Bought a old wheat roll on auction on Ebay

UNSEARCHED, Has to be the most unbelievable, dumbest, irritating statement to date! I don't care what coins are on the ends, if it states unsearched, I delete it and move on. Second to this would be, Estate Sale, meaning crap for sale. My opinion only. Thanks for the post.

 

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I do agree I was taken in. I'm not sure about the 30 day return, seller states "No return on open rolls"? Of course the Seller didn't know what was in the roll so If the roll was opened someone could place any coin back in it and return it. I realize that last statement is probably not true, I am just speculating what the sellers argument would be against refunding payment. I got hooked, line and sinker and if anyone wants to know the sellers handle PM me and I'll pass it on. He seems to be selling these on a regular basis. I will definitely never buy from him again.

 

Many times, knowledge has a cost. You learned something and probably didn't get burned for too much $. All if us on this site, at one time or another have paid tuition to the "University of Bad Numismatic Choices" (the UBNC nickname is the Friendly Salesmen and the mascot bears a striking resemblance to Mike Mezack ).

 

I can't imagine that there are many uncovered wheat pennies any more. I remember when collecting Jefferson nickels was a big fad and the 1939D and the 1950D ones were sought after, so when you bought a roll of nickels and the wrapper had a name on it you recognized, you just chose not to bother searching the roll. Some of my associates were fortunate enough to find 50 D nickels, but I never did, and I have looked at just about every nickel I've had in my pocket since 1956.

 

Not knowing the hammer price of the auction it is difficult to say how badly you got taken. But this is part of the learning experience we call coin collecting. Don’t feel too bad as many of us on this forum have fallen for the “unsearched” this or that at one time or another.
And welcome to CT!

 

I bought a roll of nickels once. I did okay but once I received it in the mail it was very obvious that it was tampered with. It was a sealed roll, wrapped on both ends. The one end had been stretched to remove one nickel and a shield nickel was inserted into its place. The date was facing inwards so you did know the date.

It was a common date and the rest of the roll was Buffalos. Most had dates but some didn’t. Anything is possible if you put your mind to it. The problem is, most of us don’t think devious thoughts.

 

If I had a dollar every time I read/heard that, I could afford all MS coins in my collection. LOL
Welcome to CT BTW.

 

I searched on ebay, I know what you paid. More than I would, but not a total ripoff, in my opinion. Nobody in their right mind would sell a roll of anything from the early 1900's without checking it. But then, not everyone is in their right mind. And yes, I don't believe there is anything more than a couple decades old listed for sale that is unsearched.