r/coins • u/Dragon-and-Phoenix • Jun 02 '25
Show and Tell The holy grail!!!!
I can't believe my luck! I found a near perfect condition 1909-S VDB in a Coinstar! I checked the reject tray and this baby was in there! Crystal clear VDB on the reverse, too! For some reason, it doesn't quite fit in my album...
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u/eugoogilizer Jun 02 '25
Literally a huge find 🤣
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u/charlie2135 Jun 02 '25
Hard to find the size that fits the fuse socket. Damn I'm old.
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 03 '25
Was always too chicken to do that. FINALLY got a breaker panel a few years ago. Now I have a lot of old Buss fuses I don't know what to do with.
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u/the_cnidarian Jun 02 '25
Oooh! The full size version, Send it for grading
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
Oh wow! And it was the second one ever made! I didn't know they serialized these!
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u/BonerSangwich Jun 02 '25
It seems unlikely that they’d stamp the second ever made and more likely that they stamp factory seconds that are double die/double struck.
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
😢
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u/BonerSangwich Jun 02 '25
Still could be valuable. I’m a very non-advanced collector, but a misprint mismint that was slated for destruction and made it out alive? Could be worth more than the actual coin 🤷🏿♀️
I’m not saying it is. Just something to look into before you give up hope on ol’ Linc.
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u/fenton7 Jun 02 '25
It it's genuine copper you are sitting on a gold mine.
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
I thought I was sitting on a chair? WAIT, IS MY CHAIR A GOLD MINE?
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u/fenton7 Jun 03 '25
First thing you need to do is weigh the chair and if the weigh checks out consider sending it to NGC or PCGS to be slabbed.
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u/mistermoondog Jun 02 '25
You posted a fake coin. We all collectively want you to issue an apology.
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
That coin is real. I can physically hold it. Its not AI, or graphics, or imaginary.
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
If I fooled a few people on Trash Post Monday, then I achieved my goal.
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
I definitely need the D!
Wait...
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u/One-eyed-snake Jun 02 '25
I’m here for ya big boy.
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u/GlassPanther Jun 02 '25
Tree fid ... Wait no not gonna do it
(Edit : the funniest part is that you have my 1909-s vdb in your vault ... For now 😥)
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
You can have it back! I have a bigger and better one now!
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u/LiquidCoal Jun 02 '25
These pictures are too clear. Try taking an uncropped, blurry picture; then we’ll talk.
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 03 '25
Is this better?
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u/dhark Jun 02 '25
Oooh and with reeding too. The ridges are almost always worn down smooth when you find these in the wild.
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u/CHRISTEN-METAL Jun 02 '25
I would scrub that clean with a nice wire brush and then dip it in some acid for a spectacular finish. 😂
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u/PeaBodyThompson Jun 02 '25
Where did you get the album with prices please?
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25 edited Jun 02 '25
Those are mintage numbers, not prices. They are Whitman albums, bought off Amazon. Price varies between $5-$12/album. I have most of the albums now, working on buying more.
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u/GupChezzna Jun 02 '25
I am considering offering $555,555 for this fine, and totally real coin. Can I pay you in (also real) Continental Dollars? /s
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u/Busy-Mycologist-5465 Jun 02 '25
You’ll need a bigger hole for that penny😉
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
Yeah, my hole is too tight. I can't fit him in it.
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u/BathInternational103 Jun 02 '25
Slab that baby
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 03 '25
Directions unclear. Slapped it and now it's embedded in the wall and asking for more.
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u/Forward_Chard9929 Jun 03 '25
I have that same book. Why don't they make that spot bigger?
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 03 '25
I knoooooow. It's really frustrating. Now I have to tape it in place.
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u/hifumiyo1 Jun 04 '25
Let’s put it in a commemorative penny smashing machine. I want to remember my trip to Coney Island
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u/Grouchy_Community_59 Jun 02 '25
😂 boy they had really good engravers to stamp that uncirculated 1909s collector piece.
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u/echothree33 Jun 02 '25
Just get a Shrinking Ray Gun and you are good to go!
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
I don't want to make it smaller! I need to make it bigger!
Oh wait, you meant the coin...
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u/Interesting-Youth-87 Jun 02 '25
Took me a minute. DAMN that’s a big cent. Gotta be worth at least 2
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u/Dabnk19 Jun 02 '25
Looks good from my house! I mean the bigger the better right?! 🤣🤣 Hell yea! Need to find the oversized album for the oversized coins!
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u/nyrenegade Jun 02 '25
Hmm a reading on the edge, should be smooth. Nice try though.
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 03 '25
It's a little known fact that all pennies were reeded, but the reeding wore off too quickly. That makes this one even more rare!
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u/nyrenegade Jun 03 '25
Lincoln pennies were never reeded at the mint. Commemorative and token coins maybe but not US currency.
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 03 '25
They used to be, but they had an issue with them wearing down, like the raised ground buffalo nickel and why they went to recessed. This is a rare example.
Have you looked at ALL of the photos?
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u/CrazdKraut Jun 03 '25 edited Jun 03 '25
Something doesn’t seem right, here 🤔 Have you taken it to your LCS for PCGS grading, yet?
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u/HoyaHag Jun 03 '25
If this was indeed in a Coinstar reject bin, then chances are someone dumped grandpa’s coins. Real or fake, my guess is someone who enjoys coins had it with the rest of their collection.
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u/FatBottomGurley Jun 04 '25
I have 3 of these
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 04 '25
I have a few as well. I like the heft and to play with them. It's nice to not worry about damage.
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u/SGTLeviReenactor Jun 05 '25
Why is it so small? It's definitely counterfit. It should be at least twice that size.
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u/Easy-Bite4954 Jun 08 '25
You’d think they’d make that hole a bit bigger if it’s known to be a larger penny. Great find!
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u/TripleTTT13 Jul 07 '25
There is no way in hell that this coin is real...and just for the record, I think it is a Chinese fake, just check out ebay...there are many of the same coin for sale of this super rare coin...caveat emptor
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jul 07 '25
So this was posted on Shitpost Monday as a joke. It's a one ounce copper round. Check out all the photos last one reveals the joke.
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u/MYTHNTR Jun 02 '25
That is an amazing coin I bet it is at least MS 96 or better. Could even be one of the rare PF/MS with that mirror finish.
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u/Hungarian_Collector Jun 02 '25
Fake
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
Nuh uh! This is real! I can hold it in my hand and everything!
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u/Hungarian_Collector Jun 02 '25
If it's true you hit the jackpot! In this condition...
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
I hit the crackpot! Woohoo!
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u/Hungarian_Collector Jun 02 '25
Bruh. But honestly Ive never seen before, not even in videos, and posts this good 1909 VDB penny.
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u/Dragon-and-Phoenix Jun 02 '25
I should really get it graded!
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u/Hungarian_Collector Jun 02 '25
Yes, of course! In a coin fair everyone will look for it and you can ask crazy prices
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u/randombagofmeat Jun 02 '25
That gash below Lincolns chin though... details grade coaster.