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Valued Member
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Well I was hanging out with my nephews today they are 6 and 8 and they love coins so I went and bought a $25 box of pennies from the bank I found one that says it is a 1914 d I couldn't believe it, but we will find out manana after I head down to the coin shop to have it looked at it is in decent shape the lettering is worn but the lincoln looks good and it is pretty clean. I know these are faked alot and have beeen looking at it as close as I can all night and don't think that another 4 could have fit in the 1's spot, but I guess that might be because I want it to be so. I will try to get pics up tomarrow when I get my camera back. I know its a long shot to find it in a roll, but wish me luck
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Two points to check- look at Lincoln's shoulder(truncation of the bust, left side) for the VDB, all Lincolns minted 1918 and later have the initials while a genuine 1914D will not. Look at the center of the D mintmark, it should have a slight triangular shape to it. If your coin matches those two diagnostics then you have a good chance that it is the real thing. |
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I cannot locate the vdb which is what I was looking for earlier I had read that the true 1914 d's did not have it, but I wasn't looking on the shoulder I believe this coin has those 2 features as far as I can tell with my really  ty magnifying glass I have I can't wait to find out thanks for the help |
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Pillar of the Community
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Something you should know is that a coin dealer can only at very best give you a preliminary idea of what you have - most of them don't know much of anything about authenticating or grading coins, which is part of why the third party graders came around. If the dealer thinks it's real, send it to PCGS for professional authentication.
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Valued Member
United States
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I will definatly send it in to be authenticated & graded I am just curious to see if they think it is legit and hopefully they will have a better scope than I do. Which grading service would you guys recommend NGC or PCGS and NY IDE on which catagory a coin like that would best fit into?
Edited by MikeBrax
01/22/2011 09:09 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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good luck--Hey Copper--what was your AFSC?
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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don't go to NYIDE. I would go to either ANACS or NGC
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Valued Member
United States
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what is NYIDE? yeah I figured I would use NGC or PCGS
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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NYIDE must be a basement slabber, I haven't heard of them, but I do know the good grading companies, and this isn't one of them.
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Valued Member
United States
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I figured that and I guess it doesn't really matter anyway I have been really looking it over and took it in to my buddy's coin shop and with there good lense I could see that it had been altered at some point darn people oh well it was exciting for a minute thanks for the replies guys
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Given some high resolution pictures, I suspect the experts on here can authenticate it for you
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Valued Member
United States
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I am on out of town visiting my family I will definatly post a few pics on Sunday night when I get back to dallas
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Valued Member
United States
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Frisco, Texas here. I think finding a 1914-D cent in a box of bank rolls nowadays is harder than finding a needle in two hay stacks.
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Pillar of the Community
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MikeBrax - send it to PCGS or NGC since they are the only two widely recognized services.
CoinStar - 491X1, then 3C0X1. I ended up not doing my appointed job more than I did my appointed job. I just followed the "needs of the Air Force".
There is no such thing as NYIDE on the commonly traded market. If that's some slabbing company, sending anything to them would be a complete waste of money.
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Comm-- thats cool I was (and still am ) AGE 2A672
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Posted 01/22/2011 03:47 am
