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Ron_CA Valued Member United States 207 Posts	Posted 12/22/2012 8:34 pm Was at a BM today when a lady came in with a mercury set in an old album including the key 1916 d. Dealer looked at it and told her it was altered and he would give her xxx for everything which would have been xxx+++ if the 16d had been legit. She was disappointed and claimed she had had it since the 60s. After he handed it back to her he asked her if I could have a look at it and she was ok with it. Lots going on in that small little mint mark area, but was cool to see what the dealer saw. Definitely damage all around the d which wasn't shaped quite right and at a weird angle. Was a no sale and after she left, dealer said he thought she knew it was fake and after listening to their conversation I kinda think he was right. When was the first altered 16d? Report this Post to the Staff

upstate Pillar of the Community United States 3283 Posts	Posted 12/22/2012 11:10 pm Hard to say but I wouldn't doubt there are a lot of altered coins sitting in people's coin books all across America. Certainly by 1960 this coin was recognized as a coin "worth" altering. Report this Post to the Staff
Windchild Pillar of the Community Canada 1411 Posts	Posted 12/23/2012 10:25 am I would think that by the late 1930's it was recognized as worth altering... Coin boards caused date/ mintmark collecting to get very popular in the 1930's Report this Post to the Staff
52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8516 Posts	Posted 12/23/2012 10:39 am You see so many very worn 16-D's so they were in circulation for a good long time before people started pulling them out of circulation. Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
Ron_CA Valued Member United States 207 Posts	Posted 12/23/2012 11:10 am OK, so there is a possibility that she has had it from the 60s. I wish that I had asked her if I could take a pic that I could have posted here. Report this Post to the Staff
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