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I won this lot, final cost w/premium and shipping--- $225. It looked close to 150 coins(actually 131) in the box. There were 112 1909 VDB w/95% being VF and better, mostly better. 10 - 1909-P XF-AU, 3- 1910 XF, 1 - 1914 XF, 4 Indian cents and the coin I have uploaded. I've included a couple of pics from NGC to compare shape and location of MM.

Lot that I won:

https://hibid.com/lot/101286345/box-lot-of-1909-vdb-pennies/?status=winning&pn=5&q=&ref=past-bids

 

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WOW! Congratulations! I Still don't have a 1909 VDB. Could buy one, but would much rather find one!
You did GREAT for $225 ! I would have had to bid on that too!

 

Get that to NGC right away! If its genuine, that's a $1000 coin.

 

I would gladly send you one.

 

I see the mintage was 484K, but is there a significance to the chip/mint mark circled above? I’m reading about the mint mark placement right now…Spark
@Steven Shaw

 

According to NGC, whose picture it is, it's an attribution mark.

 

Very nice find!…Spark

 

Yes. There were only 4 obverse dies used for the 09-S VDB. The mintmark location varies very slightly between each of the 4, and they are well documented. Some of them have that chip in the loop of the S. It helps confirm it is genuine.

 

@justafarmer do you have your overlay?
It looks real close to MM-OO3
But the photo makes it look too high.

By the way, @Steven Shaw I would have had to toss a couple of drinks back in celebration.

 

OMG, what a deal. I'm happy for you.

 

Who the heck puts up a box of 1909 VDB cents up on a non-mainstream auction house. Someone seriously screwed themselves. How did you find out about it? Where did those coins come from?

 

I did something else besides that, if ya know what I mean.

 

You'd be surprised at what shows up on Hi-Bid. Besides a lot of fakes(LOL), there's some decent stuff like this:
https://hibid.com/lot/97446065/-3--...--1898-/?status=winning&pn=2&q=&ref=past-bids

 

So where did that box come from?

 

Congrats. A true collector's coin. One I'll never have, lol.

 

For all I know, someone's estate. It was a wooden cigar box, very old. The coins had to have been in it a long time or in something similar. They were all covered with tarnish. I used Blu-Bow and a Q-tip to remove it. I've used it on Indian cents before and felt confident that it would do the job, and it did. A nice sized bunch still had mint luster breaking through. I will post pictures of the coins when I am done sorting them. They will all be going on ebay eventually.