Looks like road rash to me, but it is not a mint error.
65 RD.
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Those are not hairlines but die scratches.
66 pl
MS65
MS64
But the VDB's are technically older and both have lots of color. (OK, so they are the same age, but the VDB's were minted first.)
ms64
My guess is the VDB's came first and everyone saved them. By the time the non-VDB's came out, most collectors already had their 1909 and back...
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Best of my knowledge, they are real. Obviously, selectively edited.
Maybe I am missing something, but just what was "made up"? I can agree that items are specifically selected. Otherwise no one would watch. But...
VF35
85- 65 80-s 64 50-d 65 47-d 66
85 63 (cleaned) 87 62 82-s 64 80-s 64 04-o 58
MS62 - low luster
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