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Message:: [QUOTE="deefree, post: 2650815, member: 85263"]Larry, Yes, this is directly from David Lange's 1995 book "The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents" (page 304) however this is about a different coin: David Lange is writing about the 1909 Matte Proof "PLAIN" and not the VDB. Information on identifying a VDB proof is found on the preceding page in Lange's book. (page 303) There you will find the same identifying characteristics that have been mentioned earlier in this thread. Mainly;1) The crescent on the reverse to the right of UNUM 2) The line from Lincoln's back towards the letter R in Liberty3) the fine lines running NNW to SSE just to the right of Lincoln's nose. (Lange says NW to SE but they are somewhat more vertical and that's why I wrote NNW to SSE)4) "Unusually broad borders, thick edges showing no beveling at the rims and sharply raised and squared-off inner borders." - Lange[/QUOTE]