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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2703691, member: 69760&quot;]Thanks for all of that comprehensive info. Banks received specimens of business strike coins in advance, right? I&#039;d think that it would be appropriate in 1909 when they transitioned to a completely different penny design. If that&#039;s the case, I&#039;m wondering if any of these business strike specimens had higher pressures applied to the planchets when struck. Just speculation - not sure if banks received specimens or that they&#039;re even struck any different.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, has either NGC or PCGS graded a 1909 VDB penny as a Proof-Like strike? Unless it would need to be <i>matte proof-like</i>, which would need to be judged on a completely different criteria from regular proof-like. That would be neat to see (e.g. only when a proof die is used to strike a business strike coin as an early strike). But, from what you wrote, that doesn&#039;t appear to be a likely possibility. I guess regular proof-like could be possible, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, all of this stems from my thought that this particular 1909 VDB penny&#039;s strike is unusually strong. Perhaps that&#039;s not the case? I&#039;ve been diving into US currency more and more, and I&#039;m particularly a silver collector, so I haven&#039;t seen thousands of these 1909 VDB cents like many of you - more like hundreds for me. Maybe someone can point out the obvious and let me know if the strike is &quot;not uncommon&quot;, unless of course it&#039;s uncommon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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