The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 15, April 10, 2005, Article 19

1910 V.D.B. LINCOLN CENTS?

Speaking of Lincoln cents, the following topic came up at
a dinner conversation Tuesday before a local coin club meeting.
The key to the series is the 1909-S V.D.B. cent, with the
initials of designer Victor David Brenner, which were removed
midyear following a controversy. I had been unaware of this,
but varieties exist of the 1910 cent with traces of the V.D.B.
initials. David Lange's "The Complete Guide To Lincoln Cents"
notes that on 1910 Philadelphia cents, "Vestigal traces of the
letters V.D.B. may yet turn up from leftover 1909 V.D.B.
reverse dies which were only partly effaced." As for the 1910-S
cents, Lange notes, "Specimens have been reported having
vestigal traces of the letters V.D.B. It's not clear whether these
letters remained on the working die or the working hub, but the
former is more likely."

Also, last week I commented that we might hear counterclaims
of other coins minted consistently for 100 years, and gave the
Maria Teresa thalers as one example. Ray Flanigan writes:
"Two thoughts about the Maria Teresa
a) I'm not sure it was produced EVERY year
b) Over 350 Billion copies of Brenner's work have been
produced so far - making it the most reproduced piece of art
the world has ever known."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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