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Regardless of its mintage of 1,193,000, we consider that the 1914-D Lincoln Cent is scarcer as we speak than another necessary points within the Lincoln Wheat Cent collection and could be one of many keys to a date and mintmark assortment. It’s unarguably a situation rarity, one of many rarest early Lincoln Cents in Mint State and often discovered closely circulated. Purple examples in Mint State can get fairly costly, with latest public sale costs approaching six figures.
This Sunday, collectors have the prospect to acquire a high-quality Gem 1914-D Lincoln Cent within the GreatCollections on-line U.S. coin public sale. This instance is graded MS65 BN by PCGS and authorized as robust for the grade by CAC.
Any collector wanting so as to add this pivotal piece to their assortment or set registry needs to be cautious of counterfeit 1914-D Lincoln Cents and solely purchase this coin licensed by one of many main third-party grading providers. Counterfeiters have ceaselessly added a pretend “D” mintmark to in any other case real 1914 cents from Philadelphia. Or they could alter the primary “4” in a 1944-D cent to make it appear to be a “1914”-dated coin. Lesser-quality counterfeits aren’t too troublesome to keep away from, however refined fakes can go undetected by the typical collector. Nonetheless, it’s attention-grabbing to notice that the Denver mintmark used earlier than 1931 is smaller than the one used afterward. Moreover, sculptor Victor David Brenner’s initials initials V.D.B. usually are not on the bust truncation of an actual 1914-D Lincoln Cent.
Presently, the best of 32 bids on this 1914-D Lincoln Cent public sale was $5,472.
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