I was going through a few pennies and noted this 1922 D and thought the mintmark appears to be small so I Googled it to find a comparison. There I read this coin is worth $20 and up. Is that a fair valuation? Then it was stated that a no mint mark or weak mint mark carries some serious worth. This raised a few questions to me: I thought any coin sans mint mark came from Philly. How can you determine if it’s a coin from Denver? How would it be distinguishable from a standard no mint Mark Philadelphia coin? The lack of the smell of a grilled steak, onions and cheese sandwich? ‘And what determines a weak mint mark? This one looks ok to me but feel free to disagree.
In 1922 all cents were to be struck at the Denver mint. http://www.lincolncentresource.com/1922Ddievarieties.html
I count that as a sweet find! In fact, the 1922 Ds are the last Lincolns I need to complete the wheaties. I'll collect both the D, and the "no D Strong Reverse," which carries a premium over the no-D version with the very weak reverse. But the No D Strong Rev is a VERY pricey coin. High value or not, it's a coin I'd really enjoy coming across!
Nice find but it's only worth about $10. In 1922 all Cents were minted in Denver but they are some without the D and others have a weak D. But they all came from Denver. Yours is not a weak D.
I am writing a book on 1922-dated cents. Will be out in 2022. This is a fairly common variety. The D is a bit weak, but this is not what any of the grading services call a "Weak D." The harsh cleaning hurts the value. Might bring $5-10 on eBay.
Can I please jump in. Is it ok with you Chip? If not I will ask the Mods to delete this. I have 2 1922 D's. One is obviously a strong D on the bottom 2 set of pics and the other up top I think it might be worn? Can anyone estimate the worth also?
The first one is only slightly weak, and does not qualify as the "Weak D" designation that brings a premium.
No, the die was worn down enough to weaken the D, and in a normal year's coins it might be recognized as a minor variety, but there are very many different dies and die states in the 1922-dated cents, ranging from slightly weak down to missing completely. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being missing completely, this die in this die state is about a 4. The grading services do not consider this die in this die state to be significant and will not certify it as a "Weak D." It is very confusing. I hope to bring order out of chaos in the book.
Looking forward to it. From what iv'e googled it is somewhat explained as to why but just so many variables come into play. Putting a price on them has to be really hard..
I would talk to the person writing the book. Thinking this would be a 3 page thread. Since when do members not show their 22 D’s. You members giving up TEACHING US