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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1002885, member: 19423&quot;]Figured this would be a good spot to post instead of starting yet another 1909 VDB thread...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Went to the Long Beach coin show this weekend and came across a dealer who recently sent a few original rolls of 1909 VDBs into PCGS and got back a bunch of them in very high grade.&nbsp; I was able to go through over 100 different examples and basically cherrypick out the best ones <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Most importantly, he was lucky enough to get two of them certified as PCGS MS67RB.&nbsp; The 67RB grade is extremely tough.&nbsp; In fact, to date PCGS has given the grade only to about 60 wheat cents ever, and almost all of those are dated 1939 and up.&nbsp; Only three 1909 VDBs exist in 67RB and I now own two of the three <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PCGS MS67RB</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67RB1obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67RB1rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PCGS MS67RB</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67RB2obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67RB2rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The dealer also made around 25 1909 VDBs in PCGS MS66RB, which is no small accomplishment.&nbsp; I pulled out the 6 I liked most and bought those, this one is my favorite of that bunch.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PCGS MS66RB</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/66RBobv-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/66RBrev-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>All of the photos were taken by Todd of BluCC photos right at the Long Beach show.&nbsp; He does excellent work, especially considering that although these slabs were relatively new, they were also really beat up and had huge hits and gouges into the plastic.&nbsp; All I did with the images is crop them and resize them to fit on the forum since before resizing the raw cropped image is about 2400x2400!!!&nbsp; Todd is able to work his magic and get clear shots even through the worst of the marks on the slabs.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a sort of before an after example of what he was able to do on one of the very worst gouges on the 66RB slab:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/66RBrevbad.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/66RBrev-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Very cool![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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