Someone just sold an album on eBay with a 1909-S VDB cent in it?

Look at this listing - sold yesterday: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lincoln-Ce...vip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l44720. The album had a 1909-S VDB cent in it. Do you guys think that the key date really was in there? I'm not the one who bought it, btw.

 

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It sold for $80.
1909 S 1909 S VDB 1914-D 1931-S,
those 4 alone in good condition are worth over $1000.
I doubt the key dates are in there.

 

It is missing the 31-S. Something just seemed wrong about it to me...who would have the 09-S VDB, but not a 1974-D?

 

Why would you sell the album for $80, when you can sell the 1 coin for over $800? As for the 74-D they could have stopped collecting, or that coin was not important enough to bother with.

 

Looks like the sell estate items - maybe they didn't know what it was worth. IDK, that's why I am asking what you guys think.

 

I seriously doubt theres an actual 1909 S VDB in the hole for it, probably a 1909.

 

I just looked at the photo again, and it appears that the 1909 is mintmarked. Here is a photo:

 

Someone scored big due to seller not knowing what they had.

 

Strange. Something is very wrong or a seller is really dumb.

 

Could be any coin in that slot. Whenever I look through albums like these at estate sales, pawn shops, etc. I see the same thing. The key dates have placeholder coins in them and aren't the real keys. Also, many of the Whitman albums have the coins glued in there.

 

I was thinking China fakes in the key slots.
But let's say they are real and there. Wouldn't some bidder have seen this
and bid more than $80?
Something is not right.

 

It was a BIN. There was no bidding involved. Yes, if it was an auction, they probably would have gotten a lot more money for it.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if that was a regular 1909-S no VDB in that slot. But it definitely could have been a 1909-S VDB. If it was, that was a fantastic deal for $80.

 

Even if it was a second 1909-S, it still would have been a good deal.

 

If it contains the early S dates 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914-D, (S), 1915.
Besides the 1909-S, there's also the 1922, 1924 D. Then it was a steal. They should
e mail the seller, and send more money.
I wonder if these are really in the set. Even with enlarge it was difficult to see the dates on the coins.

 

Looking at the third photo, it appears to me that the 10-S, 11-S, 12-S, 13-S and 14-D are all lacking a mint-mark. I'm guessing a lot of those early slots are just random wheaties or "close enough" coins and not the actual keys.

 

Saw the same thing, a lot of the coins that are supposed to be mintmarked are not.

 

Yeah but. Even if they were missing mint marks. That album is damn near better then mine

 

THEY WERE MINTED IN THE CHINA SANFRANCISCO MINT!

 

Page 1 looks to be not even close to the correct coins with the 13-D slot the most obvious. This will likely be a return with feedback to match.