can someone enlighten me about this (1909-S VDB (Mintmark Added) NGC Reject !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)?

KollectorKing

Current bid, $114:



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39456&item=3924660467&rd=1

kieferscoins

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mrpaseo

Linkydoo

mrpaseo

Your quick Camster

mrpaseo

What is your question...Your question answeres it all.

hmmmm

kieferscoins

Educational purposes or the winner might try to sell it as real down the road

Cameron Kiefer

ziggy29

Either desperate to fill a hole or planning to crack it out and sell it as authentic.

XpipedreamR

Yes, the new owner may plan to crack it out of that 2X2 and sell it as real.

ziggy29

I was going to say we need to keep an eye on the buyer for an intentional scam. Then again, he got a couple recent feedbacks from Ernie.

earlwbollinger

I suspect that someone drilled a hole in the rim intoand under the mint mark location.
Then they used a punch to raise the mint mark from the inside, then they carefully filled in the hole on the rim.
Yes this is a candidate for the good ol scam down the road.

Conder101

Easy fake to spot. Mintmark is the wrong style and in the wrong location.

Boom

Fellas, the mint mark is too high, right up against the date. A rookie grader that has the least bit education in detecting counterfeit and altered US coins would spot this right out the blocks! OBVIOUS. Had they lowered it they may have gotten away with it!

merz2

condor has it right.That is definitely the wrong style Mint Mark for a true 1909. What amazes me is the bidding.

nwcs

Shall we take a pool to see how long it takes for it to reappear?

mr1931S

Doesn't ebay have a policy about selling altered coins on their venue? Or is the policy one can sell a fake as long as it's described as a fake?

coinguy89

Thats a real bummer of a coin, I hope an unknowing buyer doesn't think of it as real, that would be quite a shame.

mr1931S

Forget the glass. Drop that puppy in acetone and find the mintmark at the bottom of the beaker where it belongs. I guess nobody would want it then.

mr1931S

I seriously doubt that this fake was made by drilling a hole in the side of the thin Lincoln cent, inserting a tiny "S" punch and then squeezing the mintmark onto the coin. Anyone who goes to that much trouble would do a much better job of taking the measures necessary to get the location, position, and "S" type right it seems.

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mr1931S

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