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Hello! Can someone help with my coin? It appears everything looks good from what I see online however its missing the dots between D and B. I took it to a coin shop today and it confused him so I dont know how to verify it. My stepfather had it in his collection so I am baffled. Here are some pics of the mint marks and VDB on ebay: Thank you! Look at this on ebayhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-S-VDB...255112401793 |
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Pillar of the Community
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We'll need to see photos (obverse, reverse, and a close-up of the VDB) of your coin to be able to assist you.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Personally, I would never buy this date unslabbed unless I considered myself an expert on Lincolns, especially at this price. No upside, lots of downside.  to the CCF! |
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Could be a little grease in the die caused those two periods to not strike up, but with such a high demand coin I agree best pathway is to send it to a TPG. If you do this, please let us know what they think so that we can learn. Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bit confused here. You found this in your stepfather's collection, so why are you showing us an ebay link?  Edited by Coinfrog
08/31/2021 6:58 pm
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First thought is the same as coop's, questionable authenticity. Mintmark also does not look correct to me. Does look like it lines up with the tails of the 9's as it does in Die #2, but is shifted to far right. I'd either send this off to a TPG for authentication, or take it to a different LCS, one that knows their wheaties, for a second opinion. Edited by Ty2020b
08/31/2021 7:02 pm
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I misunderstood. The ebay coin is yours. I thought you were linking to another example. Why would you want to sell without having it graded and verified by a TPG? |
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I took it to a coin shop today and it confused him so I dont know how to verify it. Did you take the link to the coinshop or the coin? Are you the ebay seller? |
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Sorry Coinfrog. The pictures are too big so I linked the ebay pictures. I took this right out of a Lincoln cents collection book from the 40s or 50s. He collected coins and when he passed he left us with all kinds of them. I guess I will send this in for grading and authentication because he would not have a fake and if someone stamped the VDB why only one dot if it is a fake. The S looks like mint mark 3. I will try and get better pics but I appreciate everyones help. Obviously I dont want to sell a fake coin hence the ebay posting. |
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To me, this is a fake - clearly does not match any of the 4 known MM positions. Curious how often these show up in grandpa's (or stepfather's) collections.  With respect, I'm going to report it. |
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No need to report it. I will take it down until I get it verified. I will let you guys know what I find out! I appreciate everyones input and hopefully this will prove to be authentic and pretty rare given the missing two dots.
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Looking forward to hearing what you find out. Please keep us posted. I hope it's genuine, but many careless collectors have been fooled by counterfeits.
Edited by halfamind
08/31/2021 7:22 pm
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Already reported, but thanks for your sincere reply.
Edited by Coinfrog
08/31/2021 7:21 pm
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Coinfrog. You sound ---. You mock me as if I care. Here are some more coins my stepfather left me. To everyone else thank you.   Edited by moderator for language
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