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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have an opportunity to buy this 1914-D (personal sale). I have another lower grade 1914-D that has a die crack between Lincoln's shirt and the rim, which I've read should be there. This one doesn't have that die crack. Does the "D" look right? It also looks to me if it had an old cleaning. What do you think? Do all authentic 1914-D's have to have the die crack? If you believe it to be authentic, could you grade it, please? All comments welcome. Thanks.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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For a 1914-D, it is in really good condition...I have several and they all have a certain look. In my unprofessional opinion, this appears to be the age of 1944-D. As all penny in 1914 were circulated, unless someone actually carded this, I would be very careful buying this. Unless it was dirt cheap, then it would be interesting to obtain and verify its actual date. Good luck ! I hope it is real, as you would have the best one out there. I will pop back in to check on what my fellow CCF members feedback is. Happy Monday!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not sure if this one is real or not. The whole coin looks good, except that the mintmark looks very odd. This was taken from the PCGS website Quote:
On a genuine 1914-D cent the mintmark is boxy and the interior of the 'D' is triangular. I'm also curious what other members will say. |
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Valued Member
United States
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The 'D' looks okay to me, but I would pull some high resolution pictures of other 1914-D coins to look at. Another option, is to pull some worn pictures F-12 to VF-20 (I would think) for the 1916-D dime. The same die punch for the 1914-D cent was used on the 1916-D dime, so you can see some additional pictures of what a real 'D' should look like. I'm not the best grading the older Lincoln Cent coins, but this certainly looks to be much nicer than what is usually seen. |
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Valued Member
United States
226 Posts |
Also, note the serifs on the 'D' should be parallel to each other - I can't for certain say yours are parallel. One item that worries me is the darker stain right above the mintmark that sort looks like a '>' symbol. I would recommend getting this one slabbed before completing the transaction so both parties are happy (by knowing the coin is authentic and having a third party grade assigned to it).
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I did a little digging and found a picture with 5 different 1914-D authentic cents. I don't know the origin of this picture. This one matches up well with #5 (using an overlay software.) I don't believe this to be a 1944-D with erased portions of the 4, because I don't see a VDB under the shoulder.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I don't see the triangle in the middle of the mint mark that a real 1914D has, maybe just the way the photo was taken?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The coin appears to have been cleaned, the surfaces, especially the reverse, do not look right. I would PASS on this coin real or not.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good advice, BadThad. The sale would involve 1909-1940 all mint and dates except for the 1909-S VDB. All the coins looked cleaned to me (and probably have been), but details are much better than many of my early dates. I would be getting these on a deep discount (less than half of details-grade value). What to do...
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 United States
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I think it's good but I'm with Thad. There are better opportunities out there and this is a readily available key date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just the fact I have a question about a coin is reason enough to pass.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would be getting these on a deep discount (less than half of details-grade value). What to do... Price it on the keys, semi-keys and branch mints condition. Most of the dealers I know do that- the rest they consider junk (seriously). They don't like to even mess with it when it looks circulated and/or cleaned---- which is why I like them. Sometimes there's cherries to be picked amongst the garbage.  If you're talking buying that whole collection at CDN good and below prices, it might be worth the trouble. In my experience with dealers, that's the "starting price" for problem coins...if that helps at all. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for the tip Thad. That does help me.
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Posted 03/30/2015 10:33 am
