Hi everyone, forgive me if this is obvious to some, but I need some advice on this 1909-S VDB , the VDB just looks off to me, can anyone confirm if this coin is genuine or a counterfeit? Thank you!
Definitely fake. Not even a good fake. The reverse is way wrong like they used bubble letters or something. Mintmark is also wrong.
No reason to apologize, sir. It's better to be safe than sorry. As for the "coin", I have to agree with the gentlemen above.
I know some of yall are probably tired of it; but I can't pass up a chance to pull my 1909 S VDB Overlay Tool out. I agree it is fake.
It's a great little tool and you do an excellent job. The only problem I could see is that there can be more to it, particularly when it comes to authentication since counterfeits can exhibit proper placements.
The obverse looks way wrong. The reverse looks like a cartoon. There's no reason to pull out fancy overlays on this one - there is a 100% chance that is a really bad fake.
True but it can be a good first step and it will probably eliminate close to 90% of the fakes commonly encountered. For that other 10% other steps are needed.
The tool will only authenticate a counterfeit and/or eliminate 3 of the 4 possible 1909-S VDB dies to attribute.
