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 Matt DingerAdvanced Member
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hey guys, it's Matt Dinger long time no see everyone who is still here. i have recently started working at a coin shop here that my parents bought and i came across a 1909 S VDB i need some help making sure it is real....can anyone give me some die markings for the pairs?????....the mintmark looks alright to me but i am no expert....any help ??? thanks again and i am glad to be back....
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 Bob PSite Admin
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Location: Niceville, Florida
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:41 pm |
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Hey Matt...good to see you here! As far as you request for markers on a 1909S VDB, there could be many since there were a few dies used. If you have Chuck's book 'Looking through Lincoln Cents', then there is a nice article in there containing all the info you would need. I would suggest purchasing one for the shop. It would be a great help for questions such as this. You can get one by following this link: http://www.coppercoins.com/book_order.php
As far as a couple of diagnostics to help you out until then:
The correct mintmark for 1909S VDB cents have a curl inside the upper serif and straight verticle and parallel cerifs compared with those mintmarks from later years.
The correct VDB configuration includes the B with a slanted downward middle bar. Most (If not all) counterfeits have a straight accross bar.
The easiest way is to get Chucks book. He has photos and diagnostics that will make it much easier.
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Matt DingerAdvanced Member
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:51 pm |
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hey, bob thanks it's been a few years since i have been here.....the last time i was here i was doing research on the 2000 and 1998 type 2's..... and discovering several die pairs. i will try to get some pictures of the mintmark, i recently bought a coin shop and have been going through all the coins in my inventory. i found a set i didn't remember i had it had a 1909 S VDB and an 1909 S along with the 1914-D and the 1922 plain with the weak reverse.....i am just trying to make sure i have what i have.....the guy i bought the set from said he thought it was fake and cut out of the feild, but it is raised....and it looks ok to me......but i need to know, so i don't sell someone a fake. soon i hope to have bags of mixed circ and unc wheaties to offer to people at a fair rate to look for rpm's.....right now i have about 35lbs of wheaties......i will post pics of some coins on monday...
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variateaseNew Member
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Location: colorado
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:05 pm |
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Welcome back! That's great that your parents bought a coin shop...and you bought a coin shop too...busy, busy...and you have what you have...1909s vdb, 1909s, 1914d, 1922 plain...bet those will sell...and this is just the place...folks here will want those unsearched wheats too...what luck...
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Matt DingerAdvanced Member
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