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1909S VDB for grading
Steven59
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With all of the counterfeit post lately on the 1909S VDB cent I was thinking about finally getting mine slabbed. So before I send it off I'd like to get a consensus of what grade it may come back with.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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I'm thinking AU 53
XF 45. Genuine. MM Position 4 (from "Counterfeit Detection", Reprint (Numismatist) Vol. 2)
I like the coin . . .
Drunner
2 votes for XF 45. Nice coin!
55 to 58
"A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
Me thinks AU-58.
So So little wear.
Pete
I’ll go with 58.
great looking coin & great job on the pics!
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AU55. Nice looking coin.
( great job on the pics!)
Thanks, a couple sips of moonshine stopped my hands from shaking - LOL!!!!!
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Another vote for XF45. Very nice looking coin.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I think it’s a 55 all day.
"I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
I bought this coin in 2007, specifically for the "High" rims - it made all the fields and details seem "deep" into the coins surface - probably a bunch of crap but I haven't found a strike like this since.
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Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
@Steven59 didn't you mean to title this thread 1909 SVDB Giveaway
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Funny! Well, it would have to be a "Charitable Donation" -
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Nice coin!
AU-58
55 here.
Guessing 50 grade
What are these marks?
No idea -
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Kinda thinking this coin might have been encased? Would explain the extra thick rims.
The coin overall looks funny to me though. Sharp lettering near the rim but a softly struck bust of Lincoln. The closeups show some fine pitting. Not saying it isnt real, but just because the mintmark might be in the right place doesnt mean authentic.
The best counterfeits are made using the real thing as a guide. Just saying.
If you send it in, ask them to dip it to get rid of those green specks. Nice coin/strike.
"A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
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Nice penny. 45/50.
I can’t drive…
For a circulated coin, it looks to have some decent mint luster in the fields.
I've seen inferior coins in 62 holders
Looks like an XF45 to me.....Let us know how it fares once slabbed. Cheers, RickO
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When I owned that coin it was sold to me as an EF 45. ahhh well, maybe not that particular one, but one exactly like it. ANACS 1978 EF45
The luster alone I think puts it in AU territory. It has nice fields but the dark color on the lower part of the obverse will probably keep it out of a 62 holder. I think it will easily be in an AU slab. 58 wont surprise me. It's a nice coin.
"A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
Nice coin... if that's mint luster in the devices, it would likely go AU-something...
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I see only the slightest rub. AU-58.
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Consensus says xf45 and I am in that group.
Hope that you do have it graded.
If so, let us know the results.
Wayne
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At first glance with the luster I thought mid AU, but after looking at wear I believe XF45 would be the grade most likely given by graders. Maybe AU50 on a great day.
Jim
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@Steven59
ever get the grade?
@LanceNewmanOCC -
During summertime, fishing takes preference over coins so I put it back in the Dansco and forgot about it. I have a few other cents in there I want to have graded eventually but I'm in no hurry. (the unc 55 DDO in the middle of the other 2 is the tribute coin from Grove Mint)
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50.
nice power page you have there!
Grove mint coin in there
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What's a Grove mint coin?
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I'm guessing AU 58. Nice Coin!
Never mind everybody. Once again I answered my own question.
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves” (Matthew 7:15, KJV)