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Message:: [QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 62019, member: 1242"]1944-P "Piefort Cent" Lincoln Cent - Pollock 2078 Variety! Hi All, Well after numerous disappointments, I am sure that I have made a significant find in a rare coin! I recently purchased 247 Lincoln "Wheat" Cents from a local Pawn Shop to search for errors. After getting home that day, I started looking through the coins and came across a 1944-P Cent that is about as thick as a Nickel but has the same diameter and apparent composition as a normal 1944-P Cent. Well I set the coin aside with some other error cents until I finished searching all of the cents that I had just purchased. Well on Saturday night, I finally finished seaching the cents and went straight for the 1944-P Cent to inspect it more thoroughly. After surmising that the cent had to be some sort of error, I begain searching the Web for such a 1944-P Cent. I got a hit on the first try (Google Search on "1944-P Lincoln Cent Thick Planchet") and found several hits on the "Pre-Long Beach Auctions" and clicked on the link. Imagine my surprise when I scrolled down the "Pre-Long Beach Auction" (Web Based) Catalog and found that my 1944-P Lincoln Cent is a very rare 1944-P "Piefort Cent" Lincoln Cent - Pollock 2078 Variety struck on an experimental thick planchet. I was wondering if anyone knows anything about these rare Variety Cents and how much mine may be worth especially after I send it in to have it authenticated, graded, attributed and slabbed? For info purposes, my "Piefort Cent" has several Struck Through (most probably thread) Errors on the Obverse but has seen some circulation and will grade out somewhere between EF to AU. It is also a dark Red/Brown almost Purplish/Brown in color. Thanks...Frank[/QUOTE]

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