FUN NEWP GTG: 1909S VDB Lincoln

I was talking about myself ;-)

 

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I’m at 40

 

Nice! I am in the EF45 camp. Nice coin!

 

The 1909-S VDB is likely my favorite coin in my collection with my 1914-D closely following it!

 

I am at Vf35 and love the color. Congratulations on the purchase , it is a nice one.

I find it interesting that the '09 s-vbd remains so popular and continues to attract the attention of collectors, even seasoned collectors like Jason.

Having said that I, 'had' to have one too:

 

I'm not seeing a whole lot of wear, but when I zoomed in... My gosh it looks like Abe got mauled by a tiny cougar! I'm thinking that all the tiny fingers brought it down to a VF35.

Unmagnified though, it has pretty good eye appeal.

 

Mint Mark Position #3

 

GRADE REVEAL

NGC called this one EF-40. Looks like almost everyone got it within one increment - which I'd call quite a success.

Yes, there are quite a few circulation marks, but that's to be expected. What really attracted me to this piece was the color: smooth, even, chocolate brown without even a hint of a spot. I've looked at hundreds of these (this was not an impulse buy, despite what it might seem!) Almost all of them have some sort of spotting, unevenness, or something that just doesn't do it for me (especially on a coin of this value). This is one of the most attractive, original, circulated cents I've ever seen. And so I bought it.

 

Wow, that is very nice!

Remember that in hand, this coin is 19 mm wide. I don't know what screen you are using, but I have a 30 inch monitor and I can fill the screen. This is magnifying the coin millions of times bigger than it is. The marks are going to seem cavernous. In hand, they really aren't that big a deal.

 

Exceptional, as always.

Out of curiosity, are there variations of the position of V.D.B.? Or was that punched into the master and all dies have the same position? I know that it's a useful tool for identifying counterfeits (which often have VDB added to a genuine coin of a different issue), but I didn't know if there were variations in genuine examples.

 

This really is one of the nicest circulated coins I have seen. It is a phenomenal example of this coin. Congrats!

 

Late, but I liked this one as a 40

 

my understanding is VDB originated with the Galvano and therefore when reduced was a design feature of the original master hub. Its positioning is basically static.