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<p>[QUOTE="Pocket Change, post: 671686, member: 8012"]Hmmm. Not too much information so far!</p><p><br /></p><p>For older rolls, the big trick is determining that they are actually OBW - not easy to do and there have been threads on that subject before.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ones that are "collectible" are the dates/mintmarks that may contain errors or dates/mintmarks that are worth a lot in high MS grades. So, it's a combination lottery/treasure hunt.</p><p><br /></p><p>On interesting development is the collecting of rolls. Many, many people collect rolls of the coins from recent years. Now whether the entity of a "roll" will maintain its facination or value over the years is yet to be seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I dabble in Stamp collecting and collecting plate blocks (4 stamps) was very popular when I first got started (60's and 70's). Not really popular anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>For recent coins, you may want to keep rolls for a couple years and determine whether there's anything "special" about a particular year or mint mark. If nothing shows up after a few years, I'd ditch them. Each roll doesn't take up that much space, but it adds up and besides, who needs a whole lot of nothing?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pocket Change, post: 671686, member: 8012"]Hmmm. Not too much information so far! For older rolls, the big trick is determining that they are actually OBW - not easy to do and there have been threads on that subject before. The ones that are "collectible" are the dates/mintmarks that may contain errors or dates/mintmarks that are worth a lot in high MS grades. So, it's a combination lottery/treasure hunt. On interesting development is the collecting of rolls. Many, many people collect rolls of the coins from recent years. Now whether the entity of a "roll" will maintain its facination or value over the years is yet to be seen. I dabble in Stamp collecting and collecting plate blocks (4 stamps) was very popular when I first got started (60's and 70's). Not really popular anymore. For recent coins, you may want to keep rolls for a couple years and determine whether there's anything "special" about a particular year or mint mark. If nothing shows up after a few years, I'd ditch them. Each roll doesn't take up that much space, but it adds up and besides, who needs a whole lot of nothing?[/QUOTE]
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