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He kept poking it and touching the face of it, much to my dismay. I kept telling him to be nice to it, and handle it by the edges, even if it is already low grade. When he stacked it with the other wheats and tossed, yes tossed, them into his (metal) desk drawer, I marched over to my desk and brought back a 2x2. I made him hand it over so I could put it in there for a least a little bit of protection. The 2x2 was for a nickel since that's all I had, but it will provide better protection than nothing.
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TJB17, you are just too nice a person to hang with me. I would have ate him alive, and had him buy me a coke to take them off of his hands.  |
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A remarkable find indeed! I would say that the desk drawer isn't the safest place to keep that cent once word gets around what it's worth. I've had things stolen by coworkers in the past that were much larger and less valuable than that 1914-D. He should be advised to take the cent home and keep it there until he decides to do something with it. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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What an awesome find, good thing he had you around! I wonder how many times a rare coin has turned up that way only to be spent again and put back into circulation.
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Make sure it's not an altered '44-D, quite common to see these altered into '14-D's.
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I'm the same way. I would make a terrible thief. Had you taken the 14-D for nothing, it would have eaten at you.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Great story! But makes me mad he didn't take care of the coin.
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52Raymo, you're quite right. I couldn't and wouldn't take it off him for nothing.
Fadetoblack, thanks for the advice. I'll take a look at it better with my loupe tomorrow.
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The only thing that bothers me is that he was gonna give them to you up until he found out what it was. Now he has to think about selling them , throws them in his drawer and that's that, whats up with that?
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It was all for naught anyway. I took FadeToBlack's advice and looked closer with my higher power loupe and it's an altered '44-D. Being engineers, we had to take it to a lab with a microscope and looked at it even closer. Whoever did the alteration did a fantastic job, but using the scope it is very apparent that the rest of the 4 was ground away. It looks like it was done a long time ago because the ground area and the rest of the coin have the same patina. If nothing else, it was a great learning experience.
He asked me if I was still interested in buying it. I said sure, I'll give you 3 cents for it. He decided to keep it.
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Yep, figured that would be the case... there's probably more altered '44-D's still floating out there unknown than real '14-D's I'm immediately skeptical of any supposed '14-D that shows up out of nowhere.
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Well, I was finally able to convince my co-worker to let go of his fake 1914-D LWC. When I told him about Steve Caruso and the Black Cabinet, he agreed to let me sent it in to Steve. IT should be at it's new home in a couple days.   Unfortunately, we can add improper cleaning to the list of things wrong with this coin. I forgot it was in my shirt pocket when I got home from work. My wife did the laundry as soon as I changed, and it literally got a cleaning. Good thing it didn't become a Dryer Coin though. Edited by TJB17
06/27/2013 11:27 pm
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Great find, I altered one a long time ago so I could see how far apart the 9 and (new) 1 were as a reference. of course I will never sell it, like the 1922-D I rubbed the D off with an eraser. Back when I was first getting into coins and collecting I experimented with a lot of low end pieces, doing alterations and toning experiments. I still have them all, and they are labeled as such in my never sell box.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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The space above the 'd' and the long 1 in 14 gives it away at a glance.
Seen a whole lot of those over the years.
The point still remains that your one of the good guy's who would rather
see another have a nice experience, and revel in it with him; then
take the coin,squirrel it away, and live a lie.
Congrats
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