Look at this auction if you can. http://cgi.ebay.com/1948-D-LINCOLN-...oryZ3358QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem What do you think about this kind of auction and has anyone delt with this seller?
Don't know the seller from Adam. But I do know I'd never bid on such an auction - pig in a poke. And I don't think they had shotgun rolls in the '40s.
I posted this auction for no real reason, I'm not going to bid, however I was thinking about buying one in from the late 50's. My end goal is that I would like to have a bank roll of wheat cents. What where the rolls like in the 50'S, clarify what did the rolls themselves look like?
the auction of his that i do find interesting is the mystery wheat roll that he is offering with the 1914d showing on the end. at that point you know you are getting a key, everything else is just a bonus.
Ahhh.... There is the rub. There are NO 1914d coins in the roll!!!! That's just a stock photo. Auction CLEARLY states that is for a roll of 1948d coins. Therefore, the current (as I write this) price of $100+ is interesting, to say the least.
no no no, you misunderstood me. he has a few auctions listed. one of his auctions is for a wheat roll, and showing on the end is a 1914d. he is basically giving you a guarantee of getting the 1914d. check out his other auctions.
No return on opened rolls, what if the rest of the roll is circulated junk? I never saw any 'shotgun' rolls till the 70s.
you are still not understanding what i am saying. The link that started this thread is for a roll of 1948 wheats. But when you search the sellers OTHER auctions, he has a roll in which he is guaranteeing you a 1914d wheat. Its not a stock photo, he states it in his OTHER auction. It is pictured on the outside of the roll.
I understand completely, my point is that there are no returns on opened rolls, so what if the rolls contained junk, not BU cents?
1948d auction discussion Hmmm... just taking it from my angle... I checked the 2008 Red Book of Coins and 1948d is listed as 3.00 for a MS65. Which, I believe would be about 150.00, IF the coins were all 48d and each one could be graded MS65, which in my experience has not and probably will never happen. So that brings some of the cents down to maybe 10 to 60 cents each in actual value depending on condition. I have always looked at roll searching as being a type of gambling. You either win in a little way or a medium way or a big way. If you paid more than face value for the roll of coins... which many of us find it necessary to do because of lack of banks that order from the mint or its jobbers... then you must take the cost of the shipping in consideration. Seriously? Do I care?... not really if I get a few good coins from one roll then I am happy. I still have what is left over to spend, or roll and turn in so I can buy more coins. Doesn't this all seem like a vicious circle? Yeh, but it is a very fun vicious circle.... jeankay
