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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1535351, member: 31533&quot;]The biggest clue you have that it is not an authentic 1914 D is that the D mintmark is NOT the type that is on a 1914-D. A genuine 1914 D has serifs in the mintmark, as well as a triangular shape in the opening within the D. Your mintmark is very similar to that that would be on an altered 1944 cent, but the spacing between the 9 and the altered 4 is a bit smaller than I would expect it to be if it was just an altered cent; but it is still more, IMO, than that on an authentic one. Unless the altered cent was done in a much better fashion, moving the material in the first 4 to be more &quot;centered&quot; so to speak. In otherwords, the space between the right side of the first 1 and the left of the 9 should be about the same (not significantly more) than the space between the right of the 9 and the left of the second 1. Also, it seems that the 9 is more in line with one of a 1944 D cent than a 1914 D.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, if it is labeled by experts who have handled it as &quot;questionable&quot; instead of &quot;fake&quot; it would be because they can&#039;t detect the way it was altered or faked, but that it still doesn&#039;t fit with what an authentic one would look like. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You must learn the exact look of a 1914-D mintmark. It will be your best clue in telling if one is likely to be authentic or not. If the mintmarks do not match with the known style for that year and mint, then it most likely will never be able to be certified as real.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s your&#039;s (on the left) and a real one (I took the pic from what Snaz posted on his thread <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t76229/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t76229/">http://www.cointalk.com/t76229/</a>&nbsp; in 2009, where he put up real ones from Heritage for comparison) on the right. You should be able to see the serifs clearly as well as the other characteristics I talked about --- the triangular shape within the mintmark and the shapes of the 9 in the date.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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