1914D Grade and Mintmark

[hbarbee]

Is the grade assigned to this coin appropriate? I think it could have made a MS on a lucky day Also, is there something odd with the mint mark or is it just an optical illusion on the photo?

[makecents]

I personally feel the grade is appropriate given the multiple hits but a very nice looking coin and a CAC label! The mm and date look to have slide MD.

[willbrooks]

It is die #3. Looks like there is enough wear on the ear to warrant a 58 in my opinion, but let's wait for Ed's opinion.

[WaterSport]

Looks OK by me.

WS

[Edthelorax]

I would say the same about slight MD even though the TV makes it look like a true DD. The MM is fine IMO.
It looks almost exactly like the one I sold that came from the guy with the Whitman. The only difference may be luster breaks in the fields.
The "wear" could be counted as album rub on a different day.
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[VAB2013]

Great looking 1914D wheat hbarbee! I'm confused about Will's statement about "die #3 though. I could not find a listed RPM or DD for 1914D.

[makecents]

Great looking 1914D wheat hbarbee! I'm confused about Will's statement about "die #3 though. I could not find a listed RPM or DD for 1914D.

It's not a variety Viv. (https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...OPIC_ID=252833) There were so few dies, they are listed by number.

I'll have to say though Will, I like die 2 better.

[VAB2013]

It's not a variety Viv. (https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...OPIC_ID=252833) There were so few dies, they are listed by number.

Thank you very much Jon for the info and link! Geez and I thought there was a lot to know about Memorials, wheats are a whole new ballgame!

[makecents]

Thank you very much Jon for the info and link! Geez and I thought there was a lot to know about Memorials, wheats are a whole new ballgame!

I'm learning with ya!!

[hbarbee]

I just purchase the coin today. I will let you know if my opinion changes when I look at it.

This the the first time I have bought a cent in less than MS. My collection is all MS62 or better unless I have mis-graded the non-certified pieces. I always try to follow the TPG standards to the best of my ability with a scope and then lower the MS grade by a point to be safe.

Unfortunately the 1914D and 1922 Die Pair 2 are priced beyond my willingness to spend in MS. Also, a lot of the MS coins offered have worse eye appeal than this one. I still need the 1922 to be complete except for the pre-1917 proofs (all mint issues and a key example of each type of variety).

[hbarbee]

Forgot to thank you all for the inputs. It makes one feel better to get views from folks with lots of experience.

[GrumpyEd]

It's nice as a 55, I could see it as a 58.

I think a few dings and a tiny bit of wear on the ear held it back from 58.

Brown cents in AU to 63 are really hard to predict.

I think the reasoning is a 58 is really a top notch circ in the highest circ grade so it needs to be very nice (and the price frenzy created for 58s by the "everyman registry sets" where the goal is getting the highest set with no coin over a 58).
So the bar is high on the 58s.

Things flip in the lower MS grades because people look at a 60-61-62 as being a low unc so it gets a lot of slack, the bar is lower so maybe it just needs luster to get those lower unc grades but can have more issues, dings and things that a 58 can't have.

[Petespockets55]

It's nice as a 55, I could see it as a 58…….....

LOL. Good call Ed about seeing it as a 58 ...... Cause that's how PCGS saw it too.

[scubalou]

Just a fly on the wall. Nice coin.

[GrumpyEd]

LOL. Good call Ed about seeing it as a 58 ...... Cause that's how PCGS saw it too.

That's funny, somehow I read it as a 55 and thought it could be a 58...