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

braddickbraddick Posts: 25,000 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,110 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Added mintmark would be a more accurate description.

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 25,000 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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

  • braddickbraddick Posts: 25,000 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't think it would have sold for as much as it did had NGC done so.
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/396039750595

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,105 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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  • skier07skier07 Posts: 4,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 25, 2024 9:48AM

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

  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,176 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely an added mintmark. The “deep N” in UNITED confirms it is a 1909 VDB, worth 35 cents not $350

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