dirty, filthy wheats!

Steven · Expert Member

Not very often but at times you can get a good batch from e-bay. I figure if there for sale they have more than likely been gone through more than once. It's hard to even trust the OBWs advertized. I purchased some 60s and 70s rolls that were supposedly origional. I got them and they were tightly wrapped and looked origional until I did open them. Found several different dates and MMs in some and mostly circulated coins. I hardly look at e-bay any longer. I think I will go back to the local auctions so that i can see before I buy.
Steven

Dick · Expert Member

Steven, my point exactly!
Dick

eagames · Expert Member

I noticed that lately on ebay everyone is selling "bankwrapped rolls" of wheats or even indian cents. They all say they got them from a "bank audit" or from a "hoard" but they are in modern new paper rolls. I would bet somebody got some place with a machine to roll them for them (or they have machines). They get more than if not in those rolls but I would bet it's all just hype. They must have been searched. They often clue you in by the fact they give date ranges etc... how would they even know they're all wheats without being checked!

Steven · Expert Member

Search their bags and what has been culled take them to a bank and pay a small fee to have them rolled then sell for a profit. No way they could buy them like that and know what is inside. Lots of the new wrappers out there on wheats. Another way to rip off the buyers.
Only my opinion.
Steven

coop · Expert Member

Often they will use the wrappers that are already crimped at one end. Then use a hand roller of the end that you put the coins into the wrappers and close the roll that way. You just have to be able to check both ends to be sure. Or another way is to open one end of a OBW roll and remove the coins and close the end again to make it look bank rolled. But by checking the design on the wrapped coins you can tell if it is a new wrapped coin because of the type they are using now. But either way, they are just trying to scam you into believing they haven't been searched yet, but they really have been.

Dick · Expert Member

Coop, ED, Steven, Now you know why I won't buy "rolled, un-searched" coins. Everybody says "un-searched coins, Early wheats"! If they were un-searched, how would they know??? BS! I buy bags of culls, and know what to expect! Sometimes, I even get a few dates, or mints I need.
Dick