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1944 D/S Lincoln Wheat Cent

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 Posted 11/03/2008  11:14 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add decoinboy to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Just found this cent in a bag of "unsearched wheat cents". It looks to me like a D/S. Any opinions are appreciated. Photo number 4 has the closest picture of the mintmark I could get.

1944-D/S-Lincoln-Wheat-Cent 1944-D/S-Lincoln-Wheat-Cent 1944-D/S-Lincoln-Wheat-Cent 1944-D/S-Lincoln-Wheat-Cent 1944-D/S-Lincoln-Wheat-Cent
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 Posted 11/03/2008  11:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add desertgem to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

It does seem to be close, but honestly, even photo 4 doesn't seem to have enough contrast to see the details of the upper curve of the "S" if it is there and not just surface. I know that often you can see details that is hard to photograph. Hang on to it and maybe a different lighting arrangement or focusing will show for a positive ID. Nice eyes!

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 Posted 11/04/2008  06:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TreasHunt to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
From what you show, it looks like post mint damage.
Not the over mintmark.
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 Posted 11/04/2008  12:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BJ Neff to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
TreasHunt I believe is correct. Post mint damage.

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 Posted 11/04/2008  2:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coppercoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is, without a doubt, the better OMM. 1944D-1OM-001. Congrats!

But don't let the 'unsearched' thing fool you. Half of the people trading bags of wheats don't sort them and look for these varieties. They pop them open looking for the 1909S VDB, 1910S, 1911S, 1914D, 1914S, 1922D, and 1931S and leave the rest in the bag. They claim not to have the 'time' to bother with the varieties.
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 Posted 11/05/2008  12:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add decoinboy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the responses and the positive ID on my coin. Its the first OMM I have found. Coppercoins, thanks for the info on the unsearched bags, this coin definably makes it worth the investment.
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