Altered 1914-D Lincoln cent -- Show us your altered coins.
rec78
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At first glance this appears to be a 1914-D Lincoln cent. It is a real coin but is an altered 1944-D. The VDB is very light but it is there. It may not appear in the photos. A coin like this can fool many collectors. This is one of the better altered date 1914-D Lincoln cents that I have seen. A dead giveaway is the distance between the 9 and the 1. I found this coin in a bag of wheat cents that I purchased from a local coin dealer.
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I agree... an altered cent.... but well done in this case. That gap in the numbers is a clear indication of 'work' having been done. Cheers, RickO
I made one of those with my pocket knife when i was a kid. It didn't look quite this good, but I was somewhat proud that it did resemble a 14-D. Yes, the gap is a dead giveaway.
I knew it would happen.
Altered 1916-D Mercury (Added mint mark) and a counterfeit 1955 Doubled Die Lincoln.
Altered Date 1893-S Morgan
Bought as an inexperienced 10 year old. This acid treated 1944S cent was in a cardboard 2x2. I think I paid $3. The old man who sold it to me had a coin/antique shop I passed every day to and from school. Can’t blame him since he furthered my interest in coins for the next 5 years and to this day!
This ones interesting... wonder what the plan was
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I'll tell you a little story. When I was 10 or so, I found two 14d cents in rolls while searching in Wells Fargo lobby back in '56. One was an altered 44d and the other a very well worn 14d. I did not know the difference nor had the sense to understand that someone would alter a coin.
Fast forward 40 years and I needed some money for something that I had no choice but liquidate one of them. Since the 14d altered date had more "meat" I kept it and sold the real 14d.
Never found another since......lesson there I'm sure.
bob
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time travelers always leave clues.
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talk about a fun and rare insert! (self-slab)
Now I'm wondering if a TPG'er would slab it?
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Check these 2 genuine coins against the ones in this thread:
Pete
How bout a 3 legged buffalo.
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did the SS wreck someone's nice coin?
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if you are asking (in a round-about way) if that dime is actually authentic, i gotta say, that mint mark looks spurious to me.
they really keep a fairly consistent look in highly circulated grades.
ok, i'll bite. is that think legit?
it doesn't look photoshopped due to the lighting and shadows for that area. it looks either a bit raised/recessed, not sure which. the coin looks authentic.
No photoshop. It is a very high quality alteration. This coin was used to teach a class to the FBI on counterfeit & alterations.
It was almost confiscated by the FBI after the class.
Coin I bought from local coin shop. Did not look that closely at it. Came back as an added S. Not a 1909 VDB. Wonder why someone went through all the trouble.
Closeup of added S in previous post.
Mark
Wow, if that's fake, it's a nice reinforcement of "don't buy expensive raw coins"!
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ya, it probably can fool a lot of buyers out there.
i'll give you a tip the super-verterans around here used to say. (because you say, "IF" it is a fake)
buy the book and know your series.
there are obvious diagnostics that give that one away. i can see some w/o enlarging the pics but enlarging helps to confirm.
i'd have to look in my files to see if it is just an added S and an authentic VDB or if it is fake outright. i'm leaning toward the former.
I traded $400 in 90% silver for this "coin" back in 1981 in answer to an ad in Coin World. I submitted it to ANACS for grading and it came back "counterfeit". It was a hard lesson learned.
No, they just cancelled it. Sort of.
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