Would NGC have been accurate stating "Added Mintmark" vs "Altered Mintmark"?

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 23, 2024 1:59PM

  Added mintmark would be a more accurate description.

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• braddick Posts: 24,116 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 23, 2024 2:07PM

  I also wouldn't identify it as a 1909-S VDB.

  I'd state on the insert, 1909 VDB
  Added mintmark.

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• braddick Posts: 24,116 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 23, 2024 2:09PM

  I don't think it would have sold for as much as it did had NGC done so.
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• 4Redisin Posts: 4 ✭

  December 24, 2024 11:11PM

  @braddick said:
  I also wouldn't identify it as a 1909-S VDB.

  I'd state on the insert, 1909 VDB
  Added mintmark.

  I like your idea but I don't think any service does what you suggest. Perhaps when the TPGS started they could have done it that way but it is too late to change.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,240 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 25, 2024 6:05AM

  “Altered mint mark” as a category covers removed mint marks as well.

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• skier07 Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 25, 2024 9:47AM edited December 25, 2024 9:48AM

  Altered mint mark to the casual implies that there is an existing mint mark.

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