I have noticed that there have been a couple of people asking about the 1909 S V.B.D cents recently. As this is something I have been trying to educate myself on I thought I would share a couple of the simplest ways to identify the most common fakes. Below I will show a Fake example with a real 1909 S V.D.B below it. #1 look at the mint mark Fake Real #2 look at the reverse of the coin a real 1909 S V.D.B will have a shallow N Fake Real # 3 On the revers of A real 1909 S V.D.B the dot in between the D and the B will be in the center and not to one side. Fake Real If you have any more tricks pleas share . Hope this helped someone. Edit I will try to add the contributions from this thread to the original post as they come . Mint Mark Positions thanks to rlm's cents
I have seen a lot of coins through my lifetime, and I have to say, that those are the fakest coins I have ever seen in my life.
