Hello All, I have been trolling around for a few months now with no real reason to post. I recently inherited a coin collection and have found hours of enjoyment trying to figure this hobby out. I was a baseball card collector for many years so, I think I just enjoy the collecting hobby as I can find anything interesting. Here is my current problem, I have a 1922 No D Lincoln cent and I am trying to figure out if it is a weak D or a No D variety. I have looked at the lincoln penny resource site and I still cannot figure out which die this might have been from. Also, the coin itself is very odd, It is very clean and shiny on the lincoln side with two discolerations coming around the rim. On the obverse it has what appears to be brown streaks going acrossed it. I have looked very carefully at the "O" in ONE CENT and there is an obvious "die" crack coming from the L to the "O" that is very prominent, but it seems like the crack through the "O" is less prominent but it seems to stop at the southeast corner of the "O". The wheat ears are very weak and some of the letters in the USofA. In God We Trust seems weak also, especially the "WE". The second 2 in 1922 is very weak too. Even though there is not a raised "D" it still seems that I can make out where a "D" with a magnifying glass. So, I am worried that my wife's great grandfather thought it was a NO D and it might be a fake. Let me know what you think and thanks in advance. Cheers, Chris Kampmann
My apologies, I meant to put this in the US Coin area, apparently I clicked on the wrong forum. Live and learn I suppose. Cheers
this is a die pair 1 1922. It will either have a weak D or no D. If you can't see the D under a 10X loupe, it is a no D
First off, welcome to the forum! It looks to me that it is a NO "D" weak reverse. That is defined by no "D" visible with 10X power. You will see all you need at http://lincolncentresource.com/1922Ddievarieties.html. However, that die crack is well defined as die #1.
I too have a cleaned DP #1 no D lincoln that has been harshly cleaned. Since its the closest I will ever get to the dp 2 and it was the right price, into the album it goes.
Wow I never realized a harsh cleaning on that worn of a coin would cut its value by half , well live and learn . rzage:thumb:
Rzage, Now I'm the first to mention this, so i might get shot down.. I probably will, But I'd be willing to bet this coin is a VF 30 MAYBE a VF 35, of course HARSHLY cleaned. But 22's as everyone knows are weak struck and especially this one with a weak reverse and weak obverse.. I betcha this is a VF coin.
Now I realize that sounds ridiculous, mauybe not VF 35 now that I look at it more, but I can see a 30 This is what Im looking at:
Do you guys have any idea what this coin might be worth considering the condition and the die. Thanks again for everything your advice is priceless.
And also would this be considered a NO D, I can see where the D would be under magnification but it is not raised at all. Let me know thanks.
I would not recommend using ANACS for these. All 1922's except die #2 are called "WEAK D"'s by their nomenclature. They will attribute the die, however. As for a grade, it might (probably) make XF. However, I would not net it any better than fine. That thing is all scratched up.
