Got a FREE 81-s Type II Lincoln Today!

FrattLaw

So I went to my local coin shop today and starting talking to the son of the owner and the discussion turned to Type II mintmarks. How to identify them, ect. Well long story short, I checked his lincoln inventory and out of 20 proof 81s, he had eight type IIs. Which he had mistakenly marked as type Is and were selling for $2 each. I showed him the differences, he pulled the coins re-priced them and for saving him a boatload of money he let me have one.

So I picked a nice toned one (yellows & reds) for free.

I see so many dealers misattributing these coins, some, like in this case, cheating themselves and in others selling type Is as IIs and ripping off the customer. Does anyone else notice this? For the VAM fans, does this happen with Morgans as well?

Michael

Coppernicus

I know I've seen another thread on these (with pics, I believe). Can anyone provide a link?

Thanks

Mike

richbeat

Here's a link to a thread but I don't know if it's the one you're talking about:


Linky Dinky Doo

Coppernicus

Thanks richbeat but the link you gave is to an SBA type discussion (yikes!). I'm looking for a Lincoln thread. I'll check coppercoins.com for more info. Thanks anyway!

Mike

FrattLaw

Mike

The mintmarks are the same on all the typeIIs, once you know what they look like and see it in person, it's easy to identify on any of the coins.

Michael