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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1114533, member: 19423&quot;]Hey, that&#039;s my coin!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://caimages.collectors.com/coinimages/15494/06659702/1909vdb67plusmed.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For those that don&#039;t know, it&#039;s one of the highest graded 1909 VDB cents around and is a PCGS MS67+RD (the only one so far and only one MS68RD has been graded). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Actually, the photos came out really well given how banged up the holder was and how tough of a coin this is to image. The coin has so much luster and color to it that imaging it isn&#039;t easy. So while you can be critical of the photo, it&#039;s not really fair to be until you see this one in hand and try to image it yourself... it isn&#039;t an easy one. For comparison, here&#039;s the pics that Bowers &amp; Merena took of the coin when it went last to auction. I think Todd&#039;s photos do a much much better job of showing what the coin really looks like in hand.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67PLUSobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67PLUSrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Edited to also add one of my attempts at imaging the coin:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67PLUSslab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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