Canada 1967 Dime Original Bank Roll...should I open it?

Just picked up an original bank roll of 1967 Canadian Dimes. Very tightly rolled paper (meaning I think it's not been opened since it was rolled.)


Text on the paper reads:

$5 DIMES
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
389 Main St.
Winnipeg, Manitoba

The two ends that are showing...don't look great. Like they've been on the end for a bit, and the coins have suffered as a result. However, they are typically toned for this date (all these 1967 Canadian silver coins have tended to tone up a storm, from what I've seen.)







The collector in me wants to open this bad boy up and see what treasures can be found inside.

Worst case scenario, I open it up and it's all ugly 1967 dimes that I can sell for about what I paid.
Best case scenario, I open it up and there are some spectacular high grade toners inside waiting to be found. Or some older coins...​

The dealer in me wonders if the roll will bring a significant premium in its original unopened state, enough to warrant leaving it as is.

Worst case scenario, someone else opens it up and finds some high grade toners and/or older coins. Or someone opens it up and it's a bunch of junk and they blame me for that.
Best case scenario, it's worth a significant premium to another collector and I make a few buck, but I don't get to look inside.
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The way I see it, I should open it up, right? RIGHT???

What do you guys think?

Yes, that is a 1925 nickel (key date) there holding the roll in place. Just picked it up today.

 

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you can pick open 1 end. see whats inside then recrimp the wrapper..

 

Keep the roll intact! Curiosity killed the cat!

 

Oh, I know I can do that. But if I'm going to sell it as an original bank roll that I've not looked through...I probably shouldn't look through it. Of course, the chances that someone else has already looked through it are probably pretty reasonable.

And in all likelihood, I won't be able to close it back up as nicely as it is right now.

The only cat 'round these here parts is not allowed to play with coins, as she refuses to learn proper coin handling technique and prefers instead to lay directly on top of them. (This happened ONCE in the past, and amendments to the constitution were immediately made through a special session of Coingress.)

 

OPEN IT! Or you're gonna' kill us all wondering.

 

My curiosity is in panic mode right about now. If he doesn't soon I'll be quoting Fred Sanford "I'm comin' Lizbeth".

 

My 2 cents worth is selfish because I collect unopened original rolls of all coins and metals.

 

Last year I had a 1958 quarter lying on my table waiting for me to photograph it, I had found it in a coinstar machine. My cat Lyosha came along and hauled off with it and dropped it on the floor. He is a complete little PITA when it comes to CRHing, he takes off with spent rolls etc, bats coins around. He thinks he is a meowmismatist. Oh, and he lies on them, rolls around etc also.

 

Open it....unless you're I too deep ,if so take a small profit and move on.

 

It's the variety and error collector that needs to be satisfied. If I had not opened that 1998P cent roll awhile back I would not be sitting on big bucks with the 12 WAMS I found. Plus I need to fund my meager retirement check. Guess I'm selfish that way.

 

Schrolingers cat.

 

What if I said that the variety/error collector in me had already been satisfied with a couple other cherrypicks today?

 

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You would love to open the 20 rolls of 82 P copper Lincolns. I had 50 rolls from the bank in 82 but traded 30 rolls for other unopened rolls over time.

 

Well...cue the losing Plinko noise from Price is Right. Blech.

The end roll toners were beat up. The inner coins were UNC, but only had a slight golden ring around the edges. Lots of obverse machine doubling, including QE2's profile, but no actual die doubling. Best coin in the roll...the BEST coin in the roll...has a plating issue on the obverse. Second obverse is the coin at an angle so you can see it better:



wah wahhhhhhhhhhh

 

Holy mackerel

 

Best news I've received all day: took the roll into the LCS and used their metal purity detector (I don't know what the technical term for it is) and confirmed that the roll is the 80% variety, not the 50%.)

So, that's 3 oz of silver vs the 1.875 oz it would have been as the 50% variety. I like the sound of that. I also like them apples.

 

Online it says the mint state dimes of this date are $20.
I thought the 50% was in 1968. So in 1967 they had 50% and 80%?
Thanks for the information.

 

In 1968 they had the Cu-Ni and the 50%. In 1967, 50% and 80%.

I'm sure there is a "book value" of $20 for one of these in Mint State...but I don't know anyone who's sold one raw for that price. Usually I can buy them for melt or very close to it.

 

Yes the last 2 1968's I got (Coin Star) were not 50% silver, so I was aware of that.
Here's the link I was referencing:http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins-prices.php?coin=10-cents-1967&years=10-cents-1967-1967
I see I was looking at the MS-65 the other MS grade/prices seem normal:

Year
MS-60 MS-62 MS-63 MS-64 MS-65 MS-66
1967 $3.30 $4.70 $5.40 $9.40 $21.90 $160