1974-D lincoln Cent Extra Hair

Thanks for your interesting information Bill G. The roll I purchased (seen in the preceding photo), was NOT a OBW. It says on the wrap that it was "wrapped" by the Hanley Coinrap Co. apparently of SF [San Francisco]. The coins all had an odd color, like they had been mass cleaned. Each had numerous bag marks, but little wear. Lots of copper corrosion. No minor metal dust particles, which one often sees in rolls which have been tightly wrapped for decades! The seller does not know that he is not selling OBW rolls IMHO. I informed him in feed back. Each coin had the identical color, a yellowish-pink-copper color. Which I suspect is not their actual uncirculated color. This roll supports your information. This is a roll put together later by some entrepreneur, hoping to profit off the future sales of 1974 S mint cents. All of the uncirculated specimens I have are darker in color and more reddish-copper color. OH, did Rick Stachowski ever get Potter's opinion on the wild hair 1974 large date hair do??
Gary in Washington

 

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I read this post went thru 1974 d pennies all the large date have the extra hair but one. Would that be of any value

 

These are from 1 1974d penny Ill send a closer shot tomorrow

 

Ok took a closer picture and I do see the extra hair. Question I still have is the value if the large date 1974d penny has no extra hair

 

Found me one too. I love this coin and don't know why it's not wanted much. If you look at the top of lincons head close to the letters you will see a extra hair, on his forehead and hair line it looks to be caved in or dented.. to me his nose looks off or a little too big. Then you look at the mouth and threat and it looks like his Adam's apple is gone. And his mouth is open.... I love this coin.

 

I have the exact same coin

 

Great thread! I’m not a serious numismatist but I enjoy some casual collecting. Anyway, I was looking at two 1974 -D cents to see which was in better shape and I noticed that I thought the hair coming down to the back of his neck was different so I decided to get a closer look. Couldn’t find my magnifying glass so I grabbed the microscope instead. Turns out the hair was different so I looked it up and came across this thread. After reading I looked for the other differences and my guy is definitely having a bad hair day (and has the open mouth). So on the one with the flyaway at the top of his head has anyone else noticed a difference in the hair coming down to the back of his neck? On mine it appears it curves more smoothly onto his neck rather than ending at an abrupt angle.

 

Great thread! I’m not a serious numismatist but I enjoy some casual collecting. Anyway, I was looking at two 1974 -D cents to see which was in better shape and I noticed that I thought the hair coming down to the back of his neck was different so I decided to get a closer look. Couldn’t find my magnifying glass so I grabbed the microscope instead. Turns out the hair was different so I looked it up and came across this thread. After reading I looked for the other differences and my guy is definitely having a bad hair day (and has the open mouth). So on the one with the flyaway at the top of his head has anyone else noticed a difference in the hair coming down to the back of his neck? On mine it appears it curves more smoothly onto his neck rather than ending at an abrupt angle.

 

Kind of cool, to see the life of the die progressing ..

 

Old Abe did have some wild hair days it seems.

 

I founds this wild haired Lincoln! A little different and more recent.

 

Hi! I have recently started looking at my coins and doing some online research. I have two 1974 Lincoln Pennies. One is a 1974 S and one is a 1974 D. Both pennies seem to have the “Extra Hair” or “Wild Hair.” I’m not too sure about the large date/small date variations. I would love to know what y’all think! Any advice/knowledge is greatly appreciated!

 

I'll have to pull mine out; I never looked hard at the hair, just that it had the seriously overpolished "no neck" Lincoln.