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[powermad5000]

************************EDIT! NOTE! PLEASE READ THIS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FIRST!!! This post has turned into all humor. If you read any further, all commentary here is either humor or sarcasm. These coins in this thread are NOT mint errors, nor have any value beyond face value! And they are NOT candidates for grading!******************************

I think I may have the best parking lot find ever. This is one truly vying for the top registry spot in the American Association of Parking Lot Coin Collectors (AAPLCC). 

The only way I figured it might be a coin is because it was round so I picked it up. It was laying heads up. When I flipped it over I saw it was indeed a coin.

Do I have a rare and valuable error??     

Edited July 26 by powermad5000
public service announcement added

[Greenstang]

Nice find. Put it on eBay right away. Can’t ask more than $2500.00 for a raw coin though.

[RWB]

Great find! That might be the only 1909-S VDB cent struck with the memorial reverse. And the condition --- just amazing. Got to be worth a million Zimbabwe thingies, or more! Your coin should be on the cover of every hobby magazine -- even "Low Rider Monthly!"

[The Neophyte Numismatist]

Nice one (To be clear to any lurkers reading this... my friends above are completely joking about this coin.  If you have one "just like it", spend it)!

[RonnieR131]

 Your coin is legit, as I have one exactly like it. Mine has the same die markers on the reverse. I'm not at liberty to describe the die cracks that prove its authenticity because the Chinese counterfeiters are always looking for a way to improve. Etsy, here we come.

[LOCK34]

I am calling BS. Why would the mint put coins in the parking lot???

[RWB]

On 7/25/2024 at 9:24 AM, LOCK34 said:

I am calling BS. Why would the mint put coins in the parking lot???

'Cause the freezer was filled with horse heads, silly. (Anyway, paving with cents might actuality be cheaper than using asphalt !)

[powermad5000]

I'm glad I posted this. It's nice to have a thread that gives some laughs!     

It's been a little serious around here lately.

Keep the jokes coming! 

I also think I am going to do my best conservation effort and return with the results.

[powermad5000]

On 7/25/2024 at 8:24 AM, LOCK34 said:

I am calling BS. Why would the mint put coins in the parking lot???

I saw a video on You Tube and the guy was saying how this was something the Mint has been doing for awhile.

[powermad5000]

On 7/25/2024 at 7:16 AM, RonnieR131 said:

Mine has the same die markers on the reverse.

I don't know, I think I have a new undiscovered variety on mine.

[powermad5000]

On 7/25/2024 at 6:30 AM, RWB said:

That might be the only 1909-S VDB cent struck with the memorial reverse.

On top of that, I think it has doubled dies.

[powermad5000]

Now that I am thinking about it, I think this is a mint error for struck through.

[RWB]

On 7/25/2024 at 1:51 PM, powermad5000 said:

On top of that, I think it has doubled dies.

I've heard there's a new vaccine for that....! But some say that laundry bleach will work, too.

Edited July 25 by RWB

[J P M]

His cent is the real deal, a true parking lot coin. I have an early die state of that coin. Mine was removed much too soon before the parking lot had been resealed otherwise it would look just as nice. 

Edited July 25 by J P M

[Rod D.]

After these two coins are submitted to NCS, please let us know the results.
 

Can these cents even be spent at face value? 

[powermad5000]

On 7/25/2024 at 10:12 PM, Rod D. said:

Can these cents even be spent at face value?

I would think I will need to perform some basic conservation to make mine somewhat better, but as long as a merchant will accept such a coin, then yes.

Technically, one can still make out it is a Lincoln cent, so therefore it is still legal tender. Well beyond dumpster fire and into statewide wildfire territory, but still a cent.

[powermad5000]

On 7/25/2024 at 3:32 PM, J P M said:

I have an early die state of that coin.

  

[powermad5000]

I think I see on the reverse it is one of those mule cents too.   

