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Message:: [QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 656204, member: 12965"]Since I posted a ton of different auctions, covering all kinds of koins, I will pick the 1909-S VDB and explain it: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200362285077" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200362285077" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200362285077</a> The first thing that should easily be noticed is it's been recolored. When a counterfeiter makes these, they look new but due to the poor quality, they look worn right off the press so they will recolor them to make them look circulated and they did a poor job recoloring that one.  The next thing to note is the mint mark. The position and shape and size  of the "S" is wrong for a 1909-S VDB and you can search CoinTalk for threads concerning that specific coin and there is more information provided in them to help you authenticate them from pics and once you compare the fake one above, to the examples shown, you'll see the mint mark is wrong and there's no need to go any furhter, that's all it takes to out that one.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Ribbit  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]