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<p>[QUOTE="davidh, post: 487739, member: 15062"]This whole subject was discussed here before with no resolution. For those of you who wonder what this cent looks like, here it is:</p><p><img src="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/lincoln_cents/wheat_ear_cents/1959d_one_cent_wheat_ears_obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/lincoln_cents/wheat_ear_cents/1959d_one_cent_wheat_ears_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Actually rather unremarkable, a weak strike in some areas but otherwise probably a MS-65, if graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only connection Hoffman has to the coins is his "jailhouse confession" that he did it. He left no documentation or evidence that he did it, and none has ever been found. As stated above, the Secret Service and Mint have examined it minutely and can not state with authority that it is not genuine. Down to a microscopic level, it possesses all of the attributes of a Mint-issued product.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="davidh, post: 487739, member: 15062"]This whole subject was discussed here before with no resolution. For those of you who wonder what this cent looks like, here it is: [IMG]http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/lincoln_cents/wheat_ear_cents/1959d_one_cent_wheat_ears_obv.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/lincoln_cents/wheat_ear_cents/1959d_one_cent_wheat_ears_rev.jpg[/IMG] Actually rather unremarkable, a weak strike in some areas but otherwise probably a MS-65, if graded. The only connection Hoffman has to the coins is his "jailhouse confession" that he did it. He left no documentation or evidence that he did it, and none has ever been found. As stated above, the Secret Service and Mint have examined it minutely and can not state with authority that it is not genuine. Down to a microscopic level, it possesses all of the attributes of a Mint-issued product.[/QUOTE]
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