On a lark, I bought several rolls of Lincoln cents that were advertised to have been "Unsearched by Me [the seller]". They came in the old style rolled-end rolls that didn't appear to have been opened and re-rolled so they may have actually been original bank rolls. In each roll, I found what was a fairly even mix of wheat years from the 10's through 1958, with one or two AU-55 Reds and/or IHCs thrown in. There were few surprises; the nicest surprise was a RB 1909 AU-55. There were a few F and EF grade coins that I used to upgrade my from-circulation Cent collection (which is now missing only the S-VDB). Total out of six rolls: Wheats 4x 1910 3x 1911 1X 1913 4X 1914 1X 1915 1X 1915-D 4x 1916 2x 1917 5x 1918 1x 1918-D 11x 1919 2x 1919-S 6x 1920 3x 1923 3x 1924 1x 1925 1x 1925-S 4x 1926 2x 1926-D 4x 1928 1x 1928-S 5x 1929 1x 1929-S 1x 1933-D 5x 1934 14x 1935 5x 1935-D 8x 1936 1x 1936-S 5x 1937 1x 1938 6x 1939 4x 1940 3x 1940-S 5x 1941 2x 1941-S 6x 1942 1x 1942-S 7x 1943 10x 1944 6x 1944-D 10x 1945 3x 1945-D 8x 1946 4x 1946-D 2x 1946-S 3x 1947 4x 1947-D 3x 1948 2x 1948-D 2x 1948-S 1x 1949-D 2x 1949-S 1x 1950 3x 1950-D 1x 1950 7x 1951-D 2x 1952 11x 1952-D 2x 1952-S 1x 1953 7x 1953-D 2x 1954 5x 1954-D 3x 1954-S 2x 1955 2x 1955-D 1x 1955-S 3x 1956 6x 1956-D 2x 1957 17x 1957-D 1x 1958 6x 1958-D IHC 1x 1893 1x 1900 1x 1901 1x 1904 2x 1905 3x 1906 2x 1907
Ah man. I've bought so many "unsearched" rolls in hopes of being one of the lucky ones who get a key-date..i.e. the 1909S VDB. Most never have anything spectacular, and I usually end up re-rolling them for my 'hoard' I'm starting. I now have $10.50 in face value of wheats and I.H.'s. The last two rolls I got though actually had a total of 18 Indian Heads, which was quite the surprise. Still though, I'm just waiting for that one roll that contains a key date. Maybe patience will pay off someday. Some decent finds though. 11 1919? That's so odd, that seems to be the one year in the teens I find the most of. My last few rolls all had 4-5 1919's in them. How strange
I occasionally buy supposedly unsearched rolls of cents. I'm never really holding out much hope that most are actually unsearched. What are the odds a roll that is nearing 75-80 years old has remained unsearched by anyone? Although I've never found a key date, it seems quite a few have failed to search (if indeed they have been searched) for varieties, as I find quite a few. I don't collect varieties, but they come in handy as trade material at my local coin shop. Guy~
David, did you get them off Ebay or from a local advertisement?" I've only bought a few individual IH and they were overpriced and worn out!
My last four rolls. I got a few good ones here. This is hard on these old eyes. Wheat 2x 1910 1x 1910-S 1x 1911 5x 1912 1x 1912-D 1x 1913 11x 1914 1x 1915 6x 1916 14x 1917 7x 1918 1x 1918-D 3x 1919 4x 1919-S 10x 1920 1x 1920-D 1x 1922-D 2x 1923 5x 1924 5x 1925 12x 1926 2x 1926-D 19x 1927 3x 1927-D 2x 1927-S 5x 1928 2x 1928-S 6x 1929 5x 1929-D 6x 1929-S 2x 1930 2x 1930-D 1x 1930-S 1x 1931 1x 1933-D 1x 1934 3x 1935 1x 1935-D 1x 1936 2x 1936-D 1x 1937-S 1x 1938-D 1x 1939 1x 1939-S 1x 1940-S 1x 1944 1x 1944-S 3x 1945-S 2x 1946-S 1x 1947-D 1x 1950-S 2x 1952-D 1x 1952-S 2x 1953-S 1x 1954-S 1x 1955 1x 1955-S 1x 1956-D 1x 1958 2x 1958-D IHC 3x 1887 3x 1888 1x 1891 1x 1898 1x 1899 1x 1900 3x 1908 1x 1908-S 1x 1909
WOW Very impressive. 08-S Indian? 33-D,10-S Lincolns?? You seem to have stumbled onto some nice rolls. CONGRATS !!!!!!
Hi davidh, Great finds... you nearly got a complete collection there! I have gone through a lot of loose wheats and haven't found many more early dates than you have in those rolls. Congratulations! jeankay
David, Great finds. Just as an FYI, the distribution of coins in your rolls suggests the rolls were loaded with early dates and probably searched. Most people don't care as long as they find keys/semi-keys. Did you find the later dates (40s and 50s) in the same rolls, or did you find the later dates mixed with the early ones? Jim
These were ebay purchases. As I said in my original post, "In each roll, I found what was a fairly even mix of wheat years from the 10's through 1958, with one or two AU-55 Reds and/or IHCs thrown in." I have little doubt that the rolls were created. Since there were no Memorial cents at all, the implication is that they were rolled in 1958 or shortly after. If that was the true case, there would have been a far larger percentage of late Wheat cents in AU. The actual mix was even on the 10's, 20's and 40's; less so on the 30's and more so on the 50's. The R's and RB's included one each 09, 37-S, 43 and 43-D, 44 and 47-D in addition to 10 in the 50's. The 10-S VG-F, 22-D F, 33-D F+ and 08-S F IHC were pleasant surprises. All of the IHC's were F-EF. side note - are the bright shiny 43, 43-D and 43-S cents referred to as Red or Red-Brown? Or are they White or White-Grey?
