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Opinion on 1909-S-VDB Real ??
Smittys
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Gut says improperly cleaned.
Empty Nest Collection
The Penny Lady®
Your pictures don't lend to verifying a legitimate '09-S.
It appears to be Die #4 which is lower & more beneath
the 0 in the date.
Use a loop to see if the S has a tiny notch, or groove in
the upper serif and there should be a die chip in the upper
loop of the S. The S should be verticle and some appear
to be in a slight depression.
R.I.P. Bear
R.I.P. Bear
<< <i>It should look like this
If that's the case, then the OP has a lot of tooling and whizzing to make his coin look like your coin!
<< <i>
<< <i>It should look like this
If that's the case, then the OP has a lot of tooling and whizzing to make his coin look like your coin!
Hey, what else has he got to do?
R.I.P. Bear
in the upper loop of the B in LIBERTY. Die 4 1909-S VDB cents are often weak in the VDB area,
like this one.
My 1 cents, NOT real.
Cheers!
<< <i>It appears to be a genuine Die 4. The image is pretty blurry, but I think I can see the die chip
in the upper loop of the B in LIBERTY. Die 4 1909-S VDB cents are often weak in the VDB area,
like this one. >>
That was my big concern the weakness in the vdb area
<< <i>At first it appears to be an added mint mark but on second glance I vote, real. >>
Right or wrong, when the entire area around the "S" is dark, I run for the hills!!
That being said, I just bought a bunch of PCI morgans on a "hunch"!!!!!!! LOL!
It may be a real one, some have a weak VDB like that.
It's tough to say from those pics but from what I see I'd send that in and hope for a genuine holder.