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Is this 1909-S VDB cleaned?

clw54clw54 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭
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The color doesn't look right to me, but I'd like to hear what others here think.

Edited to add that the description says it is. Didn't read it carefully enough.

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  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    heeeeeeeyyyyy, that sounds an awful lot like a "deb" listing !!! SOMEBODY GET THE SKINNY ON THIS DUDE!!!!!!!
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that big X? Definitely not a slabbed coin... how does a penny become a red X?
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  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    It looks scrubbed and fingerprinted after the fact. Some serious circular grooves in the obverse as well. Someone who knows the S mint variations better than me should confirm this, but the mint mark is further west than I've ever seen it.
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  • clw54clw54 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭
    Definitely doesn't have eye appeal, but it does have a lot of bids.
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Is it my imagination, or does the S have a different shade of color than the rest of the lettering? I've never seen a real 09-S VDB in person, but I don't get a good feeling about the look of the S. Maybe I'm just too suspicious though.

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  • merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    First let me say that it was cleaned.There are fingerprints on Obv and Rev.IMHO.it is real based on the diagnostics.
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  • TRADERBOBZTRADERBOBZ Posts: 281 ✭
    the listing clearly states it has been cleaned,and merz has it down to a science image
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  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    to the best of what i can tell by a lousy pic, the mm is reasonably placed.
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Die #1 has the mintmark real far west. It looks like die #1 but I can't really tell postively from the scan.
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    dp
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • JeffinMichJeffinMich Posts: 438
    The obverse looks much more worn than the reverse.
  • JamericonJamericon Posts: 444 ✭✭✭
    Cleaned or not, it is f***ing ugly!
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