Your most recent coin purchase with photo

Thx. I wanted one from the Civil War time frame with an original surface. I think I've found a decent one for the grade. Nice coin that's not a budget buster. Who knows...maybe Abraham Lincoln used it. Unlikely, but possible.

Your 1844 is a nice looking coin, btw.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

My last purchase was a 1909 Indian Head Quarter Eagle:

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb185/hgraves_2007/1909Obverse.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb185/hgraves_2007/1909Reverse.jpg

 

:high5: some great lookin coins here!

 

So I found a ok deal on a 1909 S the other day, and after much debate I decided to pick it up today. Then, get it home and discover it is a S/S

 

Hey, that's a nice pickup... and a good photo, too!

 

Thanks!

 

My father left me his large coin collection and I found a 1909-s penny. It looks like its in good condition what could such a coin be worth?. The coin has little ware and is chocolate in Tone. I realy havent taken a close look at it.

 

If you can post a pic we can take a better stab at it. The coin I posted above was the 1909 S Lincoln and based off of a recent copy of the greysheet the Lincoln goes from $90 in good condiditon to $1K in MS65RD. These is, or should I say should be, a slight premium for the S/S version. That premium would depend on which S/S you have and the market.

There is also a 1909 S VDB Lincoln which runs from $625 in good to 5.7K in MS65RD and a IHC (Indian Head Cent) goes from $500 in good to $1700 in MS65RD

 

What is a S/S ?

 

S/S is a RPM (Re-Punched Mintmark). In this case, the die was stamped with an S once and then stamped again that was misaligned. Because of the misalignment you can see, often times under strong magnification, portions of both S's. In the case of the 1909 S/S there are two known RPM's. One (mine above) with one S just slightly north of the second S, and the other where the first S was punched at an angle (near horizontal) and one punched vertically on top of it. The second is the more common of the two and the most popular according to most (though I happen to disagree).

 

I am not good with photos but I took these photos of my 1909-s I dont know its value but there is little ware on the coin . Let me know if its worth at least $5.00?

 

It is certainly worth more than $5.00. If you want to sell it for that, please let me know

Take a picture of the front and back of the coin, getting as close as you can without using the loop and we might be able to give a better idea of value.

 

I bought myself an AU-58 1883 shield nickel. I've been too paranoid to try to pick out raw coins, as I'm not too experienced. A ton of eBay coins seemed to be cleaned and altered in some fashion, and it's rather nerve racking. This is why I resorted on buying a certified version. Nothing too special, but the luster is very nice on it. Kind of looks proof like the way NGC imaged it (because the luster that is still on the coin). Obviously not a proof though (I wish). I know the pics aren't the best but nonetheless are from NGC's superior imaging.




One thing that I've noticed is that I've been so busy worrying about getting modern stuff, but I'm not exactly enjoying it. A lot of the modern stuff just isn't pleasing to me. I want to start enjoying more of what I buy instead of worrying about completing a certain this or that of all these modern sets. :smile

 

My camera sucks! Anyway, I am unable to get a good shot of the coin. I will say that all the details on the back as well as the front are sharp. all the lines on the wheat are clear and sharp. No gouges can be seen. A ballpark figure on the coin will be good enough for me. I haven't really gone through my fathers collection since his death. I just found a 1901 Indian head in BU condition too. He has over 200 walking liberties, 200 quarters, many liberty dimes (no 1916D) but many of the liberty dimes are in BU condition also. Maybe I should sit down one of these days and take a close look. My dad was a adv id coin collector and this collection took him over 60 years to build.

 

Based on the pictures you posted - I would ballpark it around $150 - $200. But, that is no more than a guess. Though it appears to be in great condition to you, it is easy to miss minor flaws that can have a significant impact. Even the most experienced collector has missed them at one time or another. If there is "VDB" on the reverse side the value would be considerably more.

With the images you posted I can see that there is some crud in the 0 (in 1909) and there are some questionable looking points on Lincoln himself (possibly from the flip it is in, possibly cleaning, possibly?)

I would highly suggest taking a close look at them all - one, it will likely hook yas - two, there is a huge sentimental value in having your fathers collection and IMO you can’t begin to appreciate it until you begin to really dive into it.

 

yankee:
1st: The is a little wear, but no ware.

2nd look carefully, it is possible that the coin is a 1919 S that had a hole drilled into the 1 to fake the date.

I have one of those, really neat!

But, no real value, except on eBay.

 

Been waiting a week for this to arrive. Gotta work on that gestation period.

This dramatically impacted my coin budget, I better lay low for a while

 

Here is my newest Morgan, Please go to this link I can't figure out what VAM it is?!?!?
Link:http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t63434/

 

Very nice! I can't get an idea of how the mirrors are from the photos. I'm sure that set you back a pretty 2-penny, lol.

 

Thanks Yea, need to work on my lighting. In-hand you can tell it's a proof, nice looking fields.