Just Bob

Greed. Pure and simple.

Greed. Pure and simple.

Greed. Pure and simple.

Johann Friedrich looks like he could have come straight out of a Disney movie.
Cool coin, though.! 

Just post here, the second one has stronger detail but the obv staining is a real negative to the eye appeal aspect.   Again not worth the cost to slab as this coin's value I would place at $5, while technically AU for the details the staining really hurts the value and the lack of any luster limits the grade to XF.    Just because something is old does not automatically mean it has great value, 1909 was the first year for the Lincoln cent and the mint made over 27 million 1909 VDB cents.   As is typical of first year issues these were horded heavily so it is very easy to find 1909 VDB examples and in very high grades.   Iast month an MS63 red example sold at auction for $50, which depending on the cost to buy the coin and after auction (and possible grading fees) fees the seller may have lost money.
We don't mind helping you out with some of this but if you plan to sell you need to learn to grade yourself, once you can do that you can use the power of the internet to determine values for yourself.   Use this link  Photograde  to compare your coins and determine the grade, my challenge to you is find a coin you have not posted here and use this guide I've linked to find a grade yourself.   Then post that coin and the grade you think it is and ask if we think you are correct.
That will be a big first step toward you being able to help yourself.

The obverse looks VF, the reverse is a bit too blurry to tell if the lines in the wheat ears are all there, but also looks VF. It might even go low XF in hand. Still not worth the cost of submission, though. I would put the value of this one in the $8 - $12 range, judging by "sold" listings on Ebay.

To put it in Southern terms: That is some serious wishful thinking right there!

I looked at it for about 20 minutes and ended up seeing a 43 copper Lincoln. 

There are four listed on Variety Vista. NGC recognizes one - FS-103.

Absolutely not

Welcome to the forum. 

I can't get the cert number to pull up.

Absolutely not

It is not a theory. It is a fact.
According to the Red Book (A Guide Book of United States Coins), "Prior to 1996 all dies were made at the Philadelphia Mint. ... Dies for use at other mints are made with the appropriate mintmarks before they are shipped to those mints."

Absolutely not

It is called "Split Plate Doubling," and is considered damage. The following is copied from Error-Ref.com:
Definition: Best expressed and most often seen among broadstrikes and off-center strikes, split plating doubling is restricted to copper-plated zinc cents.  When the planchet is struck, the portion trapped beneath the dies expands in all directions.  The thin copper plating is subjected to tensile as well as compressive stress.  The tensile stress causes the copper plating to rupture, exposing the underlying zinc.  The exposed zinc often outlines large centrally-located design elements, like busts and buildings.  Split plating doubling can, however, involve any design element, including peripheral ones.
Another factor involved in split plating doubling is a tendency for the copper plating to catch on the sharp corners of the recesses in the die face.  This can tear open the copper plating as the coin expands.

Are you referring to a "dropped letter?" I had that same thought, until I looked at the full coin picture. It is too small to be the "O" in "GOD," or part of one of the numerals. It does not look to be raised or incuse, but looks like it is part of the surface. It would be great to see the coin in hand, but, from the picture, it looks like a stain of some sort. Whether it is a "Struck through something tiny" or not may be impossible to determine.

Oliver Baylis Overstreet ran a general store in Beaumont, MS from 1913 until his death in 1929. His store passed to his heirs, and was run by his wife, Laura, until 1940.
When I bought this token, it came with a note to a former owner that was written by LLoyd Wagaman, in which he attributed the token to Beaumont. Mr Wagaman was a founder of the Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio Token and Medal Society, and wrote the book on Indiana tokens, He was also an attributer/identifier of tokens, and designed and created many series of elongated cents. More on Mr. Wagaman at a later date.
 

Oliver Baylis Overstreet ran a general store in Beaumont, MS from 1913 until his death in 1929. His store passed to his heirs, and was run by his wife, Laura, until 1940.
When I bought this token, it came with a note to a former owner that was written by LLoyd Wagaman, in which he attributed the token to Beaumont. Mr Wagaman was a founder of the Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio Token and Medal Society, and wrote the book on Indiana tokens, He was also an attributer/identifier of tokens, and designed and created many series of elongated cents. More on Mr. Wagaman at a later date.
 

Tis true, 144 tons or just over 36,000 board feet (12' x 12' x 1').

Dang, forgot I had this picture. I need to go through my stuff and rediscover some things.
Found a few more pics online. 


 

Henry Gorham Lowery (1901-1963) came to Mississippi from Missouri, and established a cotton plantation near Indianola, MS. His brother and part owner, John J., lived in Michigan, and eventually sold his part of the plantation to H.G. This token was used in the plantation commissary. 
 

Oliver Baylis Overstreet ran a general store in Beaumont, MS from 1913 until his death in 1929. His store passed to his heirs, and was run by his wife, Laura, until 1940.
When I bought this token, it came with a note to a former owner that was written by LLoyd Wagaman, in which he attributed the token to Beaumont. Mr Wagaman was a founder of the Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio Token and Medal Society, and wrote the book on Indiana tokens, He was also an attributer/identifier of tokens, and designed and created many series of elongated cents. More on Mr. Wagaman at a later date.
 

They won't grade a plated coin.

They won't grade a plated coin.