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Please grade this 1914-D Lincoln

GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
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I would like a few opinions on this lower-grade circulated 1914-D Lincoln. What do you think it grades?

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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    VG
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  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭
    Just taking a stab without look at my ANA standards book... VG10 maybe F12... not sure...
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  • DonovanDonovan Posts: 386 ✭
    f-12
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
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    F12 is it? Thanks for the grades. image
  • poptopsRuspoptopsRus Posts: 1,522
    Wheat stocks look a touch weak for F12 but is a solid VG10+
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,323 ✭✭✭✭✭
    VG. Not much doubt about this one.
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  • atomicatomic Posts: 168
    Definately VG, but what's the lumpy thing going on with the obverse?

    Great job photographing the coin, BTW.

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  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    Your coin is F12. 1914D cents are known for having weak, LDS reverses, which this one has, as is evidenced by the ghost clash-like image of Lincoln on the reverse. That only happens on later die state coins, and must be taken into effect when considering grade. By the wear on the obverse and the fact that there probably never was much detail on the wheat lines, it's in Fine grade.
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  • UncleJoeUncleJoe Posts: 2,536 ✭✭✭
    While I agree with coppercoins analysis, I disagree with the grade.

    The grade IMO is VG-10. There are plenty of 14-D's that have the required wheat lines to be in true Fine condition. How can you take this coin, put it next to a 14-D that exhibits true technical Fine details and say these two coins are the same grade? This doesn't make sense to me anymore than calling non-full horn Buffalo Nickels VF. The pricing for Buffalo Nickels jumps in VF because thay are rare with the full horn. They are not so rare without the full horn.

    Edit: It would make more sense to me in these circumstances to grade the obverse and reverse separately such as: F-12/VG-10

    Joe.
  • MacCoinMacCoin Posts: 2,544 ✭✭
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    VG
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  • Dennis88Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭
    Looks VG-10 to me. Here's why...

    The oberse looks very nice. There are no distracting marks, only honest wear. The obverse is in my opininon F-12
    The reverse looks a bit worse. There are some marks + Wear. Reverse grades VG-10..

    As sad, VG-10..

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  • WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 6,765 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A solid VG, the fact the coin may have been weakly struck should be irrelavent with this much honest wear.

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