my father has collected coins for some odd years now and has made a big deal of the new pennys around our household...upon bringing him a clear mint roll of 2009 pennies we noticed that the 15 or 16th penny in was old and odd looking compared to the rest of the shiney new pennies....he doesnt know what to make of it..has anyone else had this happen?
My father collects coins and i recently brought him a few rolls of the early childhood cents. they are the clear rolls from the mint we discovered one of the rolls has a odd old discolored penny 15 or 16 pennies into the roll...has anyone else seen anything like this?
Welcome to CoinTalk. We really need a photo to understand what you are describing. Edit And you only need to post your question once.
Welcome to the forum! Photos are great to have. You mention "clear rolls from the mint". Do you mean the rolls were in clear plastic shrink plastic? If so, the rolls were produced by the armored transport delivery company ( like Brinks or others) and not the mint. Mint wrapped coins definitely say on the paper they are from the mint. If they are not mint wrapped, then the company that rolled the clear plastic tube, had an older cent get in. Some of the bank wrapped rolls ( in paper) I have broke open occasionally have such coins ( different date) inside. A paper wrapped roll that says U.S. Mint on it ( available from the mint) should only have the specific coins and no others in the roll. Jim
Exactly. I just had an OBW solid date roll a month or so ago that had an older cent in the middle of the roll.
Yes, the bank coin supply company used their machine to make the tubes with the coins, so it is possible there would be a mix. Looking at the edges and the color variation, I would suspect more than one coin might be an older one. At least you can tell. When the bank roll is in paper, you just have to hope, especially if you sell or trade them. Jim
i have over 70 rolls between the log cabin and the early childhood pennies would it be unwise to open this roll?
There are no "early childhood" pennies. The first ones (LP1) show the log cabin he was born in. The second ones (LP2) show Lincoln taking a break from splitting logs, which he did after his father moved them to Illinois. Lincoln was 22 at the time. Call them the "railsplitter" pennies, or "formative years" or even LP2, but if you call them "early childhood" pennies you will only confuse people!
sorry for the bad termonology, i picked it up from a coin auction show....what should i do with this roll though open it or put it with the others, mystery unsolved?
I'd say open it, you can always reroll it in bank rolls, its really the mint rolls that people want, and those are Brinks rolls.
I had a roll of BU washington dc quarters that had two older quarters in it, just like yours. Since it was in the plastic, I broke open that roll... bob (and welcome!)
well my father and i opend the roll wearing the gloves and everything it turned out to be a plain 1996 d. all the other pennies in the roll were the same 2009 lp2...so we reroled the set still untoched and put them with the rest..mystery solved.
