From The 7 Cent Wheat Cent Bin At The Local Shop

coppernickeldaddy I didnt know we had coin shops here in lexington may I ask where this one is?

Seems we have a bunch of members in the Lexington area...maybe we should have a meet/greet

Awesome buy!

I will repost the coin photo in the photo section, once I get home to the computer where the photo file is.
I didn't realize there were so many CCF members in this area! The shop is Bluegrass Coin & Jewelry, over in the Tiverton shops off Nicholasville Rd. It's in the plaza where Shoe Carnaval and some party store (can't remember the name of it) are located. Really small storefront; blink and you'll miss it. Not the greatest selection, but there is stuff to go through. Open Monday-Saturday; Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday are the best days to go as the owner's assistant, Shiela, runs the store those days and she's is definitely the nicer of the two that run the store. The owner (can't recall his name, that's how little I go in there when he is there) works Tuesday and Thursday. I totally avoid him. Maybe all of us local CCF folks can arrange to meet there sometime!

Thanks Upstate; will check that link out.

Heck I'll double your money for it!

Nice pick!

Thanks BadThad for the photo advice. I read SuperDave's thread on photography (oddly enough there was a post on his thread back in 2009 from ME, so I obviously read it before and just totally forgot about it!) and I did some experimenting last night. Photos I took with florescent lighting instead of incandescent had better color, especially with the copper. I'm working on making a semi-permanent setup for my photos, so I will be able to have some consistency. A darker background actually helped bring out the color better also.
At my local shop, bargains can be found, because the guy that owns the shop is pretty incompetent. His assistant runs the store four days a week, and when I do find something good in the bins I always mention it to her (because I won't go in the store when the owner is there; just not a pleasant person to be around) and she just shrugs her shoulders and says "Jim put that in there, you found it, it's yours". A 1908-S Indian in solid VG in the $1.50 Indian cent bin was one of my better finds in the last year. Last week there was one little coin sitting in the $1 type coin box. It was a very well worn 1844-O Half Dime ($85 CW Trends in Good-4). Well worth the $1. Same day in the common silver dime tub: a 1894-O Barber dime. Beat up a bit, but $2.50 for a $45 coin (CW Trends AG-3) I will take any day! In the past I've done even better than that.