Counterfit?

anoldgoat

I think so.

Link

relayer

Yep - the color alone is a dead giveaway

jdimmick

I just sent a message to the seller, see if he is honest or not?

airplanenut

Don't buy it if it ain't in a slab... but I have seen other cents like that... and from the 40s, so they aren't counterfeit... This one could be, but it's ugly and a slab is worth the protection, so I'd assume it is.

Jeremy

ldhair

Hard to say from the images. Are you thinking it's altered?

anoldgoat

Yes me thinks so. 9 to second 1 spacing wrong and the 4 is wrong.

mike

airplanenut

I didn't mean to imply alteration- I was thinking I've seen those colors before.

The 91 looks very weak, which I've seen on a lot of teen lincolns. I'm also not sure if there is enough room for there to have once been a '44... of course, the picture isn't large enough to tell, and since the big guys haven't said genuine, it should be treated as counterfeit.

Jeremy

GAT

Wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole or Hillary's ill gotten money!

Merc

The space between 19 and 41 is too big. The D is the size and shape of the 1940's, not the 1914-D. This coin is an altered 1944-D.

Flying56eagle

look see

Flying56eagle

Yes after looking at the coin I say it to be a 1944
Also the 9 and the 4 are to far apart

Cam40

Is someone going to email buyer and tell em to try for a refund?

That was too much spend for an altered `44 D I think.

richbeat

Definitely an altered 1944D. Another dead giveaway is the length of the fake 1. On a genuine '14D, the 1's are the same length. On an altered 1944D, the fake 1 is longer. While not 100% reliable, all the altered '44D's I've seen so far have the longer fake 1.

coppercoins

The entire obverse design is different between the two dates. The relief of the 1944 cent is higher than that of the 1914 cents. Even the facial expression is a bit different between them. The rim is also thicker on the 1914 cent. Altered ones are really simple and easy to spot, if not for the very obvious problems with the date, all the other design elements that add up to war-time cents, not early cents.

ldhair

I'm thinking this is altered too but the image is so poor.
I don't feel anyone can know for sure without seeing the coin.
Just my opinion.

coppercoins

<< <i>I'm thinking this is altered too but the image is so poor.
I don't feel anyone can know for sure without seeing the coin.
Just my opinion. >>



Trust me, it's altered. Experience is enough to tell. Get acclimated with a few hundred thousand Lincolns and you'll be able to tell in an instant.

ldhair

I'm sure your right.
I just get worried when folks look at such an image
and start talking about contacting bidders and buyers.

Sorry CD if it looked like I was questioning your post.
If anyone knows it's you.

I was still typing and looking for the right words before you made your first post.
Looking back on my post I picked the wrong words.