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1914-D 1C MS66 Red NGC. This Premium Gem has a sharp s

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1914-D 1C MS66 Red NGC. This Premium Gem has a sharp s
<B>1914-D 1C MS66 Red NGC.</B></I> This Premium Gem has a sharp strike with fully articulated devices with the exception of slight weakness that is limited to Lincoln's cheek and beard. The surfaces are frosty and highly lustrous with a few tiny freckles but no other blemishes. Among fully brilliant red examples of this date, NGC and PCGS have combined to grade just eight pieces with none finer (11/06).<BR> Although quite a few early branch mint Lincoln cents are condition rarities in similar grades, the 1914-D is a date that collectors immediately recognize as a key to the series in all grades, along with the 1909-S VDB cent, the 1922 Plain, and the 1955 Doubled Die variety. This issue has been recognized as a rare date for a great many years. For example, the 1936 edition of Wayte Raymond's <I>Standard Catalogue of United States Coins and Currency</B></I> recorded a value of $2.50 for this date, the highest price of any Lincoln cent issue. By comparison, the same catalog listed a value of just 50 cents for the SVDB cent.<BR> Most surviving Mint State examples of this date are probably from a hoard of 700 pieces mentioned by Walter Breen and still in existence through the early 1950s. Others are from two rolls of spotted red and brown pieces that was discovered in Hawaii or the Philippines during the 1970s, according to a first-hand account by Dave Bowers. Census: 5 in 66, 0 finer (11/06).<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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