Interesting 1909-S-VDB Lincoln Cent On eBay
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An interesting conversation piece. Looks like the lamination was tampered with and ripped off. It would have been much nicer intact.
Wonder how many key date mint errors are out there. Post em, if you got em.
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Ugh! No laminations for me.
Yeah, it looks like someone did some yanking on that strip, that right side piece looks like it will come off in a straight line from the 9 to the rim.
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From the pics, it looks like it may have just fallen off while it was in circulation. If it had help, some non-collector may have played with it after he received it in circulation.
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Pricing these error key dates is always interesting. To an error coin collector a premium. To a non error collector it's damage. Would be great to buy the error keys as damage,reduced price in relation to a key price. But usually does not work out that way with the dealer, once interest is shown by the error coin collector.
Key date coins with major errors become something of a white elephant as a result. If I were shopping for an SVDB, I wouldn't want a lamination error. If an error collector wants it, they'll probably have to pay up, because the seller can probably truthfully say, find another of this date with that error.
Like others have said, lamination on a key date coin hurts the coin in my view. If it was a common date wheat it might be worth a few extra bucks but not on a key to me.
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The lamination flap may have caught on something while in circulation and been pulled up naturally. We don't know.
this does explain why so many early S-mint Indian and Lincoln cents have "woody" appearances!!!!
I like it. First I've seen with a lam peel this large. If it isn't unique I should think that it's nearly so.
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It is what it is. I don't like the lamination but that's a genuine 1909-S V.D.B. for anyone who needs it.
Pete
I like it -- but wish it hadn't been posted until after it sold, so that I wouldn't think about it for the next several days. After finishing off my Lincolns (complete Y+MM), I circled back around and have been filling in cherrypicker DD, RPM, etc. and in that mix lams and significant struck-throughs that are interesting. This is the earliest big random error I've seen in the Lincolns -- DD and such is more of a large mistake than a random error.
IMO It's already over market for a 1909-S VDB in G4. With 4 days to go (@$610 now), it's likely to end up too steep for my interests. I see significant lams like this adding some premium, but others will probably think it adds a LOT to a S VDB -- more power to them if that is the case.