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Valued Member
United States
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As a newbie to roll hunting I started off with searching my penny jar at home and came across this 1909 Wheat penny. Seems like its in pretty good shape. Anyone have a thought on how this would grade?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
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Congrats! and that coin looks great, way better condition than the one I found a week ago.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats! you may want to post this in the modern coins grading forum as well
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Dawg51999: Welcome to the CCF!
Do you have any other coin collecting interests?
How in Earth did a coin of this age and in this condition, with some red remaining, wind up in change?
You are in a position to be congratulated for your luck. Congratulations!
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks for the feedback. I found this in a big jar of penniesI had collected over the past 5 years. At first I just pulled it out for being a Wheat penny and it was only later when I was updating a list of my wheat pennies thatI realized the date. Actually if I never stumbled across this site there's a good chance I would have cashed it in at the bank one day with the rest of my change. But now I check everything! Until recently I have primarily collected ASEs. I started in 2003 after college and I am slowly working on buying back dates to complete a set. I have picked up a couple silver commerarives and ATB 5 oz coins along the way. But since finding this site I have started searching rolls not on a big scale yet. I am thinking about starting a set of Peace dollars as well since (I got a 1921 for Christmas when I was a kid so the coin has found memories for me). |
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 United States
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Very nice!  Since this is not a CRH find and you are asking about the grade, I have moved it a more appropriate forum for a wider audience. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice find! AU-53
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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WOW...what a nice find in a jar. With red showing in some of the devices, AU-53 for sure. |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I can't quite catch up to the MS crowd but I can definitely get on the AU train with this one
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United States
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I'm with the AUers I buy change from my wife. A few years ago she counted out all the change and in the cent stack there was a MS IHC. She's from London...knows nothing about US coins. Edited by j_h_s
03/18/2012 11:04 am
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Posted 03/14/2012 9:39 pm
