1911 S Lincoln Wheat Cent - Counterfeit

Yep wrong style mintmark

One of the coin dealers I work with gets stuff in and tosses them in a box. I buy the lot every month or so and this one was in there. Decent 1896 "glued on S" Morgan as well as a 1932-D quarter with added mint mark as well. They can't/won't sell them and know that I just collect them and don't do nefarious things with them so I buy them for a reasonable price. Some nice additions lately as I found the 1914-D altered date a short while ago as well.

Now I've got a 1937 Roanoke half dollar that is supposedly no good but can't figure out what the deal is. Eventually I'll post that in another forum but since I don't check those boards I need to be around or I forget about it, and have been traveling and too busy to really deal with it. I've got a 7-hour round trip drive tomorrow again so no end to it yet.

Yeah, Grapes I gotta get up your way next week at some point. Just sent you a package today since haven't had time to get away lately.

So why will someone go through all the trouble to alter a coin, if its value is only about $3.00 bucks considering wear and tear?

Thanks for sharing, Bats!