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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 95615, member: 2761&quot;]Easy...the 1909-S VDB is a true coin.&nbsp; The 3-legged Buffalo Nickel is an error/variety resulting from a faulty die.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you buy a collectible coin, you are buying the history and story that goes with it.&nbsp; Picture back in 1909 when the first Lincoln cents were being minted with the initials VDB in both Philadelphia and San Francisco.&nbsp; Word gets to the mint to remove the initials VDB immediately because the public wasn&#039;t too keen seeing the artist&#039;s three initials so boldly on a circulated coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Opps...we already made a bunch and many were already released.&nbsp; Too bad...remove those initials at once!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So the 1909-S VDB is the holy grail to any Lincoln collector.&nbsp; I got mine about 4 years ago (PCGS MS63BN) and I can&#039;t believe how much it has gone up!&nbsp; I like Buffalo&#039;s as much as the next person, but when you compare a true coin to a faulty die, there is no comparison.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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