Coin Newbie Needs Help!! 1909-S VDB... X 3! REALLY!

[coinflip]

good finds

 

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[Virgil]

good finds

^ I'm pretty sure this is the understatement of the week. A more correct response would be "Sweet Baby Jesus!", which coincidentally is what I said Amazing! I'm mad jelly... but happy for you guys all the same

 

[twodogsnacat]

Any updates on these coins?

We got the call this morning from the dealer who submitted the coins to PCGS on our behalf and they came back:
one is MS63 RB, and the other 2 came back as MS64 RB. We will go there after work today for the details, but that's the good news so far....

 

[Virgil]

Damn good news, I'd say! Congrats

 

[twodogsnacat]

Damn good news, I'd say! Congrats

Thank you! We're pretty excited about it!

 

[austin]

Boom Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding. Really, really, really sweet find. So when do you think the IRS will show up?

 

[dustywallen]

Update?

 

[twodogsnacat]

Update?

Coin #1 (the one with the "fingerprint marks" so to speak) came out as MS63 RB and we were able to sell it at a great price to a local collector that the dealer actually connected us with. The dealer is a pretty honest and fair guy as far as what we have experienced! Coins #2 and #3 came in at MS64 RB. The dealer thought that Coin #3 should have "at least hit MS64+ RB if not an MS65 RB".

The third coin has a lot more red in it than the other two, but we are happy they came back as they did.

If you remember, the day after we found the coins (knowing absolutely nothing other than "VDB" and "S" meant something), we took them to a local dealer to see what they were worth. The first dealer we took the first 2 coins to (before we even knew we had a third coin) said that "their weights were light and they'd never seen such 'authentic-looking 1909-S VDBs' that were 'underweight'...blah blah blah" yet they made us an offer "despite the 'risk' to their authenticity." They also discouraged us from sending them out to be graded since one of the guys was the self-proclaimed "Wheat Penny King"....

The dealer we went to that sent the 3 coins out to PCGS was the first dealer who said the 2 coins were "at least AU grade" and I barely knew what that meant then. He encouraged us to have them graded and said if they came back "uncirculated" their values would possibly "double." He also guessed they'd come back at 1 MS63 and 2 MS64s before mailing them out. He has been fair and honest and actually knowledgeable and helpful.

Now we are going to go about selling the MS64 coins. The buyer for the MS63 couldn't buy one of the MS64s, otherwise it would have been a sale.

Do you know what other venues we should try in addition to Ebay to sell these? Thanks for all your help!!!

 

[Diver_Down]

Do you know what other venues we should try in addition to Ebay to sell these? Thanks for all your help!!!

Heritage Auctions. Try for the FUN show in January. One of the largest coin shows in America. I wouldn't even consider eBay - not for these caliber of coins.