1914-D Lincoln: masterful counterfeit

Same die. I didn't realize. Good job.

 

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I see some similarities with this one (image courtesy NGC):

 

Is this one in a slab?

 

With the diagnostics identified on the reverse they could also be used to identify counterfeits of other date and mint combinations. Like the die chip on the inside center of the left wheat stalk that is seen on many Chinese counterfeits of different key date wheat cents. (and some that aren't keys)

 

I have concerns of this coin myself.

 

C-B-D, no, actually in an NGC article about counterfeit '14-D's.

 

I'm in the process of getting more info on the history of where mine came from. I'll keep you posted.

 

Hi

Imho, hope you don’t mind I copied your picture then played with the lighting and sharpened the image a little.
You can see a rectangle out line on “9 1 and 4” .
It looks like someone had shaved and redid it.

 

Looks like a match justafarmer- looks like a couple of other matches but doesn't show many of the marks the previous two show.

 

Common marks aside - as for the obverse - the spread of the date matches all the counterfeits. Which is not the spread for a real 1914 Lincoln Cent. And the location of the mint mark is the same for all.

 

Agreed!

 

Excellent, nice material. Thank you.

 

This is something to take note of. Being the reverse design for the Lincoln Wheat Cent after the "VDB" change in 1909 remained virtually static throughout the series. This counterfeit reverse die could be paired with many different counterfeit obverse dies. There is really no reason for a counterfeiter to go through all the work of creating a new reverse counterfeit die to pair with every new counterfeit obverse.

 

Looks like a doubled die 4. Doesn't it. I don't have a 11d nor a 14 anything. I'm no help

 

Alot of vdb scratches. Nice catch Michael

 

Also looks like a tad flattened where vertical and horizontal connect

 

@C-B-D. Thanks for showing this coin

 

Learning alot today. Thanks

 

Oh boy. Not sure i agree