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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2468890, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I&#039;m soooooooooo glad you did not start a ^@^&amp;@ (Serious question as I&#039;m computer illiterate: does this mean something or is it like *&lt;#%&gt;)?&nbsp; This thread is becoming very educational.&nbsp; I&#039;m just questioning what to me is misinformation from a &quot;phantom&quot; thread by &quot;phantom&quot; posters that SO FAR cannot be proven to be correct by any useful evidence. </p><p><br /></p><p>Concerning your post:&nbsp; How true. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And I&#039;ll remind you that the reason you are able to do what you have posted above in #28 is because these particular coins (1922-D and 1922 Plain Lincoln cents) have been studied <span style="color: #b300b3">extensively</span> since 1970 something.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Results of this research by well known professional authenticators has been published at least twice in the <i>Numismatist</i> magazine and by other authors in various places.&nbsp; I&#039;ll also remind you that standards for authenticating these coins CHANGED several times in the past at different authentication services UNTIL one standard for distinguishing 1922 Plain cents became set in stone. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I was unaware, shocked, and disappointed, that two, well known for decades, noted professional numismatists I consulted yesterday (one who actually helped do the original research on 1922 Lincolns while an authenticator at ANACS) had NO CLUE how many mint mark positions are on 1914-D cents. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I learned decades ago in the same time period that&nbsp; there were <span style="color: #ff00ff">ONLY</span> four!&nbsp; Guess I should apply for a job at a TPGS <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I will continue to say four positions is there is no information that I can find that is published contradicting what I learned. Stay tuned as I am reaching out to other TPGS professionals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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