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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1019340, member: 17919&quot;]Given that the original owner of the coin was an employee of the Philadelphia Mint (as per my grandmother, and I have no reason to doubt her story), I would assume that he would have tried to get a top example of the coin. At any rate, I have compared this coin with a regular business strike (AU/UNC) under a 14X loupe and made the following observations:</p><p><br /></p><p>The business strike has strong details, with nice rims, but viewed from the side they are slightly rounded. The rims on my grandmother&#039;s friend&#039;s coin are square when viewed from the side. (I wish I knew how to photograph them).</p><p><br /></p><p>The business strike shows regular &quot;cartwheel&quot; luster, while Grandma&#039;s friend&#039;s coin has a very subdued luster. When viewed under a light, Lincoln&#039;s portrait in the latter looks very similar to this:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.PcgsCoinFacts.com/UserImages/1909VDB%20Cent%20PCGS%20PR67RB%20large.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.PcgsCoinFacts.com/UserImages/1909VDB%20Cent%20PCGS%20PR67RB%20large.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://www.PcgsCoinFacts.com/UserImages/1909VDB Cent PCGS PR67RB large.JPG</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The fields in the business strike are relatively smooth, but the fields in Grandma&#039;s friend&#039;s coin show much striation and what looks like pitting, like in this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://caimages.collectors.com/coinfacts/large/12279484.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://caimages.collectors.com/coinfacts/large/12279484.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://caimages.collectors.com/coinfacts/large/12279484.jpg</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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