need help researching 1909 silver penny

My grandfather recently passed away and i found his coin collection.A
certain coin caught my eye..is a 1909 silver penny.On one side is a picture
of lincoln..on the others side is a wreath of some sort with the leter V in
the middle.I've tried finding something silimar online but nothing exactly
matches.Can anyone help?
matt

Sounds like you have a 1909 nickel, not a silver penny. Liberty is
portrayed on the obverse, not Lincoln. Good Luck.

Bob

"Darkpaws" wrote in message
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My grandfather recently passed away and i found his coin collection.A
certain coin caught my eye..is a 1909 silver penny.On one side is a
picture
of lincoln..on the others side is a wreath of some sort with the leter V
in
the middle.I've tried finding something silimar online but nothing exactly
matches.Can anyone help?
matt

"Darkpaws" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...


My grandfather recently passed away and i found his coin collection.A
certain coin caught my eye..is a 1909 silver penny.On one side is a
picture
of lincoln..on the others side is a wreath of some sort with the leter V
in
the middle.I've tried finding something silimar online but nothing exactly
matches.Can anyone help?
matt

almost sounds like a Liberty head nickel with the V, except for the Lincoln
part. where does it state one cent and does it have the good ol' USA on it?


--
Michael R
ANA #173222
Ebay and Yahoo ID ~ mrae7

thanks for your help guys :]


"Michael R" wrote in message
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"Darkpaws" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...


My grandfather recently passed away and i found his coin collection.A
certain coin caught my eye..is a 1909 silver penny.On one side is a
picture
of lincoln..on the others side is a wreath of some sort with the leter V
in
the middle.I've tried finding something silimar online but nothing
exactly
matches.Can anyone help?
matt

almost sounds like a Liberty head nickel with the V, except for the
Lincoln
part. where does it state one cent and does it have the good ol' USA on
it?


--
Michael R
ANA #173222
Ebay and Yahoo ID ~ mrae7

"Darkpaws" wrote:
... and i found his coin collection....is a 1909 silver penny.
On one side is a picture of lincoln..on the others side is
a wreath of some sort with the leter V

It sounds like a 5-cent nickel, a Liberty Nickel (or V Nickel) issued
1883-1912. If it is so worn that you cannot tell Lincoln from Miss
Liberty, then it is probably woth a dollar or two and is best kept as
a memory of your Grandfather.

1909 was both the first year of the Lincoln Cent and the last year of
the Indian Head Cent, both of which are copper and both of which say
"One Cent." The 1909 V Nickel says "V [ Roman numeral 5 in the
center] with "Cents" underneath.

Try this link from Ron Guth's "Coin Facts" web pages:
http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/liberty_nickels.html

Michael
ANA R-162953

Look, 1909 was the Lincoln centennial and all sorts of medallic stuff wias
issued privately.

eric l.

Darkpaws wrote:
My grandfather recently passed away and i found his coin collection.A
certain coin caught my eye..is a 1909 silver penny.On one side is a
picture of lincoln..on the others side is a wreath of some sort with
the leter V in the middle.

OK, others have given you more likely explanations, but I'll go out on a
limb here -- it's remotely possible that you've got a nickel planchet
that was struck with the V nickel reverse and Lincoln obverse. You will
want to show this to a coin dealer for confirmation first, and then get
it authenticated if the dealer confirms it. We can talk more on that
later; get a dealer's opinion first.

If this is the case, and I will say it is an extraordinarily remote
possibility, the coin would be worth many tens of thousands of dollars,
I would think.

--
Bob

"Bob Flaminio" wrote in message
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Darkpaws wrote:
My grandfather recently passed away and i found his coin collection.A
certain coin caught my eye..is a 1909 silver penny.On one side is a
picture of lincoln..on the others side is a wreath of some sort with
the leter V in the middle.

OK, others have given you more likely explanations, but I'll go out on a
limb here -- it's remotely possible that you've got a nickel planchet
that was struck with the V nickel reverse and Lincoln obverse. You will
want to show this to a coin dealer for confirmation first, and then get
it authenticated if the dealer confirms it. We can talk more on that
later; get a dealer's opinion first.

If this is the case, and I will say it is an extraordinarily remote
possibility, the coin would be worth many tens of thousands of dollars,
I would think.

--
Bob
Boy, wouldn't that be nice! But as you state, remote.


--
Michael R
ANA #173222
Ebay and Yahoo ID ~ mrae7

"Bob Flaminio" wrote:

Darkpaws wrote:
My grandfather recently passed away and i found his coin collection.A
certain coin caught my eye..is a 1909 silver penny.On one side is a
picture of lincoln..on the others side is a wreath of some sort with
the leter V in the middle.

OK, others have given you more likely explanations, but I'll go out on a
limb here -- it's remotely possible that you've got a nickel planchet
that was struck with the V nickel reverse and Lincoln obverse. You will
want to show this to a coin dealer for confirmation first, and then get
it authenticated if the dealer confirms it. We can talk more on that
later; get a dealer's opinion first.

If this is the case, and I will say it is an extraordinarily remote
possibility, the coin would be worth many tens of thousands of dollars,
I would think.

If that were the case it's more likely to be an early magician coin.
Just my .06 worth.
Cliff