beat up 1909-S VDB lincoln

List it on ebay, and then it will be

 

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LOL

 

Honestly, I'm only kinda joking - I'd put in the title in all caps "SUSPECTED FAKE"

And I'd put the price at some ridiculously high value.

I'd put a large number of high quality photos up.

And I'd cancel the listing as soon as NGC sent me the opinion (if anyone bought it, obviously cancel the sale).

But, if you can't get a local shop to give you an opinion, this is a backup.

 

I mean thats not a bad plan for a backup, just put it at like $3,000 or something

 

The v.d.b is a dead giveaway, it should be v. d . b. Worth a penny. I would think end of discussion.

 

Actually it's not even worth a penny, it's counterfeit.

 

Yes it would be the end of the discussion except that I have $600 in this coin and i would really love not to lose that...

 

If you can, get your money back, otherwise chalk it up to inexperience and try not to make the same mistake again.

 

I believe @Insider still has a deal for CoinTalk members where you can get ICG to grade coins for $10 each. The market seems to prefer PCGS or NGC for slabbing coins, but I don't think anyone questions ICG's authentication judgement.

 

S o here's a little bit closer look with my new usb microscope.

 

Still going with fake hope you can get your money back otherwise this will be a very expensive lesson.

 

On a real example, the dots in V.D.B. are smaller than the inside of the loops in the B. On your fake, they're much larger.

 

@justafarmer and his date/mm overlays could probably put this to rest pretty quickly.

 

The Coin Map overlay indicates fake.


I overlaid a fake 1909 S VDB a while back in a previous Cointalk thread. I kept it and mapped it. Well as best I could because the image wasn't very good. I overlaid that map over the OP coin and think possibly these two coins may have been struck from the same counterfeit die.