For Tom DeLorey Re -1922 D identification
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So Tom, I am now trying to match up my 1922 D cents to your research. Let me see if I got this one right.
This coin is a PCGS MS 62 BRN Weak D
But according to your research this is a DeLorey Die Pair #8C
Well Worn D, Smear. Obverse VLDS, Reverse LDS – Third Reverse (Dented or Gutter Obverse)
Making this coin NOT a weak D example but a Worn D example. Correct?
WS
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As I explain in the book, the term “Weak D” has been misused so much over the past half century, being applied to coins with anything from half of the original mint mark down to absolutely nothing of the original mint mark, that I have retired the term and replaced it with the descending, and more descriptive, “Worn D,” “Faint D” and “No D.”
I will look at your pictures in the morning on my PC and comment.
Tom DeLorey
I have your book, as any Lincoln collector should!
Picked up a 1922-D (no D) weak reverse tonight
Don't tell me, I too will look at it in the morning and at all the great photos at the end of the book and make my guess of your variety. Thanks again for your book.
That is an absolutely astonishingly cool looking cent.
Correct. Die Pair #8C, VLDS/LDS. Well Word D, Smear.
A much nicer coin than mine, illustrated in the book.
See my note above regarding terminology.
TD
Thanks!
WS
I won't have my coin in hand until late next week, as I just got it in an auction last night. From the photos I see no hint of a D, and until I actually look at it I am leaning towards a DP#3 however I need to examine in hand to determine whether there is any trace of a D.
Definitely Die Pair #3 from the heavily eroded O of ONE.
You need to study the mint mark area in hand under a good light to see if there is any remnant of the D. Good luck!
Thank you for looking and for the great book.
Hoping that John gets you on the Redbook/Greysheet podcast.
While unable to see it with just my eyes or even straight on with a loupe, I can see a complete very faint D with a loupe when I hold the coin at an angle under bright light. I was able to angle the coin under my microscope to show it.
Thank you.
Yep. Die Pair #3 comes like that, and with no trace of the D. If you can see ANYTHING, it is not a "No D."