Well, long story short, I collected coins for about 8 years up until I was 14 or so and abruptly stopped (i'm 25 now). After finally getting back to coins and after much research, I decided I'd like to focus my attention on silver Roosie's. I'd like to search/collect high grade varieties, in addition to assembling a complete set. http://www.richardsrooseveltreview.net/TableofContents.htm My coin collection from when I was a kid is mostly all over the place with the exception of a near complete collection of circ Merc's (no 16-d or 42/1). I was thinking of selling/trading off most of the other odds and ends of my collection to finance the Roosevelt endeavor (except the merc's) Would it be best to trade/sell to a dealer or take a shot at Ebay? Do you think buying rolls of unc Roosie's is the best way to find varieties? The roosie's seem fairly cheap (local dealer wanted $60-$70 each for an unc roll, date dependent). He only had half a roll. Seems like dealers dont care to keep stock of these, must not be popular. Are Roosie varieties easy to get slabbed and verified of their variety type by TPG? Is the numismatic value much greater for varieties than that of a normal coin of the same date? Sorry for all the general questions and rambling, just excited to get back into my childhood passion!!! I love this forum, not too many coin forums out there it seems
I sure wouldn't ignore the clads if I were 25. These aren't going to be around forever and the chances that you'll naturally gravitate into them in the future are very high anyway. If you can find nice original silver rolls at close to melt and you like owning silver or can sell them at close to what you pay then checking rolls is a lot of fun. Otherwise finding varieties and gems this way might be quite expensive.
Im not looking for Gem BU, just typical MS60+ that would have clear enough details to find the types of varieties seen in the above link. I don't mind clads (and intend to cherry pick those too), but for some reason they look and feel "cheap" in comparison.. Its kinda hard to describe
It seems to me that the future of the Roosevelt series is going the way of the strike designation (Full Torch). Having said that, there are a number of Doubled dies and RPM's for the series, although I don't ever recall seeing a mint state doubled die graded Roosevelt. I have provided a link to NGC's Variety Plus listing for the series. This should give you a good idea of what they will certify. I don't know how PCGS works. http://www.ngccoin.com/VPSubCategory.aspx?subid=26 IMO, Roosevelts are only really collectible in the highest grades (MS66+). If the coins you are going to submit for grading are not premium gems, I think you will waste a lot of money having them graded. Good luck with you project!
I guess I'm not to interested in getting them slabbed unless they are high value varieties. Thanks for the info!
From the Heritage auction archives, it seems that the 1964-D DDR is the biggest variety in the series. The green insert toned gem that sold last year is very nice. http://coins.ha.com/common/search_r...Titles&Ntx=mode+matchall&N=51+790+231+361+760 I am not a big variety guy but since I have branched out into Jefferson Nickel varieties, I have developed a healthy respect for variety collectors.
That one (1964-D) is a good one and there is 1963 Proof DDR, 1968 Proof DDR, 1960 Proof DDO, the "No" S's are big time of course, there is some OMM's, there is 6 different 1970-D DDR's, (but they never have caught on) a really rare 1970-P DDR ultra rare, 100's of RPM's. I have owned and sold all of these except the "No" S ones and many in higher grades are serveral hundred dollars, some at about $1000 or more but they are rare, very rare. Yes, I would say the Roosevelts are loaded with dies that are very nice.
Went to 4 dealers and some antique malls looking for BU roosevelt rolls and found nothing but OVERPRICED dealer graded examples.
