Interesting 1909-S-VDB Lincoln Cent On eBay

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OAKSTAR
OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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An interesting conversation piece. Looks like the lamination was tampered with and ripped off. It would have been much nicer intact.

Wonder how many key date mint errors are out there. Post em, if you got em.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126239319772?hash=item1d647326dc:g:pLAAAOSwpOZlb2AG&amdata=enc:AQAIAAAA4CfM7UZ2oxSyOfMWYzUNRyC7Pi0Ze5B2C/f5HttJMiwvtqIwVJ8wa16vXJ8Hw53k/GiR9DZkveKYbEOPmyBUkD6gmd16a3SvKL7rNxHpvHJ/HJXKim09iW4xcQYB2OmSrAPMA+b0IXal5k3hFMqpumAWEW1nGKQ3t3i9xJtba34PTpIB0UIYh5U+wFnrkyH10GmWPL9I35IgrkZEQRAllXnneEgyT67dVw1jNzSHc+1VhJtBjMs/HsxNFNwOBUqkPVascXqHWW1WtssZZyW61YJC+7GNuQ8I8rWGm/nMI1Yq|tkp:Bk9SR_yw85SeYw

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  • 291fifth
    291fifth Posts: 25,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Ugh! No laminations for me.

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  • Steven59
    Steven59 Posts: 11,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yeah, it looks like someone did some yanking on that strip, that right side piece looks like it will come off in a straight line from the 9 to the rim.

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  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,752 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    From the pics, it looks like it may have just fallen off while it was in circulation. If it had help, some non-collector may have played with it after he received it in circulation.

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  • BLUEJAYWAY
    BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,796 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Pricing these error key dates is always interesting. To an error coin collector a premium. To a non error collector it's damage. Would be great to buy the error keys as damage,reduced price in relation to a key price. But usually does not work out that way with the dealer, once interest is shown by the error coin collector.

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  • originalisbest
    originalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭
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    Key date coins with major errors become something of a white elephant as a result. If I were shopping for an SVDB, I wouldn't want a lamination error. If an error collector wants it, they'll probably have to pay up, because the seller can probably truthfully say, find another of this date with that error. :smile:

  • Kliao
    Kliao Posts: 5,802 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Like others have said, lamination on a key date coin hurts the coin in my view. If it was a common date wheat it might be worth a few extra bucks but not on a key to me.

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  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The lamination flap may have caught on something while in circulation and been pulled up naturally. We don't know.

    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.
  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    this does explain why so many early S-mint Indian and Lincoln cents have "woody" appearances!!!!

    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.
  • telephoto1
    telephoto1 Posts: 4,966 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like it. First I've seen with a lam peel this large. If it isn't unique I should think that it's nearly so.


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  • BuffaloIronTail
    BuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It is what it is. I don't like the lamination but that's a genuine 1909-S V.D.B. for anyone who needs it.

    Pete

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  • Arkie
    Arkie Posts: 45 ✭✭✭
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    I like it -- but wish it hadn't been posted until after it sold, so that I wouldn't think about it for the next several days. After finishing off my Lincolns (complete Y+MM), I circled back around and have been filling in cherrypicker DD, RPM, etc. and in that mix lams and significant struck-throughs that are interesting. This is the earliest big random error I've seen in the Lincolns -- DD and such is more of a large mistake than a random error.

    IMO It's already over market for a 1909-S VDB in G4. With 4 days to go (@$610 now), it's likely to end up too steep for my interests. I see significant lams like this adding some premium, but others will probably think it adds a LOT to a S VDB -- more power to them if that is the case.

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