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Message:: [QUOTE="johnny54321, post: 457440, member: 13342"]Updated Pics as Promised Here are newest pictures of the 1922 thingy I originally posted as I now have the coin in hand to examine. There appears to be no d or bump protrusion after staring at the coin from all angles under a 30x loupe. The marks surrounding it are incuse and don't bear resemblence to a d in my opinion.  Die Pair #2:•        Absolutely no trace of a D•        Second 2 in date is sharper than the first 2.•        All letters in TRUST are sharp.•        WE is only slightly mushy.•        L in LIBERTY butts up against the rim.•        Reverse is sharp with nice wheat lines.  Also, another diagnostic not mentioned on Lincoln resource is the weakness of LIBER, and a strong TY, which is true on this example. All of these characteriistics match though the wheat lines aren't sharp. However, in this case I believe it is due to wear as the reverse is much stronger than the obverse.  It could be a well made fake as some are. There is no die rotation on the reverse, so that rules out a die 3. No die crack between O and L on the reverse, and L butts up against the rim; so that eliminates die 1. I'm pretty sure this is not a "weak" reverse. And it's definitely not a 1912. I still stand by my opinion that it is either a die 2, or a regular 22-d that was altered to look like a die 2. I will probably have it expertly examined. John[/QUOTE]