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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lon Chaney, post: 24866302, member: 29844&quot;]They didn&#039;t roll coin like that at that time.&nbsp; Those coins would have sat in bags.&nbsp; Wrappers were probably intended for Ikes. </p><p>It&#039;s a lot of money for a gamble, but then again, that&#039;s what gambling is all about.&nbsp; It&#039;s like those unsearched wheat cent lots.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT:&nbsp; I looked up the bank on the wrappers - it closed in 1968.&nbsp; So the wrappers were intended for Morgans and Peace, but probably date from the 40s or 50s.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure the guy got empty wrappers and rolled these, of course.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer%27s_Bank_of_Carson_Valley_(1597_Esmeralda_Avenue,_Minden,_Nevada)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer%27s_Bank_of_Carson_Valley_(1597_Esmeralda_Avenue,_Minden,_Nevada)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer's_Bank_of_Carson_Valley_(1597_Esmeralda_Avenue,_Minden,_Nevada)</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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