My perspective - Head, Horn, Shoulder look flat maybe low XF
It is a nice coin but I certainly wouldn't give it an AU grade.
Because of the process dies are made - Master Hub to Master Die to Working Hub to Working Die. The missing design features in question would have...
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I would think there are multitudes more references, articles, images and discussions online for the Lincoln Cent 1909-S VDB than there are for...
Interesting exercise How about doing the Exercise with 1909 S VDB Lincoln Cents. Asking AI to attribute it to one of the 4 dies used for the...
It is my thinking that training AI to attribute coins would be worlds easier than training it to grade coins. The Attribution dataset is all...
Is it the anvil Die that incurs the damage?
The coin is not an off-center strike - The bust is engraved off-center on the die.
Is it listed on the BCCS website?
Just Keep @ it. It doesn't take an expert. I know because I am no expert.
Lafayette Dollar
There are two different RPM varieties listed for 1909-S. None of the 4 Known S-VDB dies are listed as RPMs - so this makes two additional S...
I Thought you already won an example of this variety (lower grade AU) in a previous auction. I agree - I doubt any of the Bidders (except you) are...
Perhaps - if the recycled strike was struck by a different die.
Sam Walton started with a Ben Franklin Franchise purchase for Newport, Arkansas in 1945.
Your images hi-lite the coin's design detail much better than those used for the auction. Good cherrypick.
Many several years ago the forum @ Lincoln Cent Resource spun out into a separate website named The Lincoln Cent Forum. Now it looks like those...
10 years ago spot gold was in the $1200.00 range. You buy that same coin you paid $1,600.00 today @ spot of say $4300.00 and gold then falls down...
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