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1909-S VDB can anyone tell me if this is authentic #2
Gerard
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Since the first one (earlier thread) turned out to be bad the dealer exchanged it for this one.
Feel free to comment authenticity and if not why.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-...=10&_ssn=infoflexsales
Plenty of high dollar transactions :
jdimmick, commoncents05, Smittys, guitarwes
Plenty of high dollar transactions :
jdimmick, commoncents05, Smittys, guitarwes
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Scared to go first but I'll take a chance and say the VDB is good to go - mintmark #2 -
"Memento mori !"
Good job.....someone had to break the ice.
Looks ok
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
I am sensing verdigris and scratches across the obverse?
Looks ok
I concur.
“Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
Will Rogers
There is two versions of the designers initials on the 1909,
There is the Philly Mint with the lower periods, and the period following (D) is tucked up close to the D.
Then there is the San Francisco Mint version, the periods are a tad bit higher, and the period following the (D) is more center of the D and the V.
The #2 coin looks to have the correct designer initials, that means this one isn't one that pasting an S mint mark on would be required!
The applied S mint mark is done on the philly minted 1909 Plain VDB.
So, for that reason I'm on the side of the fence of # 2 being genuine.
"I Prefer Dangerous Freedom Over Peaceful Slavery"
Thomas Jefferson!
Well, breaking the ice hasn't been a problem for me, now falling through it has been a different story
"I Prefer Dangerous Freedom Over Peaceful Slavery"
Thomas Jefferson!
VDB and MM looks genuine to me, but others are far more intelligent on these and hopefully will comment.
Jim
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Most added mintmarks use crazy glue or similar as an adhesive. If in doubt or you just want to test it, add a drop of acetone to the mintmark and then after a few seconds push on the mintmark with a toothpick. If it moves, it's bad.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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Let’s just say the first one is real. You then go in and say you don’t like the orange clay mud color. He offers this in an even exchange.
I’d say the coins, just playing the first is real, are not an even swap.
It is genuine, but would fall into a Genuine-Details holder.
Not an even swap. Paid $500 for this one.
Would like to get a nicer one like the first 1909-S that turned out to be fake.
If anyone has a nicer example in the $600 range I would be interested.
Plenty of high dollar transactions :
jdimmick, commoncents05, Smittys, guitarwes
That cent looks authentic according to the usual PUP's....Cheers, RickO
But if it's out of position, you could move it back to the proper place.
Looks good to me as a Die#2.
Pete
Just get a certified one and be done with it.
you could move it back to the proper place.
You could, but the position you move it to must be exact. Sometimes we see improper tilt on the 's' that has been glued on these fakes. Armed with a good microscope and referencing known genuine pieces the expert is hard to fool.
“Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
Will Rogers