Wheat Cent Search of a Lifetime - 1909-S VDB and 1931-S found

In the last few months I’ve been clearing out my LCS wheat cent supply whenever I go. Usually, they don’t have much, but their wheat cents are a goldmine. Looking through the bin, I started noticing things. First I saw a 1913-S, then a 1926-S, then a 1911-S. (I had just paid $16 for a lower grade 1911-S, dammit!) This time, after counting up their bin, they gave me a bag of about 800 coins. At 3¢ each, I paid $24.

Drove home, poured a few out, and began looking through. Not long after starting I noticed one wheat cent that was quite woodgrained on the reverse. Anticipating another teens or 20s wheat cent, I turned it over. 1909-S. “That’s a tough hole filled in for almost free”, I thought before flipping it again and seeing the VDB. I was in disbelief. I grab my loupe, the dot is halfway between the D and B. Pull up images, mintmark position #4 looks right.



Set it aside and kept looking through. Found a multitude of teens and twenties with mintmark:

1909 no VDB x3
1910-S (Dansco hole filled)
1911-S (replaces Dansco coin)
1912-D x2 (replaces piece of crap in Dansco)
1912-S (I’ll probably sell this one)
1913-D x2
1913-S (replaces POC in Dansco)
1915-D
1916-D x2
1916-S
1917-D x6
1917-S x3
1918-D x2
1918-S x2
1919-D x3
1919-S x3
1920-D x2
1920-S
1921-S x2 (one of them nice)
1923-S
1924-S
1925-D x2 (Dansco upgrade)
1925-S x2
1926-D x4
1926-S (probably will sell)
1927-D x2
1927-S
1928-D x2
1928-S x3
1929-D x4
1929-S x5
1932-D x2





And the very last little pile I look through...



What an incredible search. Found tons of non-mintmarked teens and twenties and tons of RB/RD UNCs as well, many of which will become Dansco coins. This might be one of those hunts I never top.

 

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You aren't going to tell them about it, are you?

To all the people who say "there's no such thing as an unsearched lot": yeah, it's probably true -- but some lots are still put together by people who are rushed, or don't know what they're doing, or don't care. Presto: a new "unsearched lot". Or at least, it was briefly unsearched...

 

I kind of left out a detail.

Last time I was there, they talked about "accidentally" putting a 1909-S VDB into the 300th bag of wheat cents they sold, which they expected to be next week. I think last time was almost two weeks ago now. I guess I was the lucky buyer of the 300th bag...

 

Wow ,You Lucky Dog !! Nice score man !

 

Well, it seems like the least you could do is name and anti-shame the shop; I think they've earned some good publicity!

 

Holy Cow!!! That's amazing! Lucky you!!!

 

wow!

go back & buy the whole box, or bag or whatever.