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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 803686, member: 16948&quot;]This is a very helpful and informative article by Jaime Hernandez at PCGS (February 2, 2010) about learning how to tell the difference between an authentic 1909-S vdb and a counterfeit.&nbsp; For all you Lincoln cent lovers, I suggest printing it and keeping it at hand!&nbsp; Here&#039;s a link to the article:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=6062&amp;universeid=313&amp;type=1&amp;utm_source=ezine&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=ezine02022010" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=6062&amp;universeid=313&amp;type=1&amp;utm_source=ezine&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=ezine02022010" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=6062&amp;universeid=313&amp;type=1&amp;utm_source=ezine&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=ezine02022010</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Due to CT rules, I can&#039;t post the entire article, but here are some photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>[FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2">In the following images -&nbsp; </font>[/FONT]</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"> <ul> <li>Mint Mark # 1 has the highest &quot;S&quot; mint mark out of all four mint marks. Notice that the top of the &quot;S&quot; is above both the legs of the 9 digits from the date.</li> <li>Mint Mark # 2 has the top of the &quot;S&quot; mint mark flush to the bottom of the 9 digits on the date.</li> <li>Mint Mark # 3 also has the top of the &quot;S&quot; mint mark flush with both the bottom of the 9 digits on the date. However, the left side of the &quot;S&quot; mint mark is not flush vertically with the right of the first 9 in the date. Instead, it is vertically aligned closer to the center of the space between the first 9 and the 0 in the date.</li> <li>Mint Mark # 4 has the lowest mint mark position of all. The top of the &quot;S&quot; mint mark does not even come close to touching the bottom of the 9 digits.</li> <li>Genuine Mint Marks will also display parallel serifs. If you look at mint mark below labeled &quot;Parallel Mint Mark&quot; the two serifs point in the same direction vertically, in a parallel position.</li> <li>Genuine 1909-S VDB cents will have the VDB initials slightly slanted, specifically on the central crossbar of the letter &quot;B.&quot;</li> </ul><p></font>[/FONT] </p><p><img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w319/mikeman1948/1909svdbcount01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w319/mikeman1948/1909svdbcount02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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