Many years ago I used to collect Lincolns and Jefferson nickels. My Dad collected Lincolns as well, all from circulation. Recently my son got interested in collecting the state quarters and it rekindled my interest in getting out the old collections and looking through them. In my Dad's old collection I found he had almost a complete set of 09-58 Lincolns, missing mostly the key and semi-key dates. On which stood out though was a beat up 1909S. The coin is obviously damage, with a deep gouge on the rim into the field at the top on the obverse, a flat spot on the rim on the reverse and several cleaning marks/scratches across both sides of the coin.....still I'm curious as to what this might be worth.
Would appear to have VF-EF details on the coin, if it was not for those gouges and that one gash at the top $120-$180, problem free... So your coin might be worth, a little less than $100... Maybe around $75 or so... Or that is what I would pay for it
hmmmmm!!! I guess I am old school...I would as it is G possible VG because of rim damage and gouge...in my opinion......but it is nice to have from a relative..good luck Neal
Thanks for all the replies. I was just curious as a local dealer here told me this cent was just basically junk and he was going to go out of his way to give me $10 for it. I'm not interested in selling due to the sentimental value but was curious about the coin. I tried to grade it myself and I ended up coming up with a F12 to maybe a VF,assuming it was in good shape. So I'm glad to see my grading skills are pretty much in line with what you guys think. I also realize the damage will reduce the value. My dad also had several semi keys in his stash, so I'm going to look through those as well and maybe post the better ones here to get an opinion. I've got a 10S, 11D, 11S (really beat up and damaged), a 13D, 13S, 15, 21S, 23S, 26S, 31D and 33D. As far as I know, my Dad never really bought any of these so I'm assuming these were all collected from circulation in the 1960s. All in all, I think my dad has a pretty complete collection here, minus the key dates. I'm looking forward to trying to complete this set with nice, circulated examples. John
That was sort of my thoughts as well, I figured the $10 quote was a teensy bit on the low side.......LOL John
I agree with the details...but I think you would be VERY lucky to get $50 for it. I'd imagine it would probably sell for $30 or so, but it would be hard to move at any price. A dealer won't "go out of his way" or "do you a favor" when buying from you. They are in the business and if they are buying it they think they can make a profit on it. Like I said, someone will probably buy it for $30...I'd try eBay.
Here's a couple of the other damaged coins from my Dad's old collection, an 09VDB and the 11S. The 09VDB looks as if something has impacted right in the beard on the obverse while the 11S appears to have been, well shot blasted, scrub, used to drive nails....it is in really rough shape!
True, but I was not in the market to move this coin for sentimental reasons, I was just curious to get an idea of value and was also curious as to how the damage would affect the grading and values of the coins. It's been over 20 years since I really did any serious collecting so i'm just trying to get my feet wet and start re-learning all the stuff I *used* to know about Lincolns! John
I love finding old wheaties in circulation, if it's worth more than a dollar, you've profited! I'd say probably $5-10 for the 1911-S, but $10 is pushing it $5 for the 1909 VDB I must point out that I am no expert, my real area of expertise is halves, still learning these Lincolns
Here's the final two semi-keys from my Dad's collection that I've photographed so far, the 13S and the 26S. The 13S looks nice but again, it appears to have been cleaned and has some obvious damage on the rims, both on the obverse and more so on reverse, as well as some gouges on the field in the reverse. The 26S looks to me like it is a pretty decent coin though for a circulated wheatie.
VF-20 details, damaged cleaned net AG-3 Thirty bucks? No way. Lincolns are hot right now. If you were to list that coin on Ebay I'm willing to bet it would sell in the $50 - $75 range. Take a look at what these 1909s cents sold for recently and that should give you some idea: http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-s-Lincoln-...s=66:2|65:13|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50 http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-S-KEY-Date...s=66:2|65:13|39:1|240:1318|301:0|293:3|294:50
All things considered, you might think about including the full four-digit year in the title of a thread about an "09 Lincoln".
