Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 106123, member: 4552"]Not many are mentioning it's what's in the rolls that will become worth more in the future. Must not be a lot of us old people around here. Way back in the late 70's the Mint came out with a thing called Bicentennial Coins. We all ran out to the banks and bought them by the roll, bag, box or what ever. Lots and lots of us sent in to the Mint for these "someday a real collector item coin". One friend of mine had thousands of dollars worth of the dumb things. A few years ago he dumped them all in the bank. At coin shows no one wants them for more than face value regarless of the condition or in rolls of any kind. I had lots of them in plastic rolls and at coins shows I couldn't even get my money back for the plastic rolls they were in. I also took them to the bank not to long ago. Would have been smarter to invest in buggy whips. So before you put tons of coins away for tomorrow, check out how many millions or billions trillions are being produced. I'm still waiting for my 26 rolls of 1943 stell Lincoln Cents to be worth the time I've saved them. If your really want to be sure they are not all messed up, you would really have to open them and inspect each coin. I also did that back in the 70's and ended up putting the best in one roll, second best in the next, etc., etc. Made little difference. None worth the trouble.[/QUOTE]