Looking for info about Lincoln "Phantom D"

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• DesertRat Posts: 1,791 ✭

  September 1, 2004 12:29PM

  You might try coppercoins website. I have found it extremely useful.

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• coinbuf Posts: 11,165 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 1, 2004 12:52PM

  Thanks Desert Rat, I had already searched CD's site with no luck.
  
  Chris

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• WWW Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭

  September 1, 2004 12:58PM

  Phantom D

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• coinbuf Posts: 11,165 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 1, 2004 1:02PM

  Thanks WWW; that was just the info I was looking for.
  
  Chris

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• WWW Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭

  September 1, 2004 1:11PM

  My pleasure. I wish I still had the image. The phantom D is an interesting phenominom.

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• bumanchu Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭

  September 1, 2004 1:33PM

  Here is a poor photo of a phantom D. I was lucky to save a box of 1998 cents and found a number of Wide AM's amongst them.
  
  And as luck would have it, they all pretty much have the phantom D on the obverse as you can see in this pic.
  
  Michael

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• coppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭

  September 1, 2004 1:42PM

  You're right, there isn't anything on my site about the phantom D cents. I did happen to write about it in the book, but it hasn't made it to the site yet.
  
  The phantoms are known on 1997, 1998, and 1999 cents. The 1997 cents are ghosted with a D and are very common. The 1998 cents have a phantom blob that some people call an S and they are somewhat scarce. The 1999 cents have the ghost of a D which is actually quite strong, and these are scarce. I have only seen the 1999 coins in mint sets.
  
  They have received limited following, mainly hyped by certain dealers who ran into a batch of them and consider them valuable because they have them. Most collectors have an unexciting attitude about them. At any rate, they can be found in change (at least the 1997 and 1998 coins can) and shouldn't bring much if any premium value.

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• coinbuf Posts: 11,165 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 1, 2004 3:05PM

  Thanks Bumanchu the pics help a lot. Thanks also to CD I must have missed that in your book; I'll have to take another look for it.
  
  Chris

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• coppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭

  September 1, 2004 3:21PM

  Described on page 279, photographed on page 281. The 1999 cent on p. 281 is from a mint set.

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