I found a 1909 VDB in a roll!

I bought 20 rolls of pennies to go through today. In the second roll I went through, I found this gem. What do you think it would grade at? It's not in bad shape at all for being 105 years old and still in circulation.

 

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awesome find. wow you are lucky.

 

Nice find, I would give it a VF. You might want to check your math on the 115 years old though

 

105. I got so excited I forgot how to count.

 

Sweet find!

 

That's an amazing find. I haven't the skill to comment on the grade, but I appreciate your find!
-L

 

Awesome find Bugo! I'm very happy for you!

 

Thanks for the positive comments. I'm pretty happy and haven't been this excited about a find in a while. I haven't even gone through my other rolls yet because I'm too blown away by this find and I know there's a slim chance for any of the other rolls to have anything this neat.

 

Nice find! Did the rolls come from a bank?

Chris

 

Nice find, bet you got greedy and really looked hard for that "S"

 

Super nice find! I found a pair in circulation more than 25 years ago when I used to roll search.

 

I have found a couple of them, a nice example and one that looks like the WWI got the better of it. It is cool to find a century old coin in a roll search.

 

Yep. Bank wrapped rolls from Bank Of America.

 

In that case, it wasn't a nice find. It was excellent!

Chris

 

I know. This is the best find I've found during my brief time coin roll hunting. I also found a 1943-P war nickel earlier this week. I've found a bunch of wheats and pre-1960 nickels as well. I'm glad I discovered this forum because it introduced me to the wonderful world of coin roll hunting. Thanks, fellow CRHers.

 

I only have one suggestion for you if you regularly search rolls from BoA. Here in Florida, BoA uses their own central depository for supplying rolls to the area branches, and I discovered that the rolls I turned back in to the bank ended up being recirculated (after they were put in crimped wrappers). The only time that the central depository ordered new rolls from the Fed was when their supply ran low. I don't know if this organizational set-up is the same for all areas of the country.

My point is that if you happen to notice some coins that look vaguely familiar to you (damaged, marked, etc.) it may be that you are searching rolls faster than BoA needs to reorder from the Fed.

Chris

 

Indeed, it is better juju to take them to another credit union or bank so that you reduce the possibility of getting them back.

 

Exceptional find my friend! Looks like VF. Glad it found a home!

 

Thanks for the kind words. I noticed how well struck the reverse is. You can easily see the "V.D.B." without a magnifying glass. On another 1909 VDB I have, you can barely, and I mean BARELY see the VDB even with a magnifying glass.