Is this color normal ? I have a coin in similar color but it's a 97 and I thought it's damaged because someone did the gold experiment on it.
The 63 coin is bronze and the 97 coin is 100% copper outer shell/zinc inside. The bronze does have a different color than the pure copper, and will tone differently also ( if both in same environment) Jim
I took these out of a plastic coin roll and assume the color is close to what it was when the mint produced them.
Based upon what, exactly? Put-together "BU rolls", which is what I assume you have based upon the plastic tube, are simply what someone believed to be "BU" examples and is in no way suggestive of such lofty grades.
I don't mean to come across as rude, but here is a reality check. Unless you have a lot of experience with high grade modern coins, looked at a lot of high grade slabbed coins, understand the nuances that the grading services are looking for, and get a little lucky, the chances of finding one of these is slim. There is no way I can tell if the coin is a high grade based on your pics. While your pics may work for variety/error identification, they aren't good enough to determine the grade at those levels. Producing an image that is true to the coin in hand is an absolute requirement to even have a shot at getting a valid opinion and not many on here can do that. Bottom line, you're going to have to spend $30-$50 per coin to have them graded, regardless of the opinions here. If you are certain they are 67 and higher (assuming a high grade 63D carries a premium) send them in. You're betting that you have enough experience and knowledge to make some money. But if you're wrong, you'll end up with a $1 coin in an expensive piece of plastic
Most of the cent coins, even though I am not sure when it changed, went to banks in bags of 5000, who then rolled them for customers, then in ballistic bags of tens of thousands to banks or places like Guarda, String, etc. The only cents I know came straight from the mint in rolls were commemorative cents such as 2009 issues, but didn't really pay attention to intermediates. The plastic rolls are not necessarily air tight. I tested some by putting several drops of water soluble ink ( a fountain pen bottle or a plastic cartridge insert) into the capsule, fill 3/4 full of water, seal, and put into a container of clear water and check back later. If you like , you could squeeze very very gently to simulate changes in atmospheric pressure a few times if you live in an area of changing weather. A tinge of ink in the outer water indicates leakage. One popular tube had leaked in the first few minutes. Some even that advertise as being air tight also had small leakage. Jim
A common thing to do to prepare rolls for long-term storage is to put tape around the end. I'm not sure how effective doing that is with those square kind of modern rolls but I don't seem to have a problem keeping air out of the old hard clear plastic roll tubes doing this.
To the OP: I was a kid in the 1960s. Roll "collecting" started then. Dealers couldn't make a big enough profit selling 1960s dated cents, so they pushed rolls. 1960s dated cents in UNC are very common. Why would anybody care if a 1963 cent was MS-67? Who collects them? I do not know one collector personally who collects 1960s cents in MS-67. And, the story gets worse. In 1968 when the SF mint issued the cent, a new cent "collecting" strategy started - $50 US Mint sealed bags. As I remember it, in 1973 SF announced it would reduce the mintage and hoarders bought them all up. It was nearly impossible to find a 1973 S cent in the Midwest. To reduce the hoarding problem... as I remember it... the SF Mint shipped cents into the Denver Mint area, and sure enough 1974 S cents were showing up there. It has been suggested that this issue caused the closing of the SF Mint - hoarding of the Mint bags by dealers. 1973 S cents are still difficult to find in the Midwest in 2018 by roll searchers. I do agree that it's fun to find nearly UNC 1960s dated coins in 2018.
I am not sure I understand. In the title of this post you say " Found 1963 D UNC COIN ROLL". Are you saying that you found an entire roll of 1963-Ds or are you saying you found one 1963-D you want to grade out of the whole roll? Coin rolls are typically mixed, unless you buy a roll specifically designated as "1963-D" from someone, and if that is the case, good luck what you find in there.
Thank you for your comments on the 1963 UNC D Penny roll. Every penny in the roll is a 1963 D in uncirculated condition. I found the penny roll in an antique shop and they were in a plastic container with a screw on lid. I am new to coin collecting so in the future I will try to draw a more precise description. NGC’s price guide list the 1963 D MS Red at $30.00 in MS 65, MS 66 at $275.00, MS 67 at $3000 and they have not graded any higher than the MS 67.
I suggest setting them aside until you learn more about coin collecting and coin grading. Take them out after you have more knowledge and reexamine them. Sending coins to be graded can be expensive. It doesn't take many coins to not meet expectations before the costs outweigh the benefits. For many new collectors this can become a very expensive lesson.
I will certainly take your advice under consideration. I thank you for your advice and it is greatly appreciated.
