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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
Heavily worn, but the letters and dots appear to be there. The S seems strong for such a worn coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4691 Posts |
I think it is legit, and yes I see what appears to be a VDB. Would I buy it? NO.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7613 Posts |
As always, problem key date coins.....including this 09-SVDB on the 'bay..... are not in TPG holders because they won't slab with a legitimate grade. So, sellers try to unload their problem coins to unsuspecting souls on ebay. The Seller can grade it however he wants to. The real world says other-wise and will grade it accordingly. The Seller calls this one "very good". I call it "genuine - good details with environmental damage" (and that's being nice!). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
784 Posts |
I say plain old V.D.B. with an 'S' added much later. The wear on the date seems way off with the mint mark. Odd that the 'L' in Liberty is completely missing too. Also, details environmental damage.
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Pillar of the Community
Korea, Republic Of
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I think it has a fake, added-on MM.
The wear doesn't match the other areas of the coin.
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Valued Member
United States
291 Posts |
I would not consider bidding on that coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
IMO for ANY key/semi-key coin buy it slabbed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
The mintmark looks odd for being on such a worn coin. I think it is a 1909 VDB with an aded mintmark.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3755 Posts |
Looking again, I can barely make out the VDB. But that MM totally looks punched on. Aside from the wear, I can see the divot around the MM from the punch. At least that is what it looks like to me.
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Moderator
 United States
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Not an expert to identify the markers on this coin ... do know enough to advise staying away from raw ebay key dates without such expertise in your own court. David |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Gee with over 99% feedback, how could he be wrong?   That one is almost funny. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
Yeah, too much going on around that mint mark.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9792 Posts |
Damaged 1909 V.D.B. with added S mintmark IMO, you can even see the tooling around the S.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looking at the date, I don't know if I see a 1909 or a 1907. I downloaded the image and inverted the colors and the last digit looks more like a 7 than a 9.
I did the same with the VDB and it looks like the gap between the V and the B is larger than the gap between the B and the D. I always thought the gap was larger between the B and D, with the VDB shifted to the left of center. Is this correct?
Does anyone else see a 7 in the date?
Ben
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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