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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Davada, post: 773405, member: 3344&quot;]Just got to thinking about something interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>1922 was a big year for Lincoln cents because of the &#039;no D&#039; variety (Philadelphia didn&#039;t mint any coins, but a small percentage of Denver coins were struck from polished and worn dies that erased the mintmark).</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems unlikely that this was a unique occurrence (i.e. that ONLY in 1922 was this sort of die erosion and maintenance happening). The only reason these cents stick out like a sore thumb is because there were no 1922 cents minted in Philadelphia.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, odds are, there&#039;s 1923 &#039;plain&#039;, 1921 &#039;plain&#039;, and probably all kinds of other &#039;plain&#039; coins rattling about out there, minted in Denver or San Francisco (or maybe even in New Orleans earlier on), that will forever be stuck in 2x2&#039;s as their Philadelphia counterparts. Heck, maybe there&#039;s a 1914 &#039;plain&#039; out there that is one of those 2-million or so minted in Denver. Or a 1909 VDB &#039;plain&#039; that was minted in San Francisco.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, because of the value of the 1922 &#039;no D&#039; cent, experts have spent a great deal of time cataloging the unique die characteristics of the four die pairs that produced these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wouldn&#039;t it be interesting if, using die pair characteristics, other coins that &#039;appear&#039; to be minted in Philadelphia could be proven to have come from the branch mints?</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, these coins won&#039;t have anywhere near the value of the 1922 &#039;plain&#039; cents due to the lack of publicity or popularity; I just think it&#039;s an interesting thought.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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