1909 s vdb..... is it genuine
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This is in a set I'm appraising and I'm a little on the fence about it.
It looks like mintmark position #3 and the serifs are parallel. It's worn so hard to see the die chip. It does have a scratch going thought the mintmark. As for the VDB it looks ok. It's worn on the rim but it looks ok to me. What's your opinion?
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Please show clear pictures of each entire side of the coin.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
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In hand, how does the top serif look? It's hard to see it well in the pictures.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
The top serif looks ok to me has a little gunk but looks normal to me
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At this point, I don't see anything that tells me the coin's bad. But if you didn't already do so, I'd recommend checking the area around the mintmark to try to be sure it hasn't been added.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Thanks for your help
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I collect Lincoln's and I vote yes. However, it looks like someone didn't like the coin and put a scratch through the mint mark.
My guess is that it’s genuine, but you will still have to get it certified in a “details” holder to sell it. The price paid will have to reflect that.
Looks genuine to me, but the scratch through the "S" sort of makes it difficult to verify...You wonder why it has a scratch at exactly at that point if not to cover up the fact that the mint mark was added, but on the other hand, you wonder why a counterfeiter would be so obvious...Send it off, it will ensure the value for the future.
It's an appraisal so tell the person it's best to get it certified.
Odds are
Unless someone forgot to flatten the staples on a cardboard holder and it just happened to scratch this high dollar coin right there of all places...you see where I'm going with this
Better chance of an added mint mark and someone scratched it intentionally.
It does appear to be genuine and it could be used as a hole filler to complete a coin album by a collector who is on a very limited coin budget. The location of that scratch is unfortunate, but it does appear to be just a random scratch.
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Looks good to me.
Pete
It appears to have one of 4 mm positions and the “shallow N” in UNITED so it looks genuine to me.