Re: Observation about 1909 S VDB Lincoln cent

[Bremick]

"HeeHawkeye" <vacation...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> From what I read, when the public found out that the VDB initials were
> to be relocated from the 1909 cent going forward after complaints,
> they snapped up rolls of the coins. Are the high MS number specimens
> that I see sold online most likely from those rolls? I see many VF
> condition ones for sale too. The general public did not hoard them all
> apparently and used them for commerce I guess, hence the wear. I think
> I saw a ca. 1940's coin price book once that listed the 1909 S VDB for
> $40 or so. So between 1909 and the 1940's the coin grew in scarcity
> due to collectors growing in ranks? There was only about half a
> million of the coin issued. I am actually surprised that many of them
> were used for regular pocket change until what happened?

If I recall, my old 1954 "Red Book" listed it at $12.50. A 1956 price list
from B. Max Mehl shows it at $40 in contrast to a 1937 price of $1.25. But
then in 1937 you could have bought lunch for five for $1.25.

[Gene85]

In 1937 White Tower and White Castle hamburgers were a dime or 12 for
a dollar.
I worked in a drug store in 1940 and a banana split was12 cents

[Bremick]

"Gene85" <gen...@giganews.com> wrote in message
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I do remember White Tower burgers still at ten for a dollar into the 1950's.
I think they just kept getting smaller. I could never work (for long) in a
drug store that sold banana splits for 12 cents. Couldn't stand the
torture.

[maryga...@gmail.com]

Does anyone know if there were any 1909 S pennies without the initials VDB?

[Michael Benveniste]

On 10/27/2014 7:02 AM, maryga...@gmail.com wrote:> Does anyone know

if there were any 1909 S pennies without the initials VDB?

~1,825,000 1909-S Lincolns and ~309,000 1909-S Indian Head Cents without
VDB.

Consider the obligatory comment about cents and pennies made.

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