Found a 1909 VDB in circulation today!

jmcu12

Dont have a picture, I would say it is Good/Fine - good overall color.

Very exciting!

chucknra

Congrats!! Nice find.

Longacre

Great find! A sticker and a Plus for you!

RYK

That's very cool. A 100(+) year old coin in circulation...

BaseballAbs

You suck! Thats awesome.

jmcu12

I got REALLY excited at first, I saw the reverse before the obverse - I hoping and praying for an 'S'.

Oh well, it paid for my lunch!

RichR

The real question is if anyone had their 1909 VDB coin stolen recently...or maybe grandpa died and their grandson bought some candy...

Because IMHO that's the only real way a coin like that would be on the loose out there.

But congrats on being the lucky finder!

garrynot

maybe its from one of those coin drops people were talking about.

MidLifeCrisis

That's excellent! Sometimes it's fun being a coin collector, huh?

Congrats!

Tdec1000

<< <i>The real question is if anyone had their 1909 VDB coin stolen recently...or maybe grandpa died and their grandson bought some candy...

Because IMHO that's the only real way a coin like that would be on the loose out there.

But congrats on being the lucky finder! >>



That isn't the only way..... I purchased about 50 rolls of wheats one time from the local bank that an old widow turned in after her husband died... and in the rolls was a 2 09 VDB's and an 09 S, and a 1914 S in xf...both of the 09's were low grade but still great finds

so you can still find great coins in circulation.

Mowgli

<< <i>The real question is if anyone had their 1909 VDB coin stolen recently...or maybe grandpa died and their grandson bought some candy...

Because IMHO that's the only real way a coin like that would be on the loose out there.

But congrats on being the lucky finder! >>



Maybe not as I have dumped old Wheaties in circulation on occasion - including 1909-VDBs. Most circ Wheaties bring 2-4 cents at my local dealer - more fun to spend them.

SaorAlba

I would tell you that you are a liar, but then again I really did find one in box searches last year, and it is VF too. Just wish it had a little S on the front like it was supposed to have.

ricko

Cool find... I know I have a couple in my gallon containers of cents... really have to get to them this winter. Cheers, RickO

TomB

Very neat find. It would have made me quite happy, too.

ambro51

check for the doubled die...RTY in liberty are doubled, as are the 1 and 9 in the date

DCW

Its a down economy. People are turning in loose change for $. Excellent time to roll search. I found two 1909's (no vdb) in a box last month. Also in the box was a 1919-s and about other 40 wheats almost one per roll!

dizzyfoxx

Outstanding!

giorgio11

<< <i>I got REALLY excited at first, I saw the reverse before the obverse - I hoping and praying for an 'S'.

Oh well, it paid for my lunch! >>



Make sure it's not one of the two well-known DDOs too ... now that would REALLY pay for a nice lunch! Cool find, congratulations! We have an, er, special fondness for those coins

tahoe98

....congrats!!

Constantine

Great find. It is fun any time a wheatie pops up in change. I would make a guess it was dropped into circulation by a collector.

AnkurJ

I have also found two veer low grade ones in the last year!

And....

illini420

sweet

Shamika

Incredible!

kurtdog

My little one and I have been searching boxes of cents for some four years now and we've never found a V.D.B. in a roll. I have about twenty of them from my years of collecting, most in pretty decent circulated grades, but then I've been at this from around 1909, or, so it seems. We've found numerous IHCs. That's how I want to find ours, though, when/if it comes: staring right up at us; shaking as we turn it over.