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Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:31 am**

Breaking open penny rolls over the weekend, I came across a NF string roll with an IHC on the end. It's showing the reverse so i don't know the date, and there's no mint mark. Kind of tempted to keep it wrapped.

Either way this is a first for me and was a nice bonus around the holiday.

cheers,
jobiii

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:32 am**

Ebay it as "unsearched." :lol:

Nice find.

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:43 am**

if only i had a coin wrapping machine

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:55 pm**

what would be the point in not unwrapping it? <--- n00b question

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:01 pm**

Gamecock wrote:what would be the point in not unwrapping it? <--- n00b question

Keep the hope, all be it probably false, that there are more inside. Really no reason not to open unless you are planning to market the roll as "unsearched". At least by you....

Either way, good score on the Indian. I say open it.

Deal

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:10 pm**

AGCoinHunter wrote:Ebay it as "unsearched."

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:02 pm**

not only would I open it but it would have been the first roll I opened! What are you waiting for? There might be a 1877 in that roll!

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:39 pm**

Send it to me, I'll open it.

Or, list it in the For Trade section here. I'm sure you'd get some lucrative offers from a few of us penny monkeys.

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:29 pm**

Send it to me.. I'll open it.. reroll it in N.F. String & Son paper, tell you there was nothing in there.. and send it back to you. :mrgreen:

Posted: **Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:06 am**

Hi all,

I think i'll be opening the roll tonight, maybe... It's kind of like unopened booster packs from playing cards or old sports packs. By not opening the roll you can hold on to the illusion that there's something really special in that roll.

For me the best way to search the rolls is the look and see if any nice coins are showing on the outside of the rolls first. If you find any, hold them for last. That way you know at least those rolls will yield something, and it ends the box with a find versus nothing.

-JobIII

Posted: **Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:32 am**

JobIII wrote:Hi all,

I think i'll be opening the roll tonight, maybe... It's kind of like unopened booster packs from playing cards or old sports packs. By not opening the roll you can hold on to the illusion that there's something really special in that roll.

For me the best way to search the rolls is the look and see if any nice coins are showing on the outside of the rolls first. If you find any, hold them for last. That way you know at least those rolls will yield something, and it ends the box with a find versus nothing.

-JobIII

I agree with your searching method. You already know you have something definitely special in that roll...an IHC. I STILL have not found one searching rolls yet and it will soon be three years. I know it is just luck of the draw, amount sorted, where you live, etc. Oh well. Happy for you, JobIII.

Thanks for sharing.

Enjoy your coin searches, everyone. :geek:

Posted: **Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:03 am**

I would open the roll right away....Congratulations on the wild IHC

Posted: **Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:47 pm**

Well, did you open it or what....or was it a 1877 and you had a heart-attack?

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:27 pm**

Lol nope haven't opened the roll yet. Probably won't in the end...no pun intended

- JobIII

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:04 pm**

Hey, put it up for auction here....that's a freakin' great idea!

Posted: **Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:12 pm**

What was the rest of the rolls like? Was it a box full of copper? Wheats? Of course answering that question will probably lower the price of your roll.

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:17 pm**

what happens if he does put it up for auction and it is a 1877?

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