Lincoln help

I just pulled a 1909-S from a budgood bag this week, and in the past a 1914-D, 1931-S and too many semi's to count.

 

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YES !!!
And the brush strokes !!

 

Ok, I surrender. If I may purchase a budbag, I will sight unseen at whatever the going price. I usually buy hoards of coins from elderly people, but even those have somehow been searched. I will listen to the majority and buy one if I can get hooked up. edited
Vegas Vic

send him a PM

 

I actually got bored one day and wrote a guide on ebay all about unsearched wheat cents. I would post it here, but am afraid it would violate forum rules.

So, I posted a link to my ebay guide in the open forum. It's the only way I know of how to determine whether wheats are unsearched or not (usually not).

 

oh post it here who would mind we are all here for knowledge

 

Ok, but if I get deleted or they take away my birthday or something to that effect...it's your fault::smile

the link.

 

Cool report !
However, that only applies to cents pulled from circulation and saved.

Many bags are just accumulations of collections purchased, then the dealer throws them into a bin and when they reach 5000, sell it, usually after pulling the better stuff for carded singles, the way I do it.

Like I said, I also buy and sort bags as well. Some bags I search, some I don't knowing that they are just average bags and not worth the 5 hours. It all depends on where I buy them.

 

Excellent point. You are correct.

 

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As I said earlier, I buy many hoards, especially from the elderly. I've bought five gallon buckets of wheats and never hit one of the four keys. I then end up putting them in zip-locks and salt them and sell them at $8.95 a pound. Somebody even seems to get to the old people before we can get there. I just don't believe in unsearched wheats any more.
VV

 

I think your skepticism is well founded. Although...there are those budgood bags everyone talks about...

 

what 4 keys. i cant believe i hit all 4 of them already

 

The 2 scarcest ( none are rare ) " main" Lincolns are the 22 No D die pair #2, and the 55 doubled die. You can add the 36 DDO #2 and the 1917 DDO, 1944 D/S, 1946 S/D...etc etc

the most " expensive " big 4 are the 09SVDB, the 09S, 14-D and ( 31-S...common in all grades VF and above....BU rolls existed recently, most have been broken up and slabbed )

As you climb up the grades, most of the " common " 1920's decade are exceedingly tough, and many of the Phili 1950's, topping out at the 1926-S, the true key to a Gem Red Lincoln collection.

 

Spock,are you messing around or possibly not seeing the coins correctly? I'm sorry to have to actually ask but that would truly be unheard of.I mean I know I did put in some world coins but the cents were untouched. If so holy crud !

 

Jason
Since when do you look like Billy Idol?

 

Roflmao

 

LOL ! That picture is from 8 years ago .At the time it was more akin to the guy from Fight Club.

 

someone get me a ban button. i need to take care of a mod who has lost it for his own good too

 

I am not sure what you mean but there were cents coins in there fire red gem bu at the very least. i bet at least half a roll of 1950 D were like that amongst others

 

some of the world coins ill have to wait a bit i think the 4 pence from england (came out of the bag not the flips) the tonk pice, the 1 reale or escudo cant remember and of the british coins were just amazing out of this world. i got the 1909 and the 1922 in there not to mention 1910 11 and 12 but that was just looking randomly i am sure there are other treasures out there ( i saw at least 15 1955 but havenet checked for DDO) why is this a surprise?