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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rmpsrpms, post: 24481652, member: 31773&quot;]You just have to know what you&#039;re looking for, and be very careful. I have purchased quite a few true OBW rolls on ebay over the years, though a few that I thought were OBW based on diagnostics turned out to be clever re-wraps.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the true OBW&#039;s I have came from shops. It&#039;s much easier to check diagnostics in person, and yet a few that I thought were no-brainers turned out to be re-wraps. Maybe I didn&#039;t check them carefully enough, or maybe even I can be fooled. On positive note I view each discovery of a deceptive re-wrap as a learning experience, and hopefully I don&#039;t make that same mistake in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a LWC variety searcher, and have found it interesting that most of the re-wrapped rolls I&#039;ve come across appeared to be unsearched for varieties. Perhaps they were searched for high grade coins, or maybe for a particular variety, or maybe the searchers were simply incompetent, I don&#039;t know. Bottom line though is I&#039;ve had generall good luck searching even the re-wraps. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have socked away hundreds and hundreds of OBW Wheat Cent rolls for future searching. It is rare that I sell an OBW roll, since I view each one as a potential treasure trove. Maybe some day. I collect a few dates (54-S, 55-S, 56-D) by bank, and am always interested in trades of my extras for banks I don&#039;t already own. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are considering buying an OBW roll on eBay, PM me with the link and I&#039;ll give you my opinion on it. I used to have ongoing &quot;Is it a real OBW?&quot; threads on a couple of forums, and they were helpful in teaching folks about what to look for in real OBW rolls, and what to avoid. I&#039;m not sure about public posting of active auctions, but closed auctions are fair game.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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