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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 418970, member: 15062&quot;]I got a few &quot;unsearched&quot; penny rolls from ebay recently and did get several keys and semi keys; enough to make the venture worthwhile.&nbsp; Such as all the early S-mints from 1909 through 1919, two 33-Ds, one 1908-S IHC, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>What really amazes me is the great number of uncles and grandfathers who had estates consisting of, apparently, nothing but rolls of pennies.&nbsp; There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of unsearched penny rolls laying around in drawers, chests and closets.&nbsp; This apparently explains the discrepency between the number of cents minted over the years vs the number in circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, over the years, no decendent has had the time to bother looking through these rolls to see what is there.&nbsp; Of course, they have the time to put them on ebay and manage the auction and ship the wins.&nbsp; It must be a colossal coincidence that all of these rolls contain 47 or 48 common dates and 2 or 3 semi rare, Bu or early IHC cents.&nbsp; Ah, the foresight of those now deceased to arrange the rolls&#039; contents this way.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the draw of these rolls is that somewhere, someone&#039;s ancestor put 48 good key dates in a roll with a common date showing at each end.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh well, it&#039;s a lot of fun looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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