I have a bunch of "D" Wisconsin quarter rolls that were gathered at a bank by me here in Arizona back when they came out. As I understand it all of the "extra leaf" error coins were all "D's" from Arizona. My guess would be that there are few if any original unsearched Arizona rolls of Wisconsin quarters in existence. Should I search them, or ask $100 each on Ebay? I am thinking of asking $100 each on Ebay and if they do not sell then searching them. what do you think? What would you do?
I don't know the value of those quarters, but the trick (to me) seems to be: 1. How are you going to convince total strangers that these quarters really do come from Arizona and 2. In your auction, you need to refer to articles or links that conclusively prove your claim that all the errors originally came from AZ rolls. If you can do that effectively, you can probably get a premium. But oh my, what if they actually DO contain some of the errors
How many do you have? It seems like you would be able to get a premium on ebay if you word it right....Good luck!
To tell you the truth I have not even checked the end coins. It says here that they are from AZ and TX. http://reviews.ebay.com/Wisconsin-E...rs-Error-3-Designs_W0QQugidZ10000000004883313 If someone else has a link that establishes the link between Arizona and these errors I could use it.
But if there are errors in them there is a potential there. The potential is much greater since they are from AZ. Also I doubt if there are any other unsearched AZ rolls of Wisconsin quarters
That's a big IF. Personally, I think capitalizing on the "unsearched roll" craze borders on unethical, but then again, everyone should be held accountable for their own actions -- including anyone who would pay a premium for unsearched rolls.
Generally it may be unethical but these are a different case. These are probably the only original AZ gathered Wisconsin quarters in existence. It would be like finding a dozen 1955 bu penny rolls gathered from Boston banks in 1955.
If they truly are unsearched, then there is nothing unethical about stating that in an auction listing. They would be bought with speculation, and the speculation MAY be right....there could be an error coin there.
I don't think it is unethical. The buyer is trying his hand at the lottery. I bought an opened box of 10 proof set from 1983. I paid a big premium for the set and I didn't end up with any no-s dimes but it was my and only my descision to buy. The seller was just selling what he made!!
First off, I don't believe for a second that these are the only original AZ gathered WI quarter rolls. Second, there's quite a difference in value (and age) between the 1955 DDO and the WI extra leaf quarters. Lastly, and most importantly, ethics shouldn't be case (or value) sensitive. But maybe that's just the idealist in me talking....Mike
Oh I know that the extra leaf error is no 1955 DD, but I would think that most if not all AZ gathered Wisconsin quarters have been broken into and searched. btw a Boston gathered roll of 1955 cents would bring more than $100 wouldn't you think?
That's an assumption I'm not willing to make. In short, I would not find it hard to believe there are lots of these rolls sitting in closets or safes or other places. Said another way, numismatics isn't nearly as popular as we think. Not from me, it wouldn't. Call me crazy, but I prefer to know what I'm buying BEFORE I pay a premium for it.
Honestly I would open them, worst case you pick out a few really nice ones, send it in and maybe get a MS69/70 and make more of a profit with no risk of loosing an VALUABLE error
