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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dave from the country, post: 7586535, member: 80009&quot;]Hi Everyone,</p><p>I was going through some American pennies and found this 1922 D (no D) American Wheat penny. I think it is at least possible it may be a No D- Plain Cent for the reasons below, but before I spend money sending it in for grading, I thought maybe someone might be able to point out something I have missed and save me some dollars. You will see the mark below the date. I have carefully measured the location against a photo of a 1922 D coin off the internet and it is not where the D would have been located. It is too far to the left.&nbsp; Thank you very much for any information you might be able to provide and best regards.</p><p>Dave</p><p><br /></p><p>A brown American 1922 Plain No-D Cent, is often referred to as a &quot;Plain Penny&quot; or a &quot;Plain Cent&quot; and minted in Denver.&nbsp; The general information that is available on the web I believe might substantiate my thought that this coin is what it is, which is a genuine No D coin. Here is some additional information.</p><ol> <li>- While there is a mark under the date, it is too far to the left to be even a weak D. I took a screenshot of a 1922 D coin and measured it against another exact screenshot of this coin by taking a sheet of paper and holding it down from the 9 and the 1st 2 and then across the bottom of the 2. The area where the D would have been struck is clear.</li> <li>- The last 2 of the date is noticeably clearer than the first 2 in the date.</li> <li>- The coin has a strong reverse.</li> </ol><p>Here is some additional information:</p><ul> <li><i>Quote...&quot;The 1922 cent run at the Denver Mint, though, did give collectors a delicacy — the 1922-D Lincoln, No D cent. Three pairs of dies accidentally struck cents with a faint or obliterated D Mint mark.&quot; </i></li> <li><i>Quote...&quot;7 million 1922 Lincoln cents were made. All 1922 pennies were made in Denver — therefore, they should all have a D mintmark. However, not all 1922 pennies have a D mintmark! In fact, a small number of 1922 cents have a weakness with the D mintmark. Even fewer in number are the 1922 wheat cents which show virtually no trace of a D mintmark — a 1922 penny without a D mint mark is called a “plain cent” or “plain penny”.</i></li> <li><i>Quote...&quot;While the 1922 penny with a D mintmark is generally considered a semi-key coin compared to the 1922 plain penny, it is relatively common. However, because the 1922 plain penny is so rare, relatively few coin collectors will ever be able to have an example in their collections.</i></li> <li><i>Quote...&quot;All 1922 Lincoln Wheat Cents (Pennies) were minted at the Denver Mint and should have received a &quot;D&quot; mintmark. An issue arose at the Denver Mint where the coin dies used to strike coins were being overworked and overused. Some coins would receive a weak &quot;D&quot; mintmark and in some very rare cases, the mint mark would be completely missing. The rest of the coin features would have a weaker strike as well since the dies were so worn out. The &quot;No D&quot; variety is the rarest and most valuable.</i></li> <li><i>One way to tell the difference between the &quot;Weak D&quot; and the &quot;No D&quot; is the fact that the &quot;No D&quot; variety has no trace of the mintmark. In addition: The last &quot;2&quot; is typically clearer than the rest of the date and the word &quot;TRUST&quot; is much clearer than the rest of the words in the motto &quot;IN GOD WE TRUST&quot; .</i></li> <li><i> Some coins will have a &quot;Strong Reverse&quot; which means that the worn-out dies were just replaced with new ones</i></li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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