Need guidance on 1909s-vdb's
detectorhead
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Am in a quandry! Monday evening, found my second 1909-s vdb. (sound of cheering in background)
Which one would you hang on to and why? Apologize for the inadequate scans; but it is the best I can do.
Heads
Tails
Both are dug coins; vdb is weak on the worn one and strong on the corroded one with the green spots.
Which one would you hang on to and why? Apologize for the inadequate scans; but it is the best I can do.
Heads
Tails
Both are dug coins; vdb is weak on the worn one and strong on the corroded one with the green spots.
I don't grade "em:
I just find 'em.
I just find 'em.
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send me something nice
i love surprises (nice ones like coins or chick-fil-a gift certificates)
"People my hate you while you are alive, but they will love you when you're dead."
---I said that actually
Did you find both of these with a metal detector?
Send it to me. I,ll take it.
Dipping time...
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
BTW, where the he11 are you digging up 1909s cents from anyway? I need to change my collecting habits.
K S
-I Love all U.S. coin series'
Especially Large Cents
<< <i>This is absurd....theres no way you could have found two 1909 s vdbs. The chances of finding one are so rediculously slim, but to find two is flat out impossible. >>
Not as absurd as you might think, CW, and most certainly not impossible. As a detectorist myself, I can vouch for that. Although I certainly haven't found any S-VDB's, it's quite conceivable, if someone were to look in the right place. I'm on the wrong coast for that, though.
I would send both to NCS for conservation and then decide. Personally, I'm not so sure I'd sell either one. I never sell my detector-found coins, though I have sold some of the relics I've dug.
-I Love all U.S. coin series'
Especially Large Cents
<< <i>I agree with son of snake, I see no VDB on the one on the right. If indeed there is a VDB on that one, it's the keeper, it looks much nicer.
BTW, where the he11 are you digging up 1909s cents from anyway? I need to change my collecting habits. >>
Even though you can't see it from a picture dosen't meen its not there.One time I bought a 1909 cent from a store and I could just barley make out V.D.B. on the reverse.
Plus, there arent many public areas for me to go, and people arent too happy when someone is digging up their property
-I Love all U.S. coin series'
Especially Large Cents
About 10 years ago, a friend of mine got a detector for his birthday. His wife gave it to him. I was at his birthday party.
The first coin he found, in his own backyard, less than an hour after he opened the box, was an 1877 Indian Cent.
It has to be the ugliest '77 in existence, but the date is as bold as can be.
Unbelievable.
<< <i>I live in the midwest(Wisconsin) and I dont think theres much of anything to find here >>
Time for another reality check!
Here's a 3-Leg that came from Wisconsin... Read what else was found at the same site.
There are good coins to be found in all 50 states. There are not many areas where there aren't at least Seated coins in the ground somewhere.
Am riding a lucky streak right now; just dug up an AG 1863-s seated half and a 1909-vdb cent. Battered eagles
I just find 'em.
I say the one on the right is a cast counterfit, If in fact you do see the VDB On the rev.
But Really hard to tell with out looking under a scope,
Good luck
And If one does turn out to be counterfit, Please let me know I would like to take pics of it or
Buy it
I've never dug a gold coin. A few rings, yes, but not a coin. Yet.
One site here on the island yielded a nice 1899 $10 for someone else. I found my first 1700's coins there (1776 and 1787 half reales). I just sold an EF-ish 1899-S $20 that somebody dug just north of here.
Sold my buddy's find recently, too.
Here's one I'll keep. A personal find of mine. It's 5.83 times rarer than a 1909-S VDB cent, wasn't really intended for circulation, and it's a big piece of silver (which is always harder to find, since big silver was harder to lose- people picked 'em back up off the ground). Nevertheless, I found it, and a fellow forum member was with me when I did (thanks to BlueCole, who was sharing one of his sites with me!)
Coin shooting is a hoot; wonder how many collectable coins have been rescued by metal detectors?
I just find 'em.