[RWB]

You really should contact the Smithsonian National Numismatic Collection. They might be able to purchased these unique historical artifacts and make them the center of a completely new and exciting display. (I can see the hourly reenactment of your find -- A lonely WaWa or 7-11 off a rural byway; the dented cars with bald tires, the spilled stale coffee, the odor of fried road kill. An astute numismatist, magnifying glass in hand, deer slayer hat protecting from a cruel winter wind, searching for an elusive legendary coin amid the gritty, cracked asphalt parking lot. The find! The jubilation! Stale donuts for all!)

Edited July 26 by RWB

[RonnieR131]

J P M - I see you read JKK's thread at the top, 'Things To Know Before... ', that's a good start, and thanks for rotating your pics properly. I can easily see it is the much desired and sought after small date. You might consider holding off for a while before submitting your jewel for grading. Turnaround times are lengthy now because they are absolutely overwhelmed with error coins. Resist your urge and have patience. ---- Whoever thought that the 'body bag' business would one day be a multimillion-dollar industry? Lol (A statement, not a question).

Edited July 26 by RonnieR131

[J P M]

On 7/26/2024 at 1:01 PM, RonnieR131 said:

J P M - I see you read JKK's thread at the top, 'Things To Know Before... ', that's a good start, and thanks for rotating your pics properly. I can easily see it is the much desired and sought after small date. You might consider holding off for  awhile before submitting your jewel for grading. Turnaround times are lengthy now because they are absolutely overwhelmed with error coins. Resist your urge and have patience. ---- Whoever thought that the 'body bag' business would one day be a multimillion-dollar industry?   

Thanks Ron although my coin is not quite as nice as the one powermad5000 posted, it does have a nice spoke wheel effect in the bright sun light. It shows up much better in hand you just have to be careful not to cut your fingers on it. 

[powermad5000]

On 7/26/2024 at 12:30 PM, J P M said:

it does have a nice spoke wheel effect in the bright sun light.

That is the cartwheel luster on it. 

[RWB]

On 7/26/2024 at 3:49 PM, powermad5000 said:

That is the cartwheel luster on it. 

That is the cartwheel luster on it.

[J P M]

On 7/26/2024 at 3:52 PM, RWB said:

That is the cartwheel luster on it.

No, there are so many marks it is like a spoke wheel. Come on you guys, get with the terminology if your gone make money on this stuff.

[RWB]

Sorry. I bespoke too soon and now I'm out of my suit. I'll wheel around and try again later - or sooner, if I'm in Oklahoma.

[Sandon]

   I'm worried that the sorts of "new collectors" who post on this forum won't realize that this topic is meant to be facetious and will actually think that the coins posted here really are rare and valuable mint errors that happened to be found in parking lots!  After all, we've actually had a number of topics making such contentions about similar pieces.

[powermad5000]

On 7/26/2024 at 4:58 PM, Sandon said:

   I'm worried that the sorts of "new collectors" who post on this forum won't realize that this topic is meant to be facetious and will actually think that the coins posted here really are rare and valuable mint errors that happened to be found in parking lots!  After all, we've actually had a number of topics making such contentions about similar pieces.

I'll edit the top post and add a note. I will just say if you read down the thread and cannot figure out this post turned into nothing but humor and sarcasm, you need to go back under the rock you came out from and never come back out.

[VKurtB]

I just toured the Denver Mint a few weeks ago and they have only a very tiny parking lot. Philly has the Philadelphia Parking Authority underground lot under Independence Mall. 

[powermad5000]

On 7/26/2024 at 11:46 PM, VKurtB said:

I just toured the Denver Mint a few weeks ago and they have only a very tiny parking lot. Philly has the Philadelphia Parking Authority underground lot under Independence Mall.

And Rosemont has a parking garage.

[Halbrook Family]

On 7/26/2024 at 9:46 PM, VKurtB said:

I just toured the Denver Mint a few weeks ago and they have only a very tiny parking lot. Philly has the Philadelphia Parking Authority underground lot under Independence Mall. 

Do they sell anything at the mint you can not find anywhere else? I like the souvenir packs though I won't pay much for them. I kind of think they should do a special coin each year for visitors. A special variety.