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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3998014, member: 19165"]It depends on how you define it:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. If you were to ask any random collector which one they'd rather have, I'd wager a 1914D that the majority would rather have the 1909S VDB.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. If you look at the actual prices of the two, in lower grades (so-called "collector grades"), the 1909S VDB takes a higher price. Once you get to AU, the 1914D starts to command a higher price.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. If you want to get a bit more technical, the value is a balance of supply and demand. A "price to population" ratio can give us a good idea of that:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1052649[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What we see here is that, in lower grades the ratio is fairly similar except in G. Once you get to AU, however, people are willing to pay a much higher ratio for the 1914D. Part of this is due to the different way the coins were saved/stored/circulated (the 1909S VDB is considerably more available in UNC than 1914D).</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I'd say the sheer publicity of the 1909S VDB outweighs the 1914D. Many, many people, even non-collectors, are familiar with the 09S VDB. Many collectors aren't knowledgeable about the 1914D.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, the 1955 DDO behaves quite similarly to the 09S VDB.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3998014, member: 19165"]It depends on how you define it: 1. If you were to ask any random collector which one they'd rather have, I'd wager a 1914D that the majority would rather have the 1909S VDB. 2. If you look at the actual prices of the two, in lower grades (so-called "collector grades"), the 1909S VDB takes a higher price. Once you get to AU, the 1914D starts to command a higher price. 3. If you want to get a bit more technical, the value is a balance of supply and demand. A "price to population" ratio can give us a good idea of that: [ATTACH=full]1052649[/ATTACH] What we see here is that, in lower grades the ratio is fairly similar except in G. Once you get to AU, however, people are willing to pay a much higher ratio for the 1914D. Part of this is due to the different way the coins were saved/stored/circulated (the 1909S VDB is considerably more available in UNC than 1914D). Overall, I'd say the sheer publicity of the 1909S VDB outweighs the 1914D. Many, many people, even non-collectors, are familiar with the 09S VDB. Many collectors aren't knowledgeable about the 1914D. Interestingly, the 1955 DDO behaves quite similarly to the 09S VDB.[/QUOTE]
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