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1909 VDB with interesting look
ChrisH821
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Bought this a while ago because I thought it looked interesting and different from the usual smooth cartwheel. It's a "Bandera Bank Hoard" coin with just an uncirculated designation on the holder
I know the glare is terrible but I'm not trying to show details, just the way it looks moving it in the light
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4559091-002/60/
I don't know, what do you think?
https://youtu.be/-as_X9ABlyQ
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It does look brighter and less mellowed out than most VDBs.
Do you think it has been cleaned?
It does appear to have rough fields, but that is all I can really see in the video. Cheers, RickO
I don't think it has been cleaned, at least not in any sort of abrasive way.
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Looks to have that granular-surfaces appearance. I had one a little like it, for comparison.
Lance.
Wide rims and mirrored edges will confirm. I have a PCGS PR65 1913 Var 1 Buff that was once in an NGC MS65 slab so it does happen.
I wonder if it is a proof struck from mint state dies.
That's a possibility, as it was likely that, instead of being discarded, proof dies were used to strike circulation coins once they were no longer fit to strike proofs.
Based on what I can see, nothing about the coin makes me think Proof.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
It's not. Has none of the die markers and the dot is in the wrong place. I just think it looks interesting and I like it. I have not seen others that look the same.
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Me like it also. What's the date that it was slabbed? Peace Roy
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