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I hate to tell you the bad news, but the VDB does not look just right! Very Definitely Bogus? Back in the late 70's there was a company making replicas of key/semi-key date coins for use as coaster sets. Although they made the 09VDBS was made to look UNC instead of brown like this. I had the 09VDBS (its still here someplace), 1877 IHS (still got one), 32D quarter, 16D Merc, $20 1933 (yes, it was gold tinted), 1913 (D or S? I do not remember) Buffalo, WLH (forgot which date). Also had an Ike and a JFK. I was a kid and thought these were some of the coolest things out there. Edited by Earle42
05/07/2012 11:40 am
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Back in the late 70's there was a company making replicas of key/semi-key date coins for use as coaster sets. I remember those well. I had a completed collection of all athe ones available. At a gas station I went to they gave one to each customer with a fill up of 8 gallons or more. Can't remember how many there were but I gave the entire mess to a YN. |
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I know some very well respected members have told you this is a fake. If I were you I would go ahead and not listen to them and their decades of experience and send it in to one of the major grading companies.
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I like it.  |
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I am really laughing out loud. Makes me think of those shrinky dinks as a kid... put it in the oven!
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You guys all had such funny comments! But the one that got me laughing out loud was Quote:
Wow you have tiny hands! Well done sir. |
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I know some very well respected members have told you this is a fake. If I were you I would go ahead and not listen to them and their decades of experience and send it in to one of the major grading companies.
 Okay, if I was drinking milk it would have came out my nose. |
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just throw it in the dryer and presto  |
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Too funny |
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hahaha, I'm not sure whether I should pop it in the oven, or throw it in a dryer now.. darn good ideas right there! And I'm actually slightly tempted to actually send this into one of the TPGs. Maybe i'll have to wait a year til april 1st comes around and send it in as a 1909s vdb large variety. Then I could frame the "coin" and their report and hang it on the wall.
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Wow! That is one huge cent!  |
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just throw it in the dryer and presto |
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That's awesome! I didn't know Cracker Barrel sells those. I got mine from the Jefferson Memorial in D.C. (they also have the 1877 cent, 1913-S Type 2 nickel and the 1907 (Roman numeral) $20 piece).
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Bedrock of the Community
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20.00!!  Granted, mine were bought in the late 70's - but they were something like .75! I think the term (MEGA-) price gauging comes into play here. Certainly if they could make them back then so inexpensively, out tech nowadays would be able to stamp them out for a lot cheaper. Its a lot less expensive to make masters nowadays. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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It appears your coin was affected by atomic radiation in the 1950's that caused it to grow to such a large size and mutate the obverse.
For reference, please see Godzilla, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Tarantula and most other 1950's sci-fi film.
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Posted 05/07/2012 11:57 am
