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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 2169146, member: 26030&quot;]<b>1909 VDB Lincoln Cent - Double Die Obverse</b> (PCGS MS65BN).&nbsp; <i>Sometimes it&#039;s better to be lucky than good. </i> I bought this coin raw in an open auction for a bit over $100 last month, it was mislabeled as a 1909 (plain) in the original ad ... and I didn&#039;t even notice it was a VDB until I got it in hand.&nbsp; To be honest, I didn&#039;t really look that closely at the photos in the ad -- and I bought it primarily because I thought the color was pretty, and I didn&#039;t have a nice 1909 plain with attractive color.&nbsp; If I had realized it was a VDB, I am not sure I would have still bought it since I already have a few really attractively toned VDB&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I got the coin in hand and loved the color, and then smirked when I saw the VDB on the reverse (which I wasn&#039;t expecting).&nbsp; I still wasn&#039;t sure if PCGS would grade it, since PCGS is so picky (even inconsistent) with colorfully toned coins.&nbsp; I sent it in anyway ... and was shocked a few days ago when I saw my grading results of DDO (Double Die Obverse). In addition, this one got the highest known grade (MS65) in the brown (BN) color class of 1909VDB DDO&#039;s, which made it a population 2/0 coin.&nbsp; PCGS Price Guide lists the value at $750.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never think about (or look for) errors, so I just sort of fell @ss backwards into this coin -- and buying it was basically a mistake. But now that I have a DDO, I think it&#039;s kind of interesting.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can see the doubling pretty clearly in the zoomed shot on the TY in LIBERTY ... and in the 19 in the date.</p><p><br /></p><p>The DDO on the 1909VDB is not nearly as dramatic (noticeable) as the 1955 or the 1972, but it&#039;s still kind of cool.&nbsp; The PCGS population guides show the 1909 VDB DDO about 10 times scarcer than the 1955 DDO or the 1972 DDO.&nbsp;&nbsp; Population of PCGS slabbed 1909VDB DDO&#039;s is around 400, 1955 DDO&#039;s around 4200, and 1972 DDO&#039;s around 3800.&nbsp; In spite of that scarcity, the market value of the 1955 DDO is about 5x higher than either the 1909 or 1972 (due to demand and lore).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/TVBlack_1909VDB_DDO_MS65BN.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1909VDB_DDO_1100.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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