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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2650999, member: 24314&quot;]Here is some additional info I fund out:</p><p><br /></p><p>I checked my records and found <b><span style="color: #b30000">only one</span></b> 1909-S VDB 1c with a die chip in the &quot;S.&quot;&nbsp; I saw/recorded it when it was offered sometime last year.&nbsp; The coin was in AU condition.&nbsp; This may even be the coin.&nbsp; Die chips happen; however, considering all the S-VDB coins I have photographed, this is a bad sign as I should have seen more than one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3">rlm&#039;s cents, posted: &quot;Because they cannot prove the authenticity of a single (I am sure there are more out there) coin does not prove anything about his method.&nbsp; On top of which, even if his method (our method) cannot eliminate every counterfeit, from my experience, it can absolutely detect nearly all counterfeits.&quot;</span> </p><p><br /></p><p>As I posted above...not any good fakes that should fool a skilled numismatist.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3">&quot;And, just a guess, but the reason they could not authenticate his coins is because it is not problem free.&nbsp; That MM is damaged and they cannot see the die chip or lack thereof.&quot;</span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">IMO, the coin is problem free.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> A tiny hit on the &quot;S&quot; is called normal circulation - unfortunately, just on the wrong spot! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; BTW, most of the professional authenticators who taught me do not rely/look for the chip in the &quot;S&quot; although they may see it.&nbsp; However, that specific diagnostic is always taught to beginners and appears in the literature.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3">justafarmer, posted: &quot;I am not sure what your assertion is.&quot;</span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> My belief is that your method, while very novel and in its infancy (I like it), is not quite ready for &quot;prime time.&quot;&nbsp; That&#039;s all. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>AMEN!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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