Seller obviously has good intentions, lol. He even made sure to include a close-up of the VDB on the shoulder..... This is no crook trying to steal your cash for a change, just an honest mistake.....what we have here is a 1944-D shaved to appear as a 1914-D.....ignoring the VDB, you can tell by the obvious spacing between the 9 and the 1, and the incorrect shape and position of the mintmark. Too bad, that would be a sweet 14D !! Get a kick out of the listing tho before it's removed : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200210012919&_trksid=p2759.l1259
That is actually a skillfully altered '44-D. If you didn't know what to look for (VDB on Lincoln's bust, wide spacing between 9 and second 4, mm, etc.) you could be easily fooled by this fake. I would like to buy it for an educational piece but not for $100. BTW, I e-mailed the seller and said "You do know that is an altered 1944-D, don't you. I hope you don't sell this altered coin to a poor unsuspecting soul." It will be interesting to see if he responds.
If you look at the blow up of the date you can actually see the 4 that was partially deleted. When we were kids we used to do that with an electric eraser and we did much better work. I do applaud who ever did this though for retoning the entire coin so as to make it look all the same.
