Altered cents.

[willbrooks]

As I am working on these other projects, I thought I would take the time to post these coins, which belong to Chris, as examples of altered cents. Feel free to add photos of altered cents you may have in order to help educate others.


Altered (date, mint mark): A coin that has been intentionally manipulated, usually so that it appears to be a more valuable coin. The more common alterations are adding/removing mint marks and changing the date. A commonly altered cent is a 1944D with is altered to look like a 1914D as shown below. A genuine 1914D would not have the large space between the 9 and the 1 and would not have the VDB on the bust’s shoulder. Also note the incomplete removal of the vertical bar of the 4 where it meets the horizontal bar. Also shown below is a 1922D which has had the mint mark manually removed. Note the scratch marks where the mint mark should be.
altered1914D1.jpgaltered1914D2.jpg

altered1922D.jpg

[coop]

I don't have an image, but an altered 1948 to look like a 1943 copper cent.

Here is an image of a 1941/2 dime that was altered. The 2 was added to the coin.
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/I...ate_HOR_01.jpg