Granpa had a few jars of pennies

[justoneguy]

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at a garage sale, I always ask for coins.
the lady replied, Granpa had a few jars of pennies".
I bought a couple of pint jars 1 wheaties and 1 lincolns.
Think I hit a score?
what do yall think it's worth?

[Thogey]

Maybe $100-$200

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-S-VDB-Linc ... _62wt_1374

[NotABigDeal]

It'll fill a hole, that's for sure. Nice find.

Now the real question, what did you pay?

Deal

[justoneguy]

$20 for each pint jar.
I thought i was over paying at that.

[NHsorter]

Nice Score!

[cooyon]

Nice score! Whenever someone finds something cool like this, it gives hope to the rest of us.

Keep searching!

[hobo finds]

[hobo finds]

$20 for each pint jar.
I thought i was over paying at that.

How did you come to that price? And what else was in the jars? Like buying a $20 lottery ticket or 2, but looks like you won!!!!!!

[Rosco]

yes please tell us more any give an take in asking price

[uthminsta]

Am I being a Debby Downer here? I consider EVERY 9sVDB suspicious. Especially the eBay example shown. Yikes! My thinking is that ecery single real 9sVDB is worth the cost of 3rd party encapsulating. Not graded, since they would undoubtedly reject it for that; but authenticated.

[Thogey]

Am I being a Debby Downer here? I consider EVERY 9sVDB suspicious. Especially the eBay example shown. Yikes! My thinking is that ecery single real 9sVDB is worth the cost of 3rd party encapsulating. Not graded, since they would undoubtedly reject it for that; but authenticated.

This is a great point. "Every 09 s vdb is worth being authenticated". I would never buy one that wasn't. I would never sell one that wasn't.

I'm sure you can buy them raw on Alibaba by the crate load.

Very good point Aaron.

This coin is probably worth zero to a real collector, until it is authenticated.

[hobo finds]

Yep his is much better than the ebay listing. How much would it cost to get it checked / graded??? And if it was done and legit what do graded ones in that condition go for?

[uthminsta]

what do graded ones in that condition go for?

I don't know how much it costs, but the answer to this question is ALWAYS: "more than ungraded ones."

[justoneguy]

but, once it's graded
It won't fit in the hole in the album !!

[JadeDragon]

but, once it's graded
It won't fit in the hole in the album !!

fill the hole with a sticker that says "go see my graded coin box"

[Rodebaugh]

but, once it's graded
It won't fit in the hole in the album !!

fill the hole with a sticker that says "go see my graded coin box"

Spend an extra 10 bucks at grading time and have the coin true viewed (photographed). Then you can prove that the coin you cracked out and put it in your album came from the Cert label you posses.

[uthminsta]

While we're on the topic, for those who would try to finish a Lincoln cent set, which coins would you insist on being encapsulated before buying? I would go with these three:
1909S VDB, 1914D, 1931S
...and probably the 1909S.

And of course all sorts of possibilities on errors. Certainly the big three:
1922 no D, 1955 doubled die, 1972 doubled die

And probably several of the others, although I don't think I'd really shell out the money for them, so it's really just an intellectual exercise:
1943 bronze, 1944 steel, 1944 D/s, 1969/83/84 doubled dies, 1992 cAM, 1999 wAM...