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This Is A Proof 1909 VDB Lincoln Cent

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 Posted 02/08/2019  06:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jim0815 to your friends list
I agree with Spence. Full pics of the obverse and reverse please.
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 Posted 02/08/2019  07:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Petespockets55 to your friends list
Nice images but we definitely need full obverse and reverse images to help, before sending it in to get slabbed and spending your hard earned $$.

Early matt proof Lincolns are more than the shape of the rims.
Certain die scratches and other markers are known and will be used for attribution by a grading company.
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 Posted 02/08/2019  09:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sam1966 to your friends list
Here is front and back.
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 Posted 02/08/2019  09:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add RaleighCoinDeal to your friends list
It doesn't look like a proof but a cleaned Unc. Try changing the lighting and put up another photo
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 Posted 02/08/2019  11:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Not a proof in my opinion.



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 Posted 02/08/2019  11:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chafemasterj to your friends list
It is in beautiful shape though.
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 Posted 02/08/2019  1:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverDollar2017 to your friends list
Normal business strike. Not a proof.
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 Posted 02/09/2019  5:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sam1966 to your friends list
The inner photos are of the markings they look for as a proof, the cresent die chip by the M in UNUM and the die mark from the decimal between the D and B in V.D.B.? What makes you say that it is not a proof?
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 Posted 02/09/2019  5:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jim0815 to your friends list
I am strongly inclined to think you have a really really nice business strike cent. If you feel that it is a proof I definitely would send it in to a TPG. Beautiful cent you have.
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 Posted 02/09/2019  5:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jimbucks to your friends list
I am with the consensus that it is not a proof. But a TPG would be the final word.
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 Posted 02/09/2019  6:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Those are not the squared rims of a proof.
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 Posted 02/09/2019  7:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
Not a matte proof cent. The devices are a lot stronger because they are struck more than once.
No VDB:
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With VDB:
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Note the clarity of the strike. These are often toned different colors because they were left in the cello for so long.
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Side by side with a question here is a coin was a matte proof. Side by Side.
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Rim differences between a Business strike coin and a matte proof coin:
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Seeing several of them together helps to Get a better idea of what they look like.
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 Posted 02/09/2019  8:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
I recall that for at least some years, including 1909VDB, that the proof die was later used for circulation strikes - this may be the case here.
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 Posted 02/09/2019  8:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
If they do reuse a die, it would only be struck once. Thus the Matte proof strike have a lot more detail Also the die strike are limited in number before they are retired.
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 Posted 03/04/2019  9:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CopperRing to your friends list
Hi,I would submit your coin to a third party like PCGS.just tell them what you want and they will take care of everything.
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