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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 123112, member: 1242&quot;]NICK66,</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are purchasing the rolls via the Internet (eBay or other Auction Sites), you can almost bet that they have been opened at sometime in the past! I am sure that there are a few rolls offered that are trully unopened and unsearched but do you want to take a chance of paying $140 to $200 for a supposed unopened, unsearched roll of 1955-P Cents then opening it to find only normal, BU Red cents? Sure, BU Red 1955-P Cents will bring a premium but not enough to make up what you paid for the roll! Your best possibility of finding unopened and unsearched rolls of coins, is to purchase them directly from old folks or from Estate Auctions or Estate Sales but even with these, you need to check the ends of the rolls very carefully. If a family is having an advertised or unadvertised Estate Sale that includes coins, ask them as to whether the coins have been looked at, searched or appraised by anyone and especially a Coin Dealer or Auction Representative. If so, then inspect any OBW rolls very carefully for tampering.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would venture to guess, that at least 90% of the supposed unopened and unsearched OBW rolls of coins that I have purchased on eBay, were opened and searched before I received them! As to whether the Sellers opened and searched the rolls or they were opened and searched by the previous owner(s), it is hard to determine or make a case!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck...Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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