I think I found a REAL Poor-01 (or 1/2) Wheatie Yesterday!

airplanenut

Found this puppy... tilted in strong light, the date looks like it's 1920. Can't be sure about a mint mark. I've provided two sizes of the date (yes, color was played with) because I thought the smaller one was easier to see (the huge original image was impossible to see)






Jeremy

wvinchic

I LOVE it! I love really worn coins. I'd love to get my hands on some!

Stacy

tsacch

send it to pci or ntc for a VF-35

bgrice

<< <i>send it to pci or ntc for a VF-35 >>



Ouch!

ccr

I say it`s an ACG grade of BU.

K6AZ

I've received a few Lincolns like that over the years, mostly 1910, 1911, and 1919. I've just put them right back in circulation.

RiotAct

OOH, I'll go MS-65 on this one.

Doesn't have quite enough eye appeal to bump it up to a 66, though. Sorry .

lordmarcovan

Good one!

Oh, sorry. I meant Poor one!

I remember finding a 1912 that looked like that, in my Mom's change purse, back in 1977 or so, when I was an 11-year-old newbie collector.

Another time, as an adult, I got a 1909 in change that was about that slick. (No VDB, that I could see, though it could've been, I guess. It wasn't an "S".

CoinOnTheCob

I have a couple like that. I, too, have a 1909 smoothie. No "S" and no "VDB" Not that I could tell, anyway. I was only able to see the date by scanning it and blowing it way up.

Colorfulcoins

Very low......certainly a FR02 and maybe even a PO01 (I've never seen one) but I'd sure to like to find one!

LanLord

That is quite cool, what is the date? I'm having trouble seeing it in the pic.

Deadhorse

OK, what's the requirement to get one of these slabbed?

I've got a Morgan where the rim is about the thickness of a dime, can't begin to tell the date. You can only just make out the image of Lady Liberty and the reverse just has a shadow of the eagle body. He's wingless and mostly headless.

airplanenut

<< <i>That is quite cool, what is the date? I'm having trouble seeing it in the pic. >>

I think it's a 1920... not sure if there's a MM

K6AZ

OK, so I'm bored. Dug this out of my junkbox. It's a 191?, no idea what the last digit is, too far gone.

atarian

i gotta 1911 that would be a 01 for sure
i cnat see it being a fr-02. who was that guy agian interested in po-01s?
im sure i got one with his number on it lol.

bgrice

Serious question.....

Do the graders at PCGS get a second set of eyes(grader) to confirm a P01 or FR2? And on that note.... is there a group who specializes in low grades? Or do all of them get the chance to chuckle?

clackamas

That is too far gone for PO1, that is why they are hard. Too much and FR2 and too much gone ..nada. You have to be able to tell thae date and mint.

itsnotjustme

I clearly see 1924.

But I also see 1920, 1930 & 1934.

Then for laughs I see 1944 over 43!