1914-D Lincoln cent, what do you think?

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  • trails
    Moderator, Error Expert
    • Feb 2008
    • 3358

    #1

    1914-D Lincoln cent, what do you think?

    Just ran across this auction on E-Bay. What do you think of this coin?


    BJ Neff
    ANA, CCC, CONECA, FUN, Fly-In-Club, NLG & "The Error-Variety Education Consortium"
  • 1gtsfan
    Member
    • Jul 2008
    • 518

    #2
    i think it is authentic, but it looks like pmd, and not an error to me.

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    • hasfam
      Paid Member

      • May 2009
      • 6291

      #3
      Kind of looks like it was struck on a split planchet.
      Rock
      Rock
      My LCR Photo Album of Graded Lincoln Cent Cherry Picker Varieties

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      • trails
        Moderator, Error Expert
        • Feb 2008
        • 3358

        #4
        Consensus over in the ECEI is that it is a possible counterfeit. Either way, it is a smaller size than the normal 1914-D Lincoln cent and whether treated by acid or milled for encasement, it is a bad deal.

        BJ Neff
        ANA, CCC, CONECA, FUN, Fly-In-Club, NLG & "The Error-Variety Education Consortium"

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        • koinmon
          Member
          • Oct 2008
          • 2207

          #5
          Portrait doesn't look quite right to me; for a 1914-D.
          George

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          • BadThad
            Member
            • Jan 2009
            • 3010

            #6
            Somebody wasted their money on it. It's more than likely a counterfeit that was put in a vice and then acid soaked.
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            • jcuve
              Moderator, Die & Variety Expert
              • Apr 2008
              • 15458

              #7
              Looks like garbage



              Jason Cuvelier


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              • 1gtsfan
                Member
                • Jul 2008
                • 518

                #8
                the first impression i had with this coin was that it may be fake. but, the mintmark location looks correct, and also Liberty is a bit weak. these features are seen on other examples of 14-d's including the one on the resource page.

                i think this is the real deal, and maybe has some kind of postmint damage like it was running in a dryer or something.

                the biggest concern i had was that the seller doesn't take returns.

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                • trails
                  Moderator, Error Expert
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 3358

                  #9
                  If the false dies were made from a real 1914-D Lincoln cent, one would expect to see a true replication of design elements. Some of the red flags; a no return policy, a planchet that appears to be to small, an out of round planchet, an unexplained weak strike and the coin is not encapsulated.

                  BJ Neff
                  ANA, CCC, CONECA, FUN, Fly-In-Club, NLG & "The Error-Variety Education Consortium"

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                  • 1gtsfan
                    Member
                    • Jul 2008
                    • 518

                    #10
                    i better check with you guys when i buy one.

                    louis

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                    • trails
                      Moderator, Error Expert
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 3358

                      #11
                      When buying the high end coins, it is always advisable to have an expert that can confirm your buy. Not the next day or even the next hour, but before you do buy that coin.

                      People, it has come down to a point where you must use extreme caution when buying any key, high end error or variety coin. There are just too many counterfeits out there and they are getting better all the time.

                      If I scare you, GOOD. I just do not want to see anyone, especially on this forum and the others that I do post on, get burned and waste their money on junk.

                      BJ Neff
                      ANA, CCC, CONECA, FUN, Fly-In-Club, NLG & "The Error-Variety Education Consortium"

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