R don't look like this. If it looks like the picture below it's a doubled die. Notice the diagonal cross bar line of the R how it's split and looks to be the same size? That's doubled die

 

Thank you all. You have all been great anytime i have a question. And thatks i will look for the double die again. And a better way so.send pictures.

 

I’m not an expert on this but I do collect bank wrapped rolls of Lincoln cents. Especially from Bank of America. I do know that you are sure to find bank wrapped rolls from the ‘70’s of any denomination of coins. When you look on eBay and see Morgan dólares and Indian head cents in original bank wrapped rolls then you have to wonder. I’m sure they are not original.

 

Yes, Tyler... even back in the olden days, you know, when dinosaurs roamed, we had crimped rolls. Haha... damned kids.

In fact, I've personally handled a few crimped original rolls dating back to the 30's, with many from the 40's and 50's, so this isn't a new thing. Also, it is wise to remember that crimped rolls in no way automatically mean original or that a roll was even machine wrapped. Skilled hands along with a very basic tool or two (such as a small flathead screwdriver) can produce a crimp every bit at tight as a machine, but even those less skilled can do so using a little tool sold by String and Sons. I forget what it's called, but basically, if one takes a roll they've crimped by hand, take this little thing and jam in on the end while twisting, the result will be something that resembles a machine wrapped roll.

 

I forget the name as well but I bought this kind of thing off of ebay around 10 years ago. Even though it was made out of plastic, it appeared to dig into the end coins and didn't even tighten the ends all that well. I only used it a couple of times because of this. Crimping, either by machine or hand, is just plain bad for coins (as coin roll hunters will often attest to from finding damaged end coins).

 

The "value" in the tool wasn't tightening the ends (as you said, it didn't, at all) but was in "rounding" them to give the machine-wrapped appearance.

We're certainly taking about the same thing, though, and was called "crimp-a-roll" or something else equally cheesy. And yes, I agree they were damaging, but caring for the coins inside also, and unfortunately, wasn't the point behind them.

 

Awesomely cool! And that error on a few of them makes a full (possibly BU) roll even cooler.

 

Cannot determine anything from the pictures... I realize you just have your phone, and it will require some magnified pictures to help you.

 

Whatever the case, they are beauties and seem to be in MS condition!

 

I have many original bank wrapped rolls of cents from 1975-1980 and the wrapping is identical to the op's. How do I know they are original? Because I got all of them at the bank back in the day.

 

I'm not sure why you quoted my post, Gilbert. I'm not disagreeing that the rolls in those years are original.

 

I misunderstood what you wrote. Apologies.

 

No worries, I looked at it a couple times and thought, hmmmmm. Maybe I'm missing something here (and I very well could be!)