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Paid $6.00 for this bag of Pennies. How'd I do?
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:24 amby Bigsarge
One of the regular tellers at my dump bank asked me if I'd be interested in buying some steel 43's that she had. I told her "sure" bring them in, then we'll discuss price. Yesterday she had them and told me she didn't have as many as she thought, but she just grabbed her tray of wheats from home. I looked at couple wheats, saw a 30 and 40, but saw a couple AU steels and all the wheats were about average. I just did a quick count of the coins came to 55 and decided to offer her the 6 bucks, a little more than I figured the bag was worth, but wanted to stay on her good side. She jumped at the 6 so fast, I probally could of got it for 3. Anyways, got home and checked them, this is what I got:
47d
43 x 10 (2 au)
43d x 5
43s x 3
42
41 x 5
41d x 2
40 x 4
40d x 3
39 x 2
38
37
37d
36 x 3
35
30d
26
25
20d x 2
17
11d
09
09vdb x 2
I was shocked at the 09's I triple checked them, but, no S. I'm not a coin dealer, but thinking I did ok?
Re: Paid $6.00 for this bag of Pennies. How'd I do?
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:08 amby henrysmedford
Just one of the 1909 VDB is worth the six bucks to me. And you are both happy (you and the seller) and thats all that counts.
Re: Paid $6.00 for this bag of Pennies. How'd I do?
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:39 amby scyther
Very nice. It seems those 09 VDBs are more common than the normal 09s... I used to think they were rarer than the normal 09-S!
Re: Paid $6.00 for this bag of Pennies. How'd I do?
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:51 amby NDFarmer
You did very well. The 09's and the 11D are are worth at least $30.00 and probably more depending on what grade they are.
Re: Paid $6.00 for this bag of Pennies. How'd I do?
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:18 amby Bigsarge
Thanks for the responses. I was surprised to find the VDB's in there, but was thinking they might be worth a bit more. In all my (Short) time as a sorter, I've only found 1- 1909 plain, in the wild.
Re: Paid $6.00 for this bag of Pennies. How'd I do?
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:37 pmby shinnosuke
Nice! When you saw those '09s, your face must have been like that esteemed gentleman serving as your avatar.
Re: Paid $6.00 for this bag of Pennies. How'd I do?
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:45 pmby knibloe
Good for you.
Thanks. Your post reminded me to call the bank and ask them to hold some bags for me tomorrow.
Re: Paid $6.00 for this bag of Pennies. How'd I do?
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:34 pmby Bigsarge
shinnosuke wrote:Nice! When you saw those '09s, your face must have been like that esteemed gentleman serving as your avatar.
I have to admit, I could feel my heart rate speed up and my face flush as I fumbled with the magnifying glass
Re: Paid $6.00 for this bag of Pennies. How'd I do?
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:56 pmby Numis Pam
I think you did great... esp for sight almost unseen, you were very generous and it paid off!
Re: Paid $6.00 for this bag of Pennies. How'd I do?
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Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:15 pmby spacemanX
Congrats sarge
Especially if she is happy. She will be a good friend and might get you some more goodies in the future
