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only another sorter would understand
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Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:41 amby cwgii
ho hum sorting away last night. when what do i see, looking up at me. a 1909. and here is the part that only you folks will understand... i swear, i got goosebumps, with the anticipation of turning it over. reaching for the magnifying glass.......... VDB
BUT NO 'S'.
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:10 amby Morsecode
It does tend to wake you up a bit, doesn't it?
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:10 amby HoldingAg
Alright! Great find! What kinda condition was it in? Pix?
HoldingAg
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:35 amby gilpo
Totally can relate! Never found a 1909, but my heart jumps a little every time I see a 1955. "please be a double-die, please be a double-die" as I reach for the magnifying glass... I know you can see the double-die without magnification, but I'd even settle for one of the less-doubled 'poor man's' varieties.
Congrats on the find!
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:55 amby inflationhawk
I wish I could relate...I've yet to find one. Congrats on your find, I'm ready to find mine already!
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:58 amby marine70
Nice find about a year ago I was sorting on a Sunday night when I found a 1909 S VDB. I could hardly sleep that night, sold the coin for $500 the next day. I wish I would have researched more on this site before selling. You can always get good advise here from very knowledgable individuals
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:28 amby NDFarmer
marine70 wrote:Nice find about a year ago I was sorting on a Sunday night when I found a 1909 S VDB. I could hardly sleep that night, sold the coin for $500 the next day. I wish I would have researched more on this site before selling. You can always get good advise here from very knowledgeable individuals
Yes not to rub it in but, if it had any quality to it at all you now realize it was probably worth quit a bit more than you sold it for. But at least you found one. I am still looking for my first one. As many wheats as I have searched I should have found one by now. I guess I will just have to give up and buy one.
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:33 pmby TheJonasCollegeFund
I understand....I understand....I understand....you are among friends.
I wish it was me finding the chance at another VDB hunting!
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:37 pmby HPMBTT
Great find...congrats!
I have yet to find a 1909. The closest I have gotten was a 1910-S about two weeks ago (about $14.00 RB); of course, it immediately went into the Dansco folder.
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:37 pmby Thogey
Rosco's story is painful. I think his glass was half full.
Nice find. It's hard to duplicate that feeling of finding a good one
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:17 amby moneydog
cwgii wrote:ho hum sorting away last night. when what do i see, looking up at me. a 1909. and here is the part that only you folks will understand... i swear, i got goosebumps, with the anticipation of turning it over. reaching for the magnifying glass.......... VDB
BUT NO 'S'.
congrats
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:52 pmby Coppercrazy
still no 1909 for be,but ive pulled two 1911s and 3 indians since I a started roll searching late last year.Always a thrill to find a pre 1940. Congrats!
Re: only another sorter would understand
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:07 pmby knibloe
Congrats,
I literally found my first 1909 on the 200th anniversary of Lincolns birth. No VDB though.