Rim's cents came up with far different data in post 19.
1909-S VDB Lincoln Head Cent Jump to: navigation, search 1909-S VDB Lincoln Head Penny, Obverse 1909-S VDB Lincoln Head Penny, Reverse...
50 k is a lot. It is just that the coin and series are popular. Any date half cent coin is far rarer than an 09s-vdb. There are plenty of 19th...
I don't buy that for a second
The coin is quite common in high MS grades. You'd find several at any coin show or auction. I can't see any way that 90% of them are essentially...
it had to be more expensive ( adjusted for inflation) 100 years ago, just common sense really. So a gallon of milk was over an hour's pay now it...
I'm not sure how often coins actually get replaced. I think it is rather rare actually unless the coin is actually mutilated in some fashion.
They weren't melted as copper has only been high enough to do so in recent decades and wheat cents would not get melted plus it is illeagle to...
source ? Refrigeration would have been tough then and most people used iceboxes. I think 3 cents is way low
484,000 09svdb made and highly hoarded and only 50,000 survived ? I think that number is very low.
How is there any doubt after seeing a reversed image ?
Kind of odd now that you point that out...
problem coins will always be a problem when you want to sell.
maybe shot with a .22 pellet gun on the reverse ?
crap coins are a waste of money ! It will be $1 fifty years from now, buy a lower grade one like G-4 that isn't scrubbed instead for a couple of...
Do you still think it is double struck ? I don't Have you ever seen a double struck coin this worn ? It's some sort of vice-job and I'd bet...
what is a post mint error ? if it didn't happen at the mint how can it be an error ?
The fact that the coin is this worn is mighty suspicious since a double struck coin would get pulled from circulation while it was near unc. I...
I wonder how it was done.
100% yes
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