I went to my first coin show today. I saw an ad on Craigslist for a new coin show that they're starting to do every month at the local eagle's lodge so I figured I'd stop by and see what's up. Well, I'm glad I did.
There weren't a lot of people in there, just 7 or 8 dealers and not even as many customers. But I got to talking to some of the guys and just asking them about what got them into the business, etc. I was just having a good time but then this guy hands me a full whitman folder of pennies 1940-1972 and says "here, this is for coming to the show today." So then I figured I should at least give him some business to return the favor so I bought a couple generic rounds for $33 each, which wasn't a bad deal either. But then to top it all off, he points over to a dozen trays he had set up of wheat pennies by decade and says "why don't you just grab yourself 100 or so pennies." What a nice guy!
Then before I left I saw another booth with loose wheat pennies for 10 cents each, the guy didn't mind if I searched through them so I took a seat and started looking. This is where it gets exciting, I ended up buying 47 pennies for $5 and they included
(6)- 1909
(1)- 1915D
(1)-1911D
(1)- 1909 VDB!!!!
plus multiple others- 31, 32, 23, 21, and early P teens
Granted, a lot of these were quite worn or otherwise corroded but am I correct to assume that a VDB in any condition is worth at least a couple bucks? Also, would the 1909 pennies be worth at least 20-30 cents each, even heavily worn?