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can someone enlighten me about this (1909-S VDB (Mintmark Added) NGC Reject !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)?

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    kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
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    mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭

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    mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
    Your quick Camster image
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    mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
    What is your question...Your question answeres it all.

    hmmmm
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    kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    Educational purposes or the winner might try to sell it as real down the roadimage

    Cameron Kiefer
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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭
    Either desperate to fill a hole or planning to crack it out and sell it as authentic.
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    XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    Yes, the new owner may plan to crack it out of that 2X2 and sell it as real.
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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭
    I was going to say we need to keep an eye on the buyer for an intentional scam. Then again, he got a couple recent feedbacks from Ernie.
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    earlwbollingerearlwbollinger Posts: 1,304
    I suspect that someone drilled a hole in the rim intoand under the mint mark location.
    Then they used a punch to raise the mint mark from the inside, then they carefully filled in the hole on the rim.
    Yes this is a candidate for the good ol scam down the road.
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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Easy fake to spot. Mintmark is the wrong style and in the wrong location.
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    BoomBoom Posts: 10,165 ✭

    Fellas, the mint mark is too high, right up against the date. A rookie grader that has the least bit education in detecting counterfeit and altered US coins would spot this right out the blocks! OBVIOUS. Had they lowered it they may have gotten away with it!image
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    merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    condor has it right.That is definitely the wrong style Mint Mark for a true 1909. What amazes me is the bidding.
    Don
    Registry 1909-1958 Proof Lincolns
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    nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Shall we take a pool to see how long it takes for it to reappear?
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    mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 7,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Doesn't ebay have a policy about selling altered coins on their venue? Or is the policy one can sell a fake as long as it's described as a fake?

    “Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
    Will Rogers

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    coinguy89coinguy89 Posts: 2,151
    Thats a real bummer of a coin, I hope an unknowing buyer doesn't think of it as real, that would be quite a shame.
    Scott Hopkins
    -YN Currently Collecting & Researching Colonial World Coins, Especially Spanish Coins, With a Great Interest in WWII Militaria.

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    mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 7,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Forget the glass. Drop that puppy in acetone and find the mintmark at the bottom of the beaker where it belongs. I guess nobody would want it then.

    “Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
    Will Rogers

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    mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 7,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I seriously doubt that this fake was made by drilling a hole in the side of the thin Lincoln cent, inserting a tiny "S" punch and then squeezing the mintmark onto the coin. Anyone who goes to that much trouble would do a much better job of taking the measures necessary to get the location, position, and "S" type right it seems.

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    “Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
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    mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 7,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ttt

    “Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
    Will Rogers

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