1922 D no D little help please

Hi,
I recently found this penny. Examined it for almost an hour and in variety of light. The "22" is barely visible only on a certain angle and in certain light. Thought I would post for your thoughts?

 

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reverse

Here is the reverse

 

another angle

another angle

 

another of the reverse

another of the reverse

 

I am not sure how you can tell it is a 1922, but it is not any of the recognized die pairs for the no"D". There are enough left on your coin to rule out each one of them.

 

die pairs

The only die pair that I think maybe possible is #1

 

Die pair #1 has a die crack running from the O in ONE to the L. Unless I am missing something, yours does not have that crack.

 

damaged beyond recognition of being a no D cent.

 

Too banged up to tell anything.
Also that 9 looks a tad off to me.

 

I am just curious. How do you get a coin so damaged/banged up, but still have a full complete rim without a ding in it?

BTW, ligia, since the no"D" cents are specific die pairs, there probably is enough there to recognize it as a no"D". However, in this case, I can tell you it is not a no "D".

 

Thin planchet perhaps? Still gets the rim rolled on but not fully punched on the date side.

 

1922 is an exceptional Lincoln to grade. Weigh the coin to determine if it's a planchet deficiency.
It looks to be a grease filled die.
Probably MS63 or better.

 

IMO, that's an AU coin that was struck on a grease filled die....that's my guess. I've never seen a 1922-D like that one! You need to let Bill or MikeD have a look at it.

 

thad, that coin is Post Mint Damaged. No expert necessary.

 

Maybe, but the rim looks complete....I leave this to Bill or Mike Diamond as I'm no expert on these. Those guys can instantly tell.

 

I have to disagree with the thought that what caused the lack of detail on the obverse & reverse was due to PMD. Those areas where the normal design are missing look MUCH THICKER than the rest of the surface/field of the coin , so I go with partially grease filled die on both the rev & obv as the cause of the uniqueness of this coin. As for the rest of the coin is shows regular circulation wear. I would like to see some straigh on rim shots from the north , south , east & west so that we can all see the thickness or thicknesses of the coin.

 

OK. I will ask again. How can that coin be so damaged but still have a full undamaged rim? When you can explain that, I might agree with you. "Might" agree, that is.

 

while I agree that experts will be better able to describe the damage, it appears in the same area of the coin, both obverse and reverse. That says PMD to me and although I agree that most PMD would have also altered the rim, I would bet dollars to donuts that this is PMD and the experts will confirm it.

 

Maybe grease, but also possibly a tapered planchet. It doesn't really look to me like PMD.

 

I think there's another thread on this coin....it's been classified as a "tapered planchet". First I've heard of that, but it seems to be the conclusion.