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<p>[QUOTE="EyeEatWheaties, post: 988358, member: 26972"]I have those on my saved search list and have been watching them. I won a 55 and 53 from 2 different sellers and both were repackaged. The amounts I paid would have bought better coins Pcgs certified than what was in the boxes. The mystery and excitement is there, for sure, so is the let down. It's the upper class version of the "unsearched penny roll" IMO of course~!</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh! furthermore with the way the mint packaged them - there is no separation between the coins, so if they package them the same as the mint did originally, the coins are going to bang against each other in transit to you. the plastic sleeves are not enough protection to keep them from getting dinged up more during shipping. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thad, that manilla envelope, do you know whether your grandfather added that to help keep the coins more protected?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EyeEatWheaties, post: 988358, member: 26972"]I have those on my saved search list and have been watching them. I won a 55 and 53 from 2 different sellers and both were repackaged. The amounts I paid would have bought better coins Pcgs certified than what was in the boxes. The mystery and excitement is there, for sure, so is the let down. It's the upper class version of the "unsearched penny roll" IMO of course~! Oh! furthermore with the way the mint packaged them - there is no separation between the coins, so if they package them the same as the mint did originally, the coins are going to bang against each other in transit to you. the plastic sleeves are not enough protection to keep them from getting dinged up more during shipping. Thad, that manilla envelope, do you know whether your grandfather added that to help keep the coins more protected?[/QUOTE]
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