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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 361087, member: 68&quot;]...Tough call without a lot more information.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Rolls of cents tend to be all from only a few die pair with just a few odd balls once in a while.&nbsp; There&#039;s a strong tendency for varieties and gems to &quot;bunch up&quot; in distribution.&nbsp; If there&#039;s one in a roll then there will usually be more. If these were solid date rolls with one that stood out head and shoulders above the others then it was likely a roll made for circulation.&nbsp; A well made coin can just happen to ride the top of all the hoppers it goes through and come out nearly pristine.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are some specific coins in mint sets where it wouldn&#039;t be overly unusual to have one coin stand out in a group by mere chance or a long shot.&nbsp; Something like &#039;70-S nickels come exceedingly nice on rare occasion and finding one in a roll wouldn&#039;t be that surprising if it were assembled from mint sets (~1: 30 rolls).&nbsp; The &#039;69 cent is a little this way as well.&nbsp; Certainly rolls of &#039;79-D cents tend to be all junk (a few choice coins)&nbsp; from mint sets.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A good rule of thumb is that if a coin has a crisp strike from new dies it&#039;s probably from a mint set.&nbsp; Of course all very high grade coins are crisp strikes from new dies so the rule of thumb breaks down here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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