Fake 1922 plain Lincoln cent

Merc · October 12, 2003 12:45PM

Take a look at this one.

1922 weak D

It looks like another weak D 1922-D. The obverse has some funny colors so I'm not sure what has been done there. Still, the die characteristics do not match a real 1922 plain. It is not even close. The motto, In GOD We should be weak and mushy while trust is strong. The L in Liberty should be against the rim. The first 192 in the date should be weak with a strong last 2. I'm still amazed at people who bid on bad coins.

millennium · October 12, 2003 12:59PM

Fake.......doesn't match the pup's....

bootleg3 · October 12, 2003 1:09PM

Fake.......doesn't match the pup's....

Huh??????

TayTay · October 12, 2003 1:11PM

I was looking at another of this person's auctions earlier tonight, but the feedback scared me off...can't remember what he/she had listed

hoardmonster · October 12, 2003 1:36PM

I feel sorry for the person who is gonna end up getting scammed here. I would never buy anything like this that wasn't PCGS or NGS unless I really knew these coins, in which case I would know better than to buy it.

richbeat · October 12, 2003 4:40PM

bootleg:

PUP stands for "pick up point" and describes the areas on the obverse and reverse of a coin to look for to determine its "genuineness" (for lack of a better word.) Merc gave descriptions of the PUPs for die pair #2, the only "true" no D cent for 1922. Depending on the condition of the coin, another PUP for die pair #2 is the strong and detailed reverse. Die pair #2 resulted from two dies that clashed. The obverse die that clashed was excessively polished to the point that the mint mark was totally removed and parts of the date and lettering were weakened. Instead of polishing the reverse clashed die, a totally new and unused reverse die was paired with the polished obverse die.

wingedliberty · October 12, 2003 8:26PM

Good observations Curt. This one is an obvious fake. It still boggles my mind how some buyers badmouth grading services , yet are willing to spend hundred sight unseen on a raw key date coin.
I find that interesting.

dorkkarl · October 12, 2003 9:23PM

it is indeed a weak d variety

<< <i>It still boggles my mind how some buyers badmouth grading services , yet are willing to spend hundred sight unseen on a raw key date coin >>

what's so mind boggling? some people care less about money than you do & hate slabs.

K S

291fifth · October 12, 2003 9:26PM

Whether you like their grading or not, ANACS and SEGS, along with PCGS or NGC, would also have been appropriate for slabbing this coin as their authentication is very good.

This is just another of many examples on eBay of coins that should be ignored. It is a coin that should be slabbed by a credible service. It isn't. There is a reason why. What do you think it might be????

Shamika · October 12, 2003 10:54PM

I don't even think this is a weak D variety.

If you look closely, you can see some concavity below the date where the mint mark had been ground away.

NJCollector · October 15, 2003 3:53AM

Not that I am a big fan of slabbed coins, but the 1922 plain is one of the coins that should only be bought when slabbed by a grading service.

JRocco · October 15, 2003 5:13AM

That coin should be left alone...

Fake 1922 plain Lincoln cent

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