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Discovery! 1909-S VDB

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 Posted 02/08/2010  11:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lizzyjo to your friends list
Wow!! Congratulations! I wonder when and how your great-grandfather got it, and how much he paid for it.
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 Posted 02/09/2010  12:02 am  Show Profile   Check vermontensium's eBay Listings Check vermontensium's eCrater Listings Bookmark this reply Add vermontensium to your friends list
Yes. Have this coin authenticated and slabbed. I would go with PCGS personally. From your pictures, it's looks to be VG10 or so possibly Fine. Congrats! Rare coin.
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 Posted 02/09/2010  11:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadThad to your friends list
Great find! Those are not what we call "scratches", those are simply "hits". Scratches are damage, hits are just normal wear. This coin should be slabbed.
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 Posted 02/09/2010  12:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SPQR to your friends list
He shoots, he scores! Congratulations!
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 Posted 02/09/2010  12:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OldGold to your friends list
Very nice! As others have said I would have it slabbed for sure and I would go with PCGS also.
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 Posted 02/09/2010  12:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kena to your friends list
Nice find. Be interested in seeing pictures once you have it slabbed.
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 Posted 02/09/2010  7:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add specksynder to your friends list
New pics, here:

big pics showing a closeup of the mintmark:

http://www.ideasite.net/coins/2vdb5.jpg
http://www.ideasite.net/coins/2vdb6.jpg

The reverse with VDB visible:

Discovery!--1909-S-VDB

Closeup:
http://www.ideasite.net/coins/2vdb4.jpg

The obverse:

Discovery!--1909-S-VDB
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 Posted 02/20/2010  2:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add specksynder to your friends list
Got both the VDB 1909-S and the 1916-D back from ANACS today... both altered mintmarks. Oh well, back to looking up Morgans and Mercuries.

In the meantime, what are some creative things to do with the fakes?
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 Posted 02/20/2010  5:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fcrazo to your friends list
SLAB IT!

There are too many fakes even from back then.
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 Posted 02/20/2010  7:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add scotty11 to your friends list
bummer specksynder

I wonder how much it would sell for on ebay. With full disclosure as being a fake. I'm willing to bet that somebody out there would buy it, crack it open, and then try and sell it as a real one. If it were mine, I hang onto it. I have a very difficult time parting with any wheatie that I find.
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 Posted 02/20/2010  8:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add specksynder to your friends list
oh we'll keep it... just don't know if I should mount it, make a keychain, create earrings... :)
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 Posted 02/20/2010  8:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadThad to your friends list
Sorry to hear about your altered MM's! It happens all the time. There's millions of fakes out there.
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 Posted 02/21/2010  02:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add randolphsky95 to your friends list
great find. I wish I had one of my own. (one day)
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 Posted 02/21/2010  08:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Nickelplus to your friends list
Wow thats to bad.
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