Educational Post #2 Updated
jdimmick
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Here is another coin for you to give opinions on
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Looks original. I am not motivated enough to get my counterfeit detection manual out . . . but it looks fine. A nice VF25.
Drunner
We need close-up p[cs of the mintmark and the VDB to authenticate it. Otherwise, it looks like a nice coin.
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It looks like an added mint mark to me. It doesn’t seem to match any known mint mark positions.
In the photo the mintmark and the period between the D and B look wrong, but I would need better, sharper closeups of the PUP's to say one way or the other.
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There is always this to reference
https://www.pcgs.com/news/counterfeit-vs-authentic-1909-s-vdb-lincoln-cents
Pocket Change Inspector
Okay, here is the deal on this one. I studied the MM when he brought it in. It looked okay, so I flipped it around looked at the VDB and didn't really see anything funky. I didn't spend as much time as I should have becauase I was not purchasing these and there was so much other stuff to go thru for him. So when i submitted it, and the grades posted, I saw that it said counterfeit. I was thinking to my self, darn, I thought the s looked okay, I guess it wasn't. Then when I actually got the coins back I saw where PCGS noted the VDB was added to a S mint coin. So I looked at the VDB again, and sure enough, the diagonal cross bar was not quite right on the B and as somebody mentioned in the post , one of the dots appears to be slightly off. I'm so used to looking at the S for the VDB, sometimes you forget to look at the VDB close as well. I really wanted to bring this to folks attention, dont forget to check the VDB? I might add as well, the area around the VDB is neat and clean as a whistle, as well as the rim. No evidence of tampering at first sight, whoever did this , did a heck of a job adding the vdb. I can tell you as a dealer, at a show buying with a crowd, and little concentration, a very easy coin to make a buying error on if presented.
Educational post indeed - thank you!
The period between the D and B jumped out immediately when I looked at the picture. Thanks for the confirming information. Cheers, RickO