1909-S Lincoln

WOW! What a REALLY cool find! Only 1.8M minted, it's simply amazing you found one in a roll.

What surprizes me about this coin is the rims, I can't believe they still look that good considered the loss of detail. The date is barely discernable and some slight damage, that take it down to FR....so it's probably FR-1/2, I'm on the fence because I don't recall seeing a slabbed FR Lincoln ever.....they aren't usually worth slabbing....I have no comparisons.

On the coin market it wouldn't surprize me to see this as a $20+ coin. It's easy to see it has got to be genuine, I don't think a fake MM would survive the test of time. That's a good selling point, it is real. Personally, I'd put it on ebay and watch folks bid it up. It would be an interesting auction to start at $0.99 and see what happens. You might get $50-60+ for it. Then, I'd take the money, toss in a few bucks and find yourself a nice VG coin....a slabbed one would be nice. That would work out to be a nice, inexpense key to have in your collection then.....just an idea.

You might just get some nice money from the bay.....more than you would from here, but it's a nice gesture!

The Sheldon scale doesn't have "AG-1/2", there's only AG-3, then it goes FR-2, then P-1 (poor)....my bad the way I wrote it. Sometimes brain and fingers have a conflict. LOL

If you want to a grade, I'd go with FR-2 to be conservative....it might go AG-3, but I just don't know. I'd like to hear someone else comment. It's an interesting grading discussion.

Thanks all for your help. I think after considering
The wear on the devices (especially the lack of some letters etc.)
a few dings, scratches and the verdi on the rev. I will go with FR-2
I'll work my way up with the next few finds to AG, G, then MS70 :)