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1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:16 pm
by Shifty51
Found this coin in a $25 box on 4/3/12...

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Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:21 pm
by dakota1955
very nice score

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:49 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
Cool find!

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:51 pm
by Market Harmony
Excellent! Congrats

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:31 pm
by jacer333
Way to go! It's been a good run for realcent recently between my VDB and this 31-s! :D

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:24 pm
by Morsecode
Damn! The new guys are finding all the good stuff lately.

Well, I just brought home $80 in cwr's from the credit union. Maybe a little something will jump out tonight.

:P ;)

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:35 pm
by Country
Absolutely Amazing!! Beginning more than fifty years ago when I was a kid looking through pennies (and they were all Wheaties back then) until now, I never found a 1931-S... Fantastic find!!! :mrgreen:

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:17 pm
by Shifty51
Thanks guys! I haven't been at this for very long and while I knew this was a rare coin I didn't realize how rare. I'm learning more and more how rare a find this is. A guy I work with has been collecting for 40 years and I can't convince him I found it in circulation, he also said has never found one and has had to buy the ones that he does have. I feel fortunate to have found it in circulation.

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:33 pm
by NHsorter
Congrats! These stories keep me motivated to keep searching.

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:34 pm
by henrysmedford
Shifty51 wrote:Thanks guys! I haven't been at this for very long and while I knew this was a rare coin I didn't realize how rare. I'm learning more and more how rare a find this is. A guy I work with has been collecting for 40 years and I can't convince him I found it in circulation, he also said has never found one and has had to buy the ones that he does have. I feel fortunate to have found it in circulation.

We bought the one we have.
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Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:24 pm
by exbingoaddict
Congratulations, great find!

If you haven't had an offer for it, I'd be happy to give you melt value. :)

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:27 pm
by fb101
Truly an awesome find.

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:32 pm
by Thogey
Bully!

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:09 pm
by merchoarder
Sweet find, Congrats!!!!!!! Definitely good to hear about these good finds, makes me want to sort more!!

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:53 am
by jacer333
exbingoaddict wrote:Congratulations, great find!

If you haven't had an offer for it, I'd be happy to give you melt value. :)



I'll go out on a limb and double that ;)

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:09 pm
by Chief
Nice find, that is really cool.
So who is going to find the 1914-d and 1922 no mint ?
There are some nice coins being found. Keep it up. :)

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:21 pm
by NHsorter
I have the 1914D covered.
http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10059&hilit=1914d
I'll see what I can do about the '22. Got a few bags to go through :D

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 3:24 pm
by Chief
NHsorter wrote:I have the 1914D covered.
http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10059&hilit=1914d
I'll see what I can do about the '22. Got a few bags to go through :D

Wow, that is sweet. I don't know how I missed that. Great score!!

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:08 pm
by Sheba
Congratulations on a wonderful find. Best wishes on your next wonderful find, whatever it may be! :)

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:20 am
by Numis Pam
Awesome find!!

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:32 pm
by penny pretty
SWEET, but I feel like charlie brown on halloween..."I got a rock" :(

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:02 pm
by uthminsta
Chief wrote:...So who is going to find the 1914-d...

I actually had a dream in the last week or so... that I found a 14D. The dream was that specific... Weird, huh?

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:10 am
by fasteddy
So-wheat score...I know it can happen...
Chief wrote:So who is going to find the 1914-d and 1922 no mint ?
I found a 1922 no D last October in a pile of Ryedale rejects.

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:30 am
by henrysmedford
fasteddy wrote:So-wheat score...I know it can happen...
Chief wrote:So who is going to find the 1914-d and 1922 no mint ?
I found a 1922 no D last October in a pile of Ryedale rejects.
A 1914-D was listed here --http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10059

Re: 1931 - S found in the wild

PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:45 am
by NHsorter
We could piece together a nice set just from our finds! Who found the 1909S? How about a 55DD?