| Author |
 Replies: 16 / Views: 1,723 |
|
New Member
United States
3 Posts |
Hi, I have not been collecting coins for very long but I have Gathered some interesting things so far however from The sites I have gone to that have taught me a lot but I've ran across a few coins I cannot find any thing about them. The one I found today is a 1956 d mint with the initials FG to the right side of the d mint mark. I feel this is a rare find Please correct me if I'm wrong but I'm not sure who to speak to or go to about this? I hope this made sense please help someone That has obviously more experience than me I have a few others as well with interesting things that almost look like a foreign planchet You can faintly see the letters under die with a coin magnifying glass. I don't have any images In this post since this is my first post I really don't know what I'm doing but I would be glad to take a photo of it if someone can respond to this post that would be awesome ! Xena  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
|
|
|
Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
 As noted we would need photos. FG didn't appear on the Lincoln Cent until 1959. I'm guessing an anomaly or possibly counterstamped. But pictures will remove guessing. Have fun in the forums. |
|
Moderator
United States
14463 Posts |
your post/question has been moved to the proper section. Please post pictures to this thread  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3516 Posts |
to CCF. Pictures are neccesary!  |
|
Valued Member
United States
73 Posts |
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
The better the image you can post, the better we can see what you have.  |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Yes, pics please! to the CCF! |
|
Moderator
United States
189222 Posts |
to the Community! |
|
New Member
 United States
3 Posts |
Here is an image of my 1956 coin with inititals FG to the right of d mint. It is very faint and in the photo a bit harder to see.  |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
I am not sure what you are seeing but that coin cannot have the designer initials FG because Frank Gasparro designed the Memorial reverse that did not debut until 1959. 1909-1958 cents were designed by Victor David Brenner, his initials are found at the truncation of the bust on the shoulder. Brenner's bust design was retained for Memorial cents and it is still in use on the current Shield cents. |
|
Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
The VDB is incuse on the coin (raised on the die) and when the die gets polished several times, then the VDB is polished off the die. Gone for the rest of that dies life. So you may have one from a die that this happened to.
|
|
New Member
United States
3 Posts |
I am trying to get a picture of this coin that is better to see And I'm still trying to figure out how to use this forum. And make my pictures small enough so they can be viewed on here. I took a brighter picture hopefully this can be seen better.  |
|
Moderator
United States
56855 Posts |
Xena, Your doing fine with our great site. Have you used the image optimizer? It will make the pics fit on the site automatically. Can you describe exactly where you are seeing the FG please? John1  |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
I see it, I think he is just seeing staining in the surface.
|
| |
Replies: 16 / Views: 1,723 |
Posted 08/29/2016 05:55 am
