Update On An ANACS Mistake With My 1922 No D Lincoln

A few months ago I created a thread and we discussed this coin. Many of you contributed to the discussion so I thought I'd share the final outcome. Here's the brief version of the story. I sent ANACS a raw coin that I collected from circulation and had for over fifty years not realizing its value. It came back as No D FS401 Die 2 EF40.


I tried to sell it but a potential buyer challenged the variety so I posted it on CCF and most agreed it was not Die pair 2 mostly because of the weak reverse but there was not full agreement on the actual variety but Die 3 was mentioned by a few members. I could have just sold it and walked away with a lot of money but knowing it really wasn't Die pair 2 would bother me forever.

So, I contacted ANACS and sent it back for regrade knowing that there was nowhere to go but down in value. I didn't expect it to go down this much as it came back as Weak D Die 3 EF40. The ANACS response was they did not make a mistake in grading it but someone used the wrong label. The Weak D designation bothered me because I was sure it was No D, but my understanding is that ANACS only uses the designation No D on Die Pair 2 labels.


So in an effort to boost the profit of yet another TPG I sent it to NGC. I really feel that this is the correct variety and grade No D Weak Reverse VF30 BN. I guess 10 points wore off the grade by mailing and slabbing it so many times.


I would hope the value is somewhat higher than the Weak D â€" any guesses on its value?