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I cant believe you got the package already. Kudos for the USPS. I'm glad you posted this because I forgot to photo the crack myself. Noel
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No help from me on your question, but out of curiosity, what grade was assigned? That's a beauty.
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 PCGS Graded it as Genuine!  "Cleaned was the code" I do think that they are wrong. That is the WHY? on color. I have seen a few that looked this color slabbed. The coin has full luster the photos are under a light that tends to hide that. But the light 5000 lum's shows all the detail. Edited by twohawks
08/01/2011 7:11 pm
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Lovely coin ... I'd be proud to own it.  David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Do the pictures represent the color accurately? The color does seem off a bit, it's not the mint red you would expect, too golden. Perhaps dipped in the past and retoned a little.
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David the photos color is way off and I can't seem to get the color to show right. I will try again in the AM with real sunlight. I have seen re-colored copper and this looks nothing like any I have seen. I have seen other years that look like it, just not on a 1909 S VDB. But I have never seen a die break as well on an 1909 S VDB, I have seen a 1909 S (NON VDB before). Here is the best I can do. The photos do not show the luster that is there and the color is close  Edited by twohawks
08/01/2011 11:28 pm
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Nice high EF/AU maybe coin. It has some red and brown. Depending on the percentage of red would need to be determined in hand. Those cracks were pretty common back then. Most likely coin was rubbed a little clean along the way. Maybe from just normal handling. Who knows ? A blatant polishing etc. is pretty obvious on a lot of coins and also I still do believe that technically there are only a handful of coins that have not been cleaned in some form or manner. PCGS lately has been all over the place with their grades etc. There should be one standard applied to all of the TPG's/grading services period. Why are some detailed graded and stated and some not ? I.E.: VG details cleaned. Or like your coin. No grade, no color just cleaned ? Jeesh. That's a nice coin by the way. Cleaned or not. I'd crack it out and start over. But not with pcgs. |
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I see a coin that looks corroded and scrubbed. It doesn't look remotely natural.
With regard to the die crack - that's just what I would call it. I am unfamiliar with the term "radial die break".
A wee bit of minor semantics that needs to be addressed...if there is die metal missing completely, it's a die break. If all the metal is there but is "broken", it's a die crack. That's how I was taught to understand it way back in the dark ages.
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I do not have this as an XF in anyway. Here much better photos that show what the color is. I have always thought a re-colored cent has no luster as well.   |
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Fuzzy black areas/spots are typically attributed to a reaction with dip residue as opposed to carbon spots which are typically small, defined in size, and scattered. The bright brassy color is usually a good indicator of an older cleaning and last picture of the reverse also shows some hairlines. Still, it is in a nice high grade and is certainly better than what I own(a bunch of VDBs without an S...)
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