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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Flynn, post: 2685987, member: 75567&quot;]Here is what I did, over a period of 20 years or so, study every matte proof Linc I could, collecting all diagnostics, photographing everything.&nbsp; Gathering every detail of striking characteristics, matte surfaces, rim, edge, and everything else.&nbsp; I also looked at the coins from ANS, Smithsonian and other places.&nbsp; The ANS has the 1909 VDB specimen from Brenner.&nbsp; </p><p>I also studied and compared the mattes against the coins struck for circulation to see the differences.</p><p>Then when done, I used Heritage auctions and other sites as my testing ground, going through every photo of a matte to check if they matched, and if there some not known.&nbsp; </p><p>I remember reading Albrecht, from 1983, if I remember right, he collected his info while an authenticator at the ANA, thought I remembered he had 100 set of the 1909 submitted once or something like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>In comparing the mattes against EDS coins struck for circulation, there are some which appear superior in strike than to the mattes, I get this, have seen this.&nbsp; You need to find confirming specimens done the same, such as was done for the 1909 P, when a new obverse was found.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can see barber turning over in his grave laughing now because of all the confusion he caused when he stated he could not polish the working dies because they were curved at the edges, when they obviously could, IMO he just did not want to as they were not his designs IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kevin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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