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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Specksynder, post: 846371, member: 22410&quot;]I am responsible for imprisoning one of the few remaining 1909 S-VDB in the wild.&nbsp; This puppy has been a raw coin for over 100 years, but now rests securely in an ANACS slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of you may have seen the post I made a while back about a 1909 S-VDB found in my granddad&#039;s collection that was returned fake.&nbsp; Well, this coin was found in a Dansco folder (not album/binder, FOLDER -- ARGH!).&nbsp; The dealer shipped it off and it came back authenticated.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is VF-20 with details (and I mean DETAILS!).&nbsp; The label says </p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Weak VDB</li> <li>Corroded</li> <li>Cleaned</li> </ul><p>But it&#039;s still the real thing.&nbsp; Enjoy the pics:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ideasite.net/coins/svdbcase1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ideasite.net/coins/svdbcase2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Can you see the VDB?&nbsp; It is definitely weak.&nbsp; But it is much more obvious now in the slab than before.&nbsp; It first I thought they handed me the wrong coin, it is so much easier to see the VDB now.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ideasite.net/coins/svdb1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ideasite.net/coins/svdb2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ideasite.net/coins/svdb3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This pic is closer to the dark bronze color the coin has in hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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