1917 Lincoln ddo

DontTellTheWife · September 11, 2016 8:07AM

As stated above , the 1917 Lincoln ddo.

Any demand for these? Are they scarce?

Thoughts , comments appreciated.

yosclimber · September 11, 2016 8:31AM

Total PCGS population is less than 300 [Edited].
http://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail.aspx?c=46
There are several threads in this forum where members have cherrypicked them off ebay.
Here's one of them:
https://forums.collectors.com/...tid=26&threadid=965981

bolivarshagnasty · September 11, 2016 9:30AM

Mint state examples usually sell well. Might take a while to move a vg example.

koynekwest · September 11, 2016 10:34AM

I was able to cherry more than a dozen in the lower grade ranges of good to fine in years past. With increased knowledge of the variety they may be a little tougher to cherry today.

DCW · September 11, 2016 12:56PM

As already stated, the demand would depend largely on the condition. The spread isnt spectacular on this variety, so it becomes hard to see in well circulated grades.
I think varieties in general have seen a marked decrease in demand. I don't know why this is the case. It is still amazing to me to find a variety, something that sets it apart from the billion "normal" cents produced in any given year.

koynekwest · September 11, 2016 2:19PM

Originally posted by: DCW

As already stated, the demand would depend largely on the condition. The spread isnt spectacular on this variety, so it becomes hard to see in well circulated grades.

I think varieties in general have seen a marked decrease in demand. I don't know why this is the case. It is still amazing to me to find a variety, something that sets it apart from the billion "normal" cents produced in any given year.

I can agree about the spread but you have to remember it IS a Lincoln Cent after all. Other stronger doubled dies in other series don't merit their own listing in the Redbook. I think the demand for doubled dies in general might be down to a degree but, of course, it all depends on the doubled die and the grade.

Bob1951 · September 11, 2016 3:59PM

Could be one of those coins that people like to cherry-pick but not pay much of a premium for. I am sure there is some kind of demand for this variety. You could check ebay for results.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Lincol..._trksid=p2045573.m1684

The results are all over the board on this one.

Bob

ricko · September 11, 2016 10:27PM

Did you find it in change? What condition? Cheers, RickO

DontTellTheWife · September 11, 2016 10:34PM

HI guys,

Thanks for all your comments.

As far as pcgs pop I'm seeing less than 300. 255 brown and 16 red brown and 17 red. Coinfacts indicates a survival guesstimte of 280, sum of 200 brown,40rb,40red.

Yes, eBay seems to be all over and surprisingly pretty strong.

The reason for this post is I took a chance and picked up a pcgs 1917 ddo in vg10 at a show yesterday.

It has been added to the greysheet, it is a Lincoln and it is certified.

Just looking for objective feedback as every once in a while it is fun, but more importantly educational to take a chance (aka buy at a safe number) a new coin or series and see what happens.

Thanks again, comments and feedback still very welcomed!

seanq · September 12, 2016 12:32AM

Here is another thread from earlier this year showing an example I cherry picked. While this variety is not that hard to find in grades below VF, it can be tough to find one that will grade at PCGS. Most of the low grade coins I've handled over the years have had issues that would place them into Details holders. People still need this variety for PCGS registry sets, so even in lower grades the holder definitely helps the value.

About four or five years ago I sold a PCGS graded coin in VG10, on eBay in a $.99 start / no reserve auction, and I got around $175 for it. I would think it might be worth a little less today but not by much. If you paid less than $150 for it, I think you did well.

Sean Reynolds

coindeuce · September 13, 2016 5:55AM

Originally posted by: bolivarshagnasty

Mint state examples usually sell well. Might take a while to move a vg example.

Sold a raw G6 this spring for $175.

Just sold a PCGS VG10 for $250 last week.

The VG10 lasted one day on eBay.

Both cherry picked.

yosclimber · September 13, 2016 6:05AM

Originally posted by: DontTellTheWife
As far as pcgs pop I'm seeing less than 300. 255 brown and 16 red brown and 17 red. Coinfacts indicates a survival guesstimte of 280, sum of 200 brown,40rb,40red.

Thanks for the correction. I must have been adding the wrong rows together - oops!

seanq · September 13, 2016 6:19AM

Originally posted by: coindeuce

Originally posted by: bolivarshagnasty

Mint state examples usually sell well. Might take a while to move a vg example.

Sold a raw G6 this spring for $175.

Just sold a PCGS VG10 for $250 last week.

The VG10 lasted one day on eBay.

Both cherry picked.

At first I thought you did really well with those sales but those seem to be the going prices right now. Here is a link to recently completed ebay auctions for the variety, several examples have sold in G4 to VG8 in the range of $125 to $199.

Sean Reynolds

bolivarshagnasty · September 13, 2016 12:53PM

In hindsight, I should have changed the statement to "if I owned a vg example it would take a while to move" LOL

1917 Lincoln ddo

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