3 Lincoln varieties - low grade Fine - 44 D/S - 46 S/D - 36 DDO - coffee can finds.

Rosco

Going back thru a coffee can discard pile from searching for XF or better years back, I found these "Cherrypickers" varieties.
They have been real workhorses in commerce as you can see, I thought it was kind of neat to still be able to
identify them, could be educational for YN's or anyone in general.
They are still out there..........

1944 D/S #2

1946 S/D

Not sure which 1936 this is, its a really rough one for sure.

toyz4geo

Cool finds. I need to take the time to look through my “coffee cans”, actually a couple of PCGS blue boxes stuffed with wheaties.

seanq

The 44-D/S looks like die #2, yours shows the variety very well. I’m not convinced the ‘36 is a DDO, all of the listed varieties have a broken R in LIBERTY.

Sean Reynolds

Rosco

@seanq said:
The 44-D/S looks like die #2, yours shows the variety very well. I’m not convinced the ‘36 is a DDO, all of the listed varieties have a broken R in LIBERTY.

Sean Reynolds

Agree for sure on the '36 with the R.
The date seemed most indicative.
So many exist this year beyond the top 3 noted in literature.

cmerlo1

You definitely have 1944-D/S die 2 like the others have stated.

I don't believe your 1946-S is the S/D OMM. Check out the images here:

http://www.varietyvista.com/02a LC RPMs Vol 1/1946SOMM001.htm

The upright of the D should be clearly visible in the lower loop of the S, and the upper curve of the D should be clearly visible in the upper loop. The S on your coin doesn't appear to have any crud in the loops, so these diagnostics should be visible. Also, the mintmark position on your coin appears to be more to the left than on the variety.

The 1936 is not a DDO. When you do find one, you'll know it. All 3 of the main DDOs show some spectacular doubling.

JRocco

@cmerlo1 said:
You definitely have 1944-D/S die 2 like the others have stated.

I don't believe your 1946-S is the S/D OMM. Check out the images here:

http://www.varietyvista.com/02a LC RPMs Vol 1/1946SOMM001.htm

The upright of the D should be clearly visible in the lower loop of the S, and the upper curve of the D should be clearly visible in the upper loop. The S on your coin doesn't appear to have any crud in the loops, so these diagnostics should be visible. Also, the mintmark position on your coin appears to be more to the left than on the variety.

The 1936 is not a DDO. When you do find one, you'll know it. All 3 of the main DDOs show some spectacular doubling.

I concur.
Here is an example of the doubling seen on the 36 DDO's from some CP's that is characteristic of the varieties.

ECHOES

Rosco

I Appreciate the responses folks....... I stand corrected.

@cmerlo1 said:
You definitely have 1944-D/S die 2 like the others have stated.

I don't believe your 1946-S is the S/D OMM. Check out the images here:

http://www.varietyvista.com/02a LC RPMs Vol 1/1946SOMM001.htm

The upright of the D should be clearly visible in the lower loop of the S, and the upper curve of the D should be clearly visible in the upper loop. The S on your coin doesn't appear to have any crud in the loops, so these diagnostics should be visible. Also, the mintmark position on your coin appears to be more to the left than on the variety.

The 1936 is not a DDO. When you do find one, you'll know it. All 3 of the main DDOs show some spectacular doubling.

I would like to ask two things about the 46 - S...

You do see what's fooling me as the S/D ?
Does this "S" look like the correct 1946 Serif style ?

It looks much fatter like the Ball serif type.

cmerlo1

@Rosco said:
I Appreciate the responses folks....... I stand corrected.

@cmerlo1 said:
You definitely have 1944-D/S die 2 like the others have stated.

I don't believe your 1946-S is the S/D OMM. Check out the images here:

http://www.varietyvista.com/02a LC RPMs Vol 1/1946SOMM001.htm

The upright of the D should be clearly visible in the lower loop of the S, and the upper curve of the D should be clearly visible in the upper loop. The S on your coin doesn't appear to have any crud in the loops, so these diagnostics should be visible. Also, the mintmark position on your coin appears to be more to the left than on the variety.

The 1936 is not a DDO. When you do find one, you'll know it. All 3 of the main DDOs show some spectacular doubling.

I would like to ask two things about the 46 - S...

You do see what's fooling me as the S/D ?
Does this "S" look like the correct 1946 Serif style ?

It looks much fatter like the Ball serif type.

You are correct- the S is the same style as the OMM- it is the trumpet-tail type. If you compare the position of the S (relative to the upright of the first 4 in the date) on your coin to the one in the link I sent, you'll see that yours is slightly further to the left:

This precludes it from being the variety, since all S/D coins were struck from the same dies. I think what you're seeing is the result of the damage to the S- there's an indentation in it between the 2 loops and the metal has moved... it also looks like there's some flattening from circulation going on- compare the tail of the 9 on your coin to the one on Variety Vista.

ricko

Interesting finds.... I have a large store of old wheaties to go through... maybe next winter... Cheers, RickO