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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 678129, member: 16948&quot;]Here&#039;s another thread about the extremely rare 1909 vdb Matte Proof Lincoln with some of the most close up diagnostic photos I&#039;ve ever seen!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>According to one of the posters, in explaining why there are such bold diagnostics for the 1909 vdb MPL, he states &quot;there was only ONE obverse die and ONE reverse die used in striking 1,503 of this coin on July 30, 1909. When production resumed on August 16th for proof cents the obverse die was still used and of course a new reverse die was started without the VDB. Between then and the end of the year, two other obverse dies and one other reverse die was used on the 1909 non VDB MPL.&quot;&nbsp; Any way, this thread is worth taking a look at just for the fantastic photos alone.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=30&amp;threadid=737203" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=30&amp;threadid=737203" rel="nofollow">http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=30&amp;threadid=737203</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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