It's iffy. I do not like the shape of the mintmark, and position is not an indicator on these, they are all over the place. I will NOT ( lol ) try do make a determination on a pic, nor would I buy from a pic alone. Could go either way.
How would I go about getting it verified? I'm not a member of any club and would hate to have to spend registration, shipping and process fees on a fake. Guess I should just join but not sure who. Any suggestions. Thanks, Mark
I have 3 on my site, VG,F and XF.....but no macros. I'll TRY tonight to get better shots posted here:smile
Oh, I have 4 on my site, you know more than I do Rlm, lol. One of those was sold and I forgot to take it down. Thanks for the reminder !
Funny fish, your photo (the tilted D, the distance from the 9, etc.) looks exactly like the photo on p.46 of Shane Anderson's "The Complete Lincoln Cent Encyclopedia" except his is in a much higher grade. The coin looks authentic to me, even if it is only a G-4 specimen.
You can form one by digging away around the " mintmark", you can add one with adhesive, and you can emboss one which requires drilling into the rim from the side and plugging. 1914-D's have many many MM positions and rotations, but there is ONE shape. Shape can be damaged and altered by wear, circulation, etc etc. It is near impossible to judge a LOW grade coin by a pic if done well, who knows what may have happened to the coin as it wore and circulated. The other variables used are known diecracks and gouges, polish lines, etc. I would never try to guess unless I had the coin in my hand under my loupe or my scope.
I wanted to do some checking on my own so I haven't posted in this thread. Today I did it, below are the results. Can't say as I see much wrong myself. OP's coin on the left, known genuine coin on the right.
I'm thinking of a jeweler working on the movement of a pocket watch. You know how they have those glasses with the loupe attached to one of the lenses? I suppose with the right equipment and skills a thing like that can be done! Sill, though, this one does look real good to me.
It can absolutely be done. Jack related the various ways of doing it. And if you didn't understand what he was meant by embossing - that is done from the inside out.
Exactly Doug. What raised my redflag was the double seriff on the D, thats why I explained damage. Circ wear, etc etc, on LOW grade coins can be a factor. Yours is obviously a high grade coin with much less chance at alteration of the mintmark by natural causes.
I hadn't read Jack's reply when I replied but skipped past it to the reply directly to me. Next time, Jack, I'll read your replies, even if they're not directly to me. EDIT: Jack, you'll have to excuse me. On that nonsensical reply above, you did answer my question, but for some reason I blew right past it. Having one of those days... :rolling:
