No. Shortly after being issued, complaints about the initials arose and as a result they were removed but not until nearly 28 million of the coins had been minted. The initials again appeared on the obverse side of the coin in 1918 and remain there until today. To see a photo of the 1909 VDB cent, please click on the link named "1909 VDB" in the "RELATED LINKS" section located along the left side of this box.
The 1909-S VDB is the rarest and most valuable Lincoln cent of them all. It's worth at least $550 and over $1000 in better condition.
Please check your coin again and post a new question. "VDB" refers to the designer's initials that appear on the back of a 1909 Lincoln penny, and all 1905 nickels were struck at Philadelphia. San Francisco didn't start minting nickels until 1912.
The mint mark on a 1909 VDB Lincoln cent can be found on the reverse (back) of the coin, below the wheat stalks and above the letters "ONE CENT." If there is no mint mark present, it indicates that the coin was minted in Philadelphia.
When you say year pennies, I'm assuming that you mean what years on the penny make it valuable. Well, the grand-daddy of all lincon pennies is the 1909-S VDB penny. You can find the initials between the bottom of the two wheat stalks. (1909 was the only year that had the initials VDB (Victor David Brenner) between the bottom of the two wheat stalks. Also, all the 1909 pennies are worth quite some money, but not like the omg I'm sooo rich type. Other key and simi-key dates are the: 1914-D (only 1,193,000 minted) 1922 no D or S on it (mintage unknown) 1931-S (only 866,000 minted) Here are coins that the mint made by accident: 1955 double die (doubling in everything) 1972 double die Hope this helped!
The mint mark on all Lincoln cents, including the 1909 VDB cents, is on the front, just below the date.
A lot of money and 4,000 miles. 1909 VDB cents were struck in Philadelphia and retail for about $7. Like all Phila. coins before 1979/80 (except for "war nickels") they do not have a mint mark. 1909-S VDB cents were struck in San Francisco and have a small S under the date. These are much rarer and retail for $900 to $1500 depending on condition.
I'm assuming your question refers to 1909 Lincoln cents minted at Philadelphia and with VDB on the reverse side. According to PCGS, mintage figures for all 1909 Lincoln cents are: 1909 VDB: 27,995,000 1909-S VDB: 484,000 1909: 72,700,000 1909-S: 1,825,000 Remember that Philadelphia didn't (and doesn't) put a mint mark on cents so there technically isn't a "P" cent, and all cents minted since 1918 have Victor D. Brenner's initials on them.
All Lincoln cents from 1918 to date have the initials VDB it stands for Victor D. Brenner the designer of the coin.
The 1909-S VDB is the rarest and most valuable Lincoln cent of them all. It's worth at least $550 and over $1000 in better condition.
Please check your coin again and post a new question. "VDB" refers to the designer's initials that appear on the back of a 1909 Lincoln penny, and all 1905 nickels were struck at Philadelphia. San Francisco didn't start minting nickels until 1912.
The mint mark on a 1909 VDB Lincoln cent can be found on the reverse (back) of the coin, below the wheat stalks and above the letters "ONE CENT." If there is no mint mark present, it indicates that the coin was minted in Philadelphia.
Well, if it just says 1909 without a S, D, or VDB on it, then its probably around 5-20 cents. The reason for that is because there was 72.7 million pennies that was minted in 1909 (without S, D, or VDB mark) and pennies that are worth alot have around 0 to 2 million pennies minted in that year.
When you say year pennies, I'm assuming that you mean what years on the penny make it valuable. Well, the grand-daddy of all lincon pennies is the 1909-S VDB penny. You can find the initials between the bottom of the two wheat stalks. (1909 was the only year that had the initials VDB (Victor David Brenner) between the bottom of the two wheat stalks. Also, all the 1909 pennies are worth quite some money, but not like the omg I'm sooo rich type. Other key and simi-key dates are the: 1914-D (only 1,193,000 minted) 1922 no D or S on it (mintage unknown) 1931-S (only 866,000 minted) Here are coins that the mint made by accident: 1955 double die (doubling in everything) 1972 double die Hope this helped!
Those letters stand for Victor David Brenner and could not appear on an Indian cent. Brenner designed the Lincoln cent and his initials appear on some 1909 Lincoln cents and all cents from 1918 and later.Please check your coin again and post an new question.
The mint mark on all Lincoln cents, including the 1909 VDB cents, is on the front, just below the date.
When you say year pennies, I'm assuming that you mean what years on the penny make it valuable. Well, the grand-daddy of all Lincoln pennies is the 1909-S VDB penny. You can find the initials between the bottom of the two wheat stalks. (1909 was the only year that had the initials VDB (Victor David Brenner) between the bottom of the two wheat stalks. Also, all the 1909 pennies are worth quite some money, but not like the omg I'm sooo rich type. Other key and simi-key dates are the: 1914-D (only 1,193,000 minted) 1922 no D or S on it (mintage unknown) 1931-S (only 866,000 minted) Here are coins that the mint made by accident: 1955 double die (doubling in everything) 1972 double die Hope this helped!
There are many, but nearly all of them are either out of circulation or are error coins. Among others: 1909-S 1909-S VDB 1914-D 1922 "plain" (an error coin) 1943 copper (error) 1955 double die (error)