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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26659570, member: 10461&quot;]OK, folks, it’s Sunday the 25th, and now we move into the Lincoln cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first subtype we’ll encounter is of course the <b>Lincoln Cent VDB (1909)</b>. As you know, this one-year type featured the initials of designer Victor David Brenner below the wheat ears on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>My 1909 VDB cent is rather special because it has an interesting if not especially well known pedigree.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was given to me by Josh Zachman ([USER=17304]@kazuma78[/USER])&nbsp; from an original roll saved by his great-grandfather Leroy Zachman in 1909. Leroy Zachman was an Ohio banker and also an avid collector. His signature appears on banknotes of the early 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>A number of original mint-fresh coin rolls he saved before WW1 are in the hands of Josh and his other descendants. As such, this coin has a known, unbroken provenance dating all the way back to the time it was issued in 1909. I was pleased with the grade it received at PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/k4/whp7jplo8kyz.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Newspaper clippings about Leroy Zachman when he was an old man:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/09/5t2s9wpzwr57.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/f0/ui1mio95jvbf.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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