Could it be???

It was in my drawer at work. So what is the proof coin? It's more pricey than the s mint mark, right? It is awful shiny under almost 120 years of dirt.

 

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She evidently thought she found the Holy Grail and that would be apparent to everybody here with eyeballs. How many times have we seen that, lol?

 

That's like asking how do you tell if it's a piece of cut glass or a diamond? Just trust us. Or, if you can't, look it up. This sums it up, some: https://www.coingrading.com/isitproof1.html. It's a handsome coin, though, don't get that aspect wrong. It's the kind you'd keep, if you were into collecting coins.

 

I clicked yes that the coin is real, your coin has beveled rims. Proof Lincolns have square rims. As said yours is a business strike.

 

Not bad for a find from your drawer at work. Should fill the hole in your collection nicely, assuming you have a Wheat Cent collection.

 

Which is why it's important to state what someone thinks they have. I do everything almost exclusively on a desktop for the large monitor and a real keyboard. Her images are tiny and 90% background, so I had to save them off and blow them up just to see what the date is. It's immediately obvious that it's not the 1909-S VDB, so is that what she thinks it "could be", or is it something else? Does she think there's an error, or a DDO, or RPD, or what? I hate having to work so hard. I'm not trying to give the OP a hard time; just trying to encourage people to be more descriptive with their posts. It's a nice coin that I would put in a 2x2 or album and keep.

 

I get you but if you look at her post it’s like she’s got dollar signs in her eyes or something. She just thought it’s clear as day she hit the lottery or a 99-1 horse at the racetrack so didn’t think of having to point it out. “Whirlwind” I think they call it. She was in one of those things.

 

Thanks. Yes, I have a tiny collection started. I have to say this one is top 3 favs.

 

I have a 2009 penny from the series that my coin app says is mint state...I have the entire set just not this condition. ..

 

That's nice to know ...I've not heard that way before.

 

Thank you so much. I appreciate the help. What do you think about this one....

 

It saves us a click. In really long threads however requesting tons of pictures full-image loads erratically and slow and is irritating, at least to me. I think in those thumbnails is the way to go. In a lot of those I don't even see at the coins for the lousy loads.

 

Much better!
However, do you know how to crop pictures? Try it out out...
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