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there is clearly a vdb I don't see a VDB at all. This is a VDB  Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm afraid I don't either.
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If you zoom in on the bottom I see the B exactly as detailed. I'll just have to clean it up even more I guess.
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Pillar of the Community
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Ya, not seeing any evidence of the VDB here.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Give us a blowup like you did on the date.
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Oh I will. I know it's there. I see the minute details on the microscope.
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Can you provide large, clear, cropped images of the whole coin, both obverse and reverse? If you do, we would be able to tell for certain as the designer's initials were added to the base of Lincoln's bust in 1918.
I concur, this appears to be a heavily corroded 1919-S cent.
The coin appears to have been cleaned as well. Fortunately in this case the coin carries no numismatic value, but cleaning a coin is heavily frowned upon within the hobby, since cleaning a coin destroys its original surface and greatly reduces it's numismatic value. Never clean a coin!
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm looking at your pictures and see no VDB. Even worn you can see it.  Edited by hfjacinto
08/29/2024 4:48 pm
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Valued Member
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Well the main reason I cleaned a bit was because a majority of the entire thing, front and back was black. At that point, I just decided to clean it even though I know I know your never suppose to clean coins. It was just like, a what the heck moment when you want to know what lies underneath. But regardless, I'm still going to clean a bit off. Unless you fellows have other methods of bringing up details that can be lost?
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Bedrock of the Community
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The S is obvious in your new pictures but not the V.D.B. Can we see the entire reverse to see if is a "shallow" N (which the 1909-S VDB has) or a "deep" N. Type 1 = shallow N,  |
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Here is the full reverse.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not seeing any convincing evidence of the VDB or of the date being 1909.
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The N looks shallow. What are your thoughts?
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Need a nice 'sharp' close up of the N region and of VDB area.
but so far, I'm not seeing it.
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