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Grade this 1944-D Lincoln Cent.

RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
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It's pretty dinged up, so I don't think it grades very high. What do you guys think?

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd net it around Fine. Of course, the grade is of secondary consideration, considering the composition of the planchet, no? image

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  • nccoinnccoin Posts: 606
    A steel 1944? Date looks sunk into the surface. Very Fine detail
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>A steel 1944? >>



    Aren't all the 1944's steel? I thought they made them out of that because of a shortage of copper during the war.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • nccoinnccoin Posts: 606
    I can't tell if your kidding. Just the 1943 year was steel.
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did a few steel planchets get stuck in the hopper for blanks, and get coined into a cent in 1944?

    Interesting!

    Some of the copper for 1944 cents came from recovered brass shell casings?

    Interesting!

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • SequiturSequitur Posts: 1,195
    This could be a nice find. A PCGS article claims that as of year 2000, only 75 were known to exist. Wonder how many have been found in the four years since.

    Some more info on the '44 steel cent.

    Someone asked about the population in another forum posting a couple years ago.

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  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    Russ: VF details; net VG damaged. If it's steel (sticks to a magnet) it should be sent in for certification.

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  • merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    If that is one of the infamous 1944 Zinc coated steel cents,it is a nice find.The hits make it non slabbable by PCGS or NGC.IMHO ANACS would net grade it VG.
    Don
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,850 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am not optimistic that the coin is authentic. Russ... did you check the weight of it.

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I am not optimistic that the coin is authentic. >>



    Neither am I. image

    Russ, NCNE
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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,783 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Russ,

    The 44 looks like a cast or copy of some kind to me! or least made outside the mint!


    Maybe some of the Lincoln experts can chime in with a respectable opinion!

  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Is it a coaster. It sure ain't a penny. image
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    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Is it a coaster. >>



    Only if you're drinking out a a very eensy, teensy tiny coffee cup. image

    Russ, NCNE
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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    If it is sized correctly, it's probably a lead repro. It is far too soft to be the real deal. The rims are bent and distorted, the mintmark appears to sink into the surface, "United States" is extremely weak, and the obverse portrait is mush.

    I liked it better as a coaster.image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
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  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    It's really a 1914-D that was doctored to look like a 44-D



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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Something about that pic really bugs me. I adjusted the image to better suit my tastes.

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    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,829 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Something about that pic really bugs me. I adjusted the image to better suit my tastes.

    image >>

    Looks like its a copper cent that's been dipped in mercury.
    Careful handling that stuff. It's nasty.

    peacockcoins

  • dddangerousdandddangerousdan Posts: 566
    Hey russ, I'd go ahead and grind down that first four and make it a 1. Then it would really be worth something. A steel 14d imageimage

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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Well, the thing that bugged me about the pic was that it was initially created as a greyscale image.image
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    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor

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