Mint rolls

[josht]

I bought some 2009 mint wrapped rolls a while back and have been fighting the temptation to open them, mainly cause I wanted to pass them on to my kid. Lately it has occured to me though the amount of discoloration that can happen to coins left in paper wraps. If I knew there were doubled dies in the rolls, I'd probably go ahead and open them. So my question is this: are the end coins on mint rolls generally indicative of the roll's contents?

[enamel7]

I have a question. Are you saying actual "mint rolls" with that on the roll, or what some people call mint rolls from the bank?

[josht]

I have a question. Are you saying actual "mint rolls" with that on the roll, or what some people call mint rolls from the bank?

I'm talking about the actual rolls from the US Mint.

[GrumpyEd]

If you have the rolls that came from the mint, the boxes have dates on them.
Certain dates had a lot of the doubled dies.
People pay premiums for ones with good dates.
Maybe that will help with your decision to open them or not.
This CU thread has info but the thread is HUGE:

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=855268

I've found with paper rolls that the end coins tone but the inside ones often look fresh, that's not true for some years like 83 but for modern ones the inside ones should be nice if you keep them stored without a lot of humidity/moisture.

[josht]

If you have the rolls that came from the mint, the boxes have dates on them.

Thanks Ed. My boxes do have dates but, unfortunately,as I purchased them off of ebay, the sets were mismatched and I couldn't say with any certainty that rolls match the box.

[coppy]

I agree with GrumpyEd... toning-wise, end coins on mint rolls are not indicative of the roll's contents.


Btw, a few months ago I purchased 5 loose LP2-P rolls off eBay. I opened one roll and found 14 WDDR-001, 16 WDDR-002, 7 WDDR-003, and 5 WDDO-1.
Still have the other 4 rolls unopened.

Not saying you'll have similar luck, but as you, I'm tempted to open them all.

[josht]

Btw, a few months ago I purchased 5 loose LP2-P rolls off eBay. I opened one roll and found 14 WDDR-001, 16 WDDR-002, 7 WDDR-003, and 5 WDDO-1.

This is more along the lines of what I was actually trying to get at. I've read about some of these rolls being completely full of Doubled dies. So, just because the end coins aren't doubled die varieties, doesn't mean that there couldn't be some in there? I guess I thought since they were "special" mint rolls, maybe they just rolled em straight off the press into the wrapper.BTW, thanks (I'm all out).

[GrumpyEd]

They are a mix of several dies similar to bank rolls.
Still, if it was from a good group there should be multiples of anything in them.

Even if the box date doesn't match the rolls but the rolls are from the same group, you might sample one roll and see what you get and it may be similar to the other rolls from the group.

The lowlight is that people knew which dates to search so I expect that what they put in a miss-matched box might be ones they got and sampled and sold off the unopened ones from the groups that didn't pan out.

The neat thing about those 2009s was that it did bring interest to the hobby. In that CU thread it has more posts than almost any other threads and keeps going. If some of those guys venture out into other dates, that will be good for the hobby.

[josht]

The neat thing about those 2009s was that it did bring interest to the hobby...

Yep my first DDR was a 2009 doubled thumb, and I still get excited every time I pick one up. Such a shame they went from those four killer designs to the terds that they're pumping out today. Thanks again, ED.

[kloccwork419]

I would say no. But I have several rolls from boxes that I opened that have end coin DDRs. If I remember correctly, the most DDRs I found in one roll was 23. Was a fun year for searching