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Genuine or fake 1909vdb cent?

AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Ebay I'm thinking that this coin is not the real deal but
why would someone fake a low value coin like this?
bobimage
Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,253 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would say genuine, banged up, then harshly cleaned and possibly even whizzed.

    Fugly.
    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I suspect it spent a long time buried and then was subjected to a very harsh cleaning to remove the corrosion.
    All glory is fleeting.
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    commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,102 ✭✭✭
    Genuine.

    -Paul
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    tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    Genuine though certainly not problem-free

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