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Coin Shop Lincoln cent find...what to do with them?
Bruggs
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I visited a small town coin shop yesterday with little hope of finding anything. This dealer doesn't do shows, so everything he had was new to me. As I walked in the door of this small, one room cluttered shop I was greeted with a warm hello. He asked if he could help me, and I said I'd like to see any seated coins he might have. He brought out a tray, which had about 25 or so coins, but contained some very nice quality common pieces. They were also priced and way above retail, so i kindly passed. I asked to see any Barber material, lots of your typical low grade/bullion stuff although I did buy a very nice original xf 1908 quarter for $30. I went thru his Indian cents and the typical low end commons. Then I asked to see any Lincoln's. He had a binder he set in front of me. I opened the binder and right away I noticed many coins missing from this binder. It had many semi-keys in mid grade, not too unusual but I was kinda surprised. I did purchase a 23-S in choice AU from this book, but that was it. He said he had one more to look at, so I did. I opened it up and the first coin I see is a gem red/brown 1909, so I pull it out and he prices it very reasonably. Next I pull a 1910 choice red/brown unc. So to make a long story short I bought the 09,1910,a 1912, 1913, (2)1916, 1917, 1918-S, (2) 1919, 191-D and a 1920. These coins are all original, crusty red/brown choice to gem coins. I know these aren't rare, but are they worth a trip to PCGS? Greysheet values on most of these isn't very much. What would you do? I added a quick photo of a couple of the coins.
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nice group of early lincolns. I like the color on that '16. enjoy them raw.
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