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New Member
United States
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This 1914-d Lincoln Cent has had someone gouging around the mint mark. Please offer your opinion has to whether it's genuine and if so what impact the gouging has on its grading and value. Thanks.    |
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Moderator
 United States
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That tooling makes me very suspicious that the mint mark is genuine. I would never buy this coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Sure looks like an attempted alteration.  to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5393 Posts |
Altered !
A laughable attempt at best .
Never buy a 14 D unless it is certified
or you have the expertise to know what
a genuine one looks like .
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18636 Posts |
out of the 5 possible obv dies the only one thats close is obv die #3, however the MM is too close to the 9. add to that the tooling is just screaming fake-er-oo  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19931 Posts |
The coin has been very corroded and cleaned. The MM is very questionable, I think this is a fake.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36558 Posts |
My guess is fake on this one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10484 Posts |
Betting on Altered. Would stay away from that one  Ya know? After saying field was used to pile metal to form the D, I'm just wondering if the scrape marks lowered the field around it? Either way - definitely altered Edited by Marv65
05/10/2024 8:46 pm
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Moderator
United States
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Metal was pulled from the surrounding area and piled up to look like a "D". I agree.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
73688 Posts |
I'll say Good details, cleaned and tooled.
Errers and Varietys.
Edited by Errers and Varietys
05/10/2024 11:14 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Someone moved enough bronze to make a D. If it was certified as genuine I wouldn't pay more than $50 for it. Move along.
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Moderator
United States
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Fake mint mark - stay away.
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Posted 05/10/2024 08:38 am
