Complete Penny Collection

All in Very Fine.. $I would say roughly $1300-$1500,
All in Fine, roughly $1000-$1200
If the 09 S VDB is a good piece.
That is not including the 1922 Plain, 55 Double Die

Retail pricing on this would probably be higher.

I'm not sure how into this you are, or how easy it would be for you to tell if the 09 S VDB is real or not. Fakes have been going around for a long time...


Now how much would be a good price, that is all up to you and how much you want to spend. If all were FINE, I would probably try to get into it around $8-900. A little more in VF.

Jordan

Hi newspaperjunkie


The value of the Lincoln collection lay almost solely in the Keys and semi keys of the series.

The value can and does vary a great deal ,, If you intend to buy this set,, it is a must to have the 09-S VDB and the 09-S authenticated,,

I would go a step farther and also have the 31-S and if present the 22 no D .and 55 Double die .

The coins from 1959 through present,, unless extremely high grade add very little to this collection.

The keys are worth about 900.00 ,, with the rest of the collection(with out the varieties) no more than 1100.00 in the grades mentioned.

This value can change in a big way with a point or 2 up.

Rick

After a "short" production, the VDB was pulled off the 1909 Cents.
Looking at the numbers, there are a lot of 09 S VDBs minted... but with being probably the most popular set to collect, it normally carries a high value.

"There are fakes out there" is an understatment.
There are many, many fakes out there.
If buying on ebay, be very careful. Someone showed me their 09 S VDB they got off ebay... I had to let them know it was not a good piece. The decription was something like "Here it is. I don't know anything about it. No returns."
Well it was definately a bad piece.

There is another thread that you can view that shows, in my opinion, the easiest way to tell a good 09 S VDB from a bad. https://goccf.com/t/4933

Scroll down a little ways and you should see a little illustration.

There is also a very good book that was brought up a cuople times in the post. PCGS Guide to grading and Counterfeit Detection... very important it is the FIRST Edition, not the 2nd.

Hope this helps.

Huge, as far as the Counterfeit Detection goes.
The first edition goes in-depth with pictures on how to spot bad key dates (1877, 1909 S Indian; 09S VDB Lincoln, 1916 D Mercury, 28 Peace... (and more, but those are the only coins I have dealt with so far so those are what I have used this great book for)

I bought the second edition thinking it would be better than the first, but I was wrong. A few weeks later I ended up buying the First Edition. Anyone want the second edition, used maybe once? Let me know!

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Originally posted by jdheyne

"There are fakes out there" is an understatment.
There are many, many fakes out there.
If buying on ebay, be very careful. Someone showed me their 09 S VDB they got off ebay... I had to let them know it was not a good piece. The decription was something like "Here it is. I don't know anything about it. No returns."
Well it was definately a bad piece.

There is another thread that you can view that shows, in my opinion, the easiest way to tell a good 09 S VDB from a bad. https://goccf.com/t/4933

Scroll down a little ways and you should see a little illustration.

There is also a very good book that was brought up a cuople times in the post. PCGS Guide to grading and Counterfeit Detection... very important it is the FIRST Edition, not the 2nd.

Hope this helps.

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Yes it does greatly. I'll add that book to my list.

Although this is a very rought website, I went ahead and threw something together to hopefully help some people out.

http://www.bright.net/~isaac/index_.../Page813.htm

Like I said, pretty rough, but it should do what it needs to do for now. I know someone who has a couple fakes, so I plan to get ahold of those coins and get pictures to compare. I will also get pictures of the 1909 Plain VDB to compare as well, but that will come later.