THE 1909 CLUB

[uthminsta]

The year 1909 in coins is fascinating to me. At the start of the year, the mint was producing Indian cents. Soon after, they switched to the Lincoln cent, and both mints used the wheat design with the VDB initials on the reverse. Within a few weeks, they removed the initials, creating a third type for the year. Through this year, there were two mints producing coins: San Fransisco and Philadelphia. That makes for a grand total of 6 cents in one year!

So I am founding THE 1909 CLUB. If you want to join THE 1909 CLUB, all you have to do is find one of those six cents in your sorting, and post about it here. It's a rather exclusive club, wouldn't you say? But it's a club that, with a little diligence, you could someday be a part of.

So... if you have found a 1909 cent in the years 2010-12, please post information about it below. Pictures are not necessary, but would be very much appreciated (and maybe even envied). On a side note, if you would like to be an ancillary member of THE 1909 CLUB, you may provide information about finding another United States coin from 1909 - any denomination is fine. And you know what else? If you find a WORLD COIN from 1909 in your searches, go ahead and post that too. We'll call that the international division.

KNOWN 1909 FINDS SO FAR IN 2010-2012:

INDIANS
1909 doubledot, doug, greatwun, henrysmedford, jonascollegefund, jwray
1909S

LINCOLNS
1909VDB misteroman x3, battlecat x2, diggin4copper x2, edvantage17 x2, exbingoaddict x2, jobiii x2, kestrelia x2, moresecode x2, twoandahalfcents x2, txbullion x2, adamsp27, appjoe, baggerman, beauanderos, cardsncoins, coinhuntingobsession, commoncents, coppercatcher, coppernicus, cwgii, dave, debtfreeme, doubledot, everything, henrysmedford, jonascollegefund, joogaler, kiwiman, mishra142, mtldealer, oober, pennypauper, pennysaved, pennysifter, scottytx, shattered, shifty51, socaldsal, spikeanator6982, theo, timmus0382, tuleja, txtim, verbane, zerocd, zyll, 1945v
1909SVDB jacer333 (yes really)
1909 jonascollegefund x7, jobiii x5, misteroman x4, pennysaved x4, 1832veto x4, coppercatcher x3, cwgii x3, henrysmedford x3, morsecode x3, beauanderos x2, cecropiamoth x2, dave x2, dirtyfingers x2, doubledot x2, fasteddy x2, hddaddy x2, joogaler x2, kestrelia x2, roadrunner x2, rosco x2, sheba x2, stonewallrabbitry x2, aaa30040, appjoe, baggerman, bart, bigsarge, blink, cardsncoins, chief, chris819, coinage, coinwolf, country, crazytom, cubaker, dakota1955, didou, exbingoaddict, fb101, greatwun, gtojohn, jacer333, jwray, mishra142, nhsorter, no82s, pmlurker, rsk1963, robert73, shifty51, slapshot, specialbob, spikeanator, tantalar, thogey, txbullion, txtim, uthminsta, whinstone, zerocd, 68camaro
1909S debtfreeme, oober, rsk1963, tlake22

OTHER U.S. DENOMINATIONS
1909 V-nickel: chris6084, exbingoaddict, moneysearchinfoo
1909-O Barber half: fb101

INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
1909 Canada large cent - rosco
1909 French Indo-China 10 cent - beauanderos

[Spikeanator6982]

just got a 1909 yesterday

[uthminsta]

Cool! Good to get this new thread started off with some results! Which one did you find?
EDIT: I read it on the pre-40 Lincoln thread. Problem solved.

[beauanderos]

Found a 1909 two days ago in surprisingly good shape, not the usual worn condition for coins from this era. Probably about a VF20 to 35. Definitely went in the album immediately.

[uthminsta]

pictures!

[vrbsroma]

Just thought I'd share that, when I found my first 1909, I had THREE in the same bag of wheats! Good things come in threes!

[fasteddy]

scored a 1909 wheat yesterday while sorting $150...it was in the copper reject then I ran a copper accept and the apprentice spit out the 1909 and a couple of early 1940's and a dime....WOOHOO! no S mint.

[didou]

Just found a Lincoln Wheat Cent - 1909 here in Canada

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8634/lincoln1909.png

[uthminsta]

four since the last update, all 1909 plain Lincolns: 9/21 spikeanator (from the pre-40 thread). 9/22 beauanderos' second find. 9/26 fasteddy. 9/27 didou (found in Canada!).

[robert73]

I found an '09 in the strangest place. A lot of my coworkers save their pennies in cups or jars on their desk. I asked the woman next to me about 5 months ago if I could go through her pennies. I'd give her cash for whatever I took out. I joked about finding an '09 to her. She couldn't have cared less.

About 90% through her Slurpee cup, I found a chewed up '09. I didn't tell her about it, but I beamed the rest of the day. I gave her $4 for the $3 and change in copper I pulled out of her cup.

[cwgii]

10-10-10 1909 VDB

[Joogaler]

I found a 1909 P the other day, I posted it in the pre-1940 thread but didn't notice this one.

[uthminsta]

three since the last update: thanks to robert73, cwgii and joogaler for sharing their discoveries.

[cwgii]

unreal........ i picked up 200$ at a cu on friday. opening them, i pick out any wheats i notice. wellllllllllllll , the date caught my eye. 1909.............. vdb . again. twice in a month.

also got my third ih of the month.

[DirtyFingers]

This morning I snagged a 1909 P out of a $25 bag. It's in AG condition.

DF

[misteroman]

just realized I never posted my finds in this thread only in the pre forty.
09 and an 09 VDB last week

[TXBullion]

Never posted but found an 09 vdb in April and today i found an 09 and another 09 vdb

[Joogaler]

Found another 1909 P... Still no V.D.B

[uthminsta]

Alright, it's been a while but... I finally updated.

[Joogaler]

Just found a 1909 VDB! First one I've ever held!

[uthminsta]

Added JOOGALER's vdb, CHRIS6084's nickel, and FB101's half.

[uthminsta]

how many years will it take us to build a year set? or at least one coin of each denomination?
6 cents - 4 types found!
1 nickel - found!
4 dimes
4 quarters
3 halves - 1 found!

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

1909 popped out of a Brinks roll last night. #3 this year!

[PreservingThePast]

1909 popped out of a Brinks roll last night. #3 this year!

What coin was it???

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

OOPSIE! Sorry all! It was a very worn 1909 Lincoln. My bad...apologies to all. I should know better since I found a 1909 indian head at the beginning of the year. I guess I got Christmas on the brain!