Hey guys, We have been talking about the unsearched rolls on eBay lately. I said I would let everyone know what I got in the one I bought for $10.25+$3.25 shipping. When I looked at the roll one end of the paper was a bit loose. I showed it to my wife and told her I thought it had been searched. Not necessairily by the seller though. Well, I opened it up by unrolling the loose end and the cents pushed right out. There were 25 common cents in the 1950s. One 1953 S has a strange mint mark that is possibly inverted. There was a 1919 S VF+, a 1927,28,29,35. 3-1940, 4-1946, 2-1944, 1-1945, 1-1947, 2-1948 D,48,49. And IHC 1888,96 1903,05 and included in the envelope was a 1897 in a cardboard flip. I wasn't overly excited, to say the least, UNTIL I found the misplaced date on the 1888 IHC ! I was glancing through the Cherrypicker's Guide to see if just maybe there was something missed. You all are aware by now that I am not set up for photos yet. But I took a scan and pointed out the underlying numbers with red arrows. See what you guys think ?
the pic is of an 1880, not 1886. But I can't tell from the pics what the arrows point at, but nice find
Your over excite got the wrong date as already mentioned. It does not mean it is not a misplaced date - just nothing in my cherry pickers guide for 1880. You would probably need the Rick Snow books on IHC's to check on that.
Yeah, I saw that. But the serifs on the 1 clearly match up as does the very bottom of the "8". Someone said it is in terrible condition, to which I readily agree, But the beasuty of overstrike is the primary is below the wear. I am going to try my other scanner tomorrow and submit a scan to CONECA if I can. I must post the `1953 S also. I cannot determine exactly what it is, but know that it is different than 4-5 coins I compared it to. Thanks.
Well. this experience turned out a lot better than a lot of them. If I can get a few bucks off the IHCs and determine exactly what the error on the 1953 S is (I think it is inverted) I did get a few more holes filled in the books I am putting together to sell. I mean it's ALL GOOD! There was not a single coin in the roll that I would expect to get in change. I will take the loss from my bugeted gambling money. So instead of playing a slot machine, I got the coins. LOL Thanks
The points of the 1 are coming out underneath and directly west of the neck of the Indian. The bottom of the first 8 is seen just to the south. This 1880 misplaced date has not been catalogued by FS yet. Even though it's well worn, I am thinking of sending it in. Maybe it's a variety that has not show up yet ? It looks like the misplaced date of other year coins ? I will try my other scanner tomorrow for a better shot. This is a Brand New laptop (had a burn out with my old one) and I have not decided which photo shop program to download yet. When there is more than 1 they conflict ? And just don't work right. Thanks.
Theo nly inverted mintmark I'm aware of is the 1946 S http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Featured/1946Sinverted.html But that's not to say yours isn't one
hey everyone, my first post! ill tell you, you def have to be carefuly about ebays "unsearched" rolls of anything, what u want to keep your eyes out for are large lots of hundred of coins i recently score the coin of a lifetime in a "bag of junk coins" well, in that bad was one semi key buffalo nickel, one KEY date and one AMAZING coin that i cannont quite tell you guys yet, becasue im taking pics to post it let me know if i can ever help out with ebay purchase for you guys and gals, ive been doing ebay for over 5 years now and made a really great amount of positive transactions there -spiro
