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<p>[QUOTE="Stevearino, post: 4317191, member: 74571"]Here's an option for you: offer them in small lots here on CT (in the proper For Sale forum, of course). E.g., 3-5 rolls. The shipping would be easy and not too costly. Request that each purchaser after picking out valuable coins (on his/her honor) replace, coin-for-coin, with other wheaties/early 60s cents and give them to a YN (young numismatist).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my rationale: just giving these to a younger child could result in VERY valuable coins being tossed back into circulation and may NEVER reach the hands of someone who would appreciate them. I speak from experience: I found a 1922 plain (no D) in my early teens, and because I couldn't find a spot for it in my blue Whitman folder, almost tossed it. (The rest of the story on request).</p><p><br /></p><p>Let the pros/amateurs on CT have a shot at these, and, based on their promises, most of your father's cents will make it into the hands of young collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Stevearino, post: 4317191, member: 74571"]Here's an option for you: offer them in small lots here on CT (in the proper For Sale forum, of course). E.g., 3-5 rolls. The shipping would be easy and not too costly. Request that each purchaser after picking out valuable coins (on his/her honor) replace, coin-for-coin, with other wheaties/early 60s cents and give them to a YN (young numismatist). Here's my rationale: just giving these to a younger child could result in VERY valuable coins being tossed back into circulation and may NEVER reach the hands of someone who would appreciate them. I speak from experience: I found a 1922 plain (no D) in my early teens, and because I couldn't find a spot for it in my blue Whitman folder, almost tossed it. (The rest of the story on request). Let the pros/amateurs on CT have a shot at these, and, based on their promises, most of your father's cents will make it into the hands of young collectors. Steve[/QUOTE]
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