1922 No D LWC - Grade (And Authenticate?)

I am also in the weak D opinions.

I bought one like it at the FUN show a few years back.

Yep, counted about 7 or 8 pepole who suffer from hoof-in-mouth disease, glad I changed my signature!

These are the Good Ones, those we all hope to stumble upon. When ya do, "celebit, celibit, prance to the moose-jik", something like that...just hope this isn't your " once in a lifetime" coin!

Congrats Beefer518, you buy the first round!

@coinlover1899, as the strong reverse No-D is technically the only true No-D recognized by most, I would think that is all the more reason to have ANACS to the authentication. Looking at PCGS and NGC's websites, it seems PCGS will only designate the strong reverse (die pair 2) as a No-D, but NGC does seem to recognize the 'No-D Weak Reverse' variety.

It's interesting, as this is the opposite when it comes to Franklin halves Full Bell Line designation. NGC requires both upper and lower sets to be complete and uninterrupted, while PCGS only requires the lower set.

I am sorry to here the end of the story, do you still own the coin?

YES!!

I don't believe I've ever seen one worn down to that level. That said, the reverse is too strong for the other die pairs - just highly worn. Excellent find!

@cipster thanks for posting that. TBH, I would have questioned it as a No-D. The two things that jump out at me as it being a weak-D are the second 2 in the date, and the stems of the wheat stalks. On the die set 2, I have found that the edges of the stems are crisp, even on very low grade coins. As long as one is crisp, it seems to be a die 2. If you compare the stalk stems on my low grade 8 to the stems on your much higher grade 30/40, you can see how much thicker and mushy your stems are. I'm not an expert, but it took me about 8 hours of research before I bid on mine, and it was stupid cheap. But I had no desire to buy a weak-D, so I read and compared everything I could.

NICE!