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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1011452, member: 19423&quot;]<img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/66RBslab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Correct, it graded PCGS MS66RB and was part of a group of original rolls of VDB cents that had been in a vault for a few decades that was recently submitted. I was lucky enough to get in touch with that dealer who submitted them and I got two coins which graded MS67RB (a pop 3 coin) and I bought 6 of his MS66RB examples. It was really fun to be able to look through around 150 or so freshly graded 1909 VDB cents and cherrypick out the best looking examples <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The dealer also cut me a nice price since I was buying several. He also knew he was making a ton on these since he bought the original rolls many years ago for $59 per roll!!!!! So at around $1 per coin + $8 per coin in bulk grading fees, he didn&#039;t even have $10 in each coin!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And since they were all from the same rolls, all of them had a very faint woodgrain effect on them, though it really is only noticable on the toned examples.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Edited to add pics of the MS67RB examples which show very slight woodgrain:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>MS67RB #1</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67RB1slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></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>MS67RB #2</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67RB2slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></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" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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