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1922 Lincoln Cent. No D. Strong reverse PCGS XF45

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
1922 Lincoln Cent. No D. Strong reverse PCGS XF45
A collectors "find" for anyone who has sought this classic mint oddity. Despite the mint reports that no Philadelphia cents were struck in 1922, they seemed to be available. Later the mystery was untangled as apparently in the rush to coin millions of the new silver dollars in 1922, the Denver Mint was told to pick up the slack on cents. All it had to use were the dies the mint had in stock already. When one of the 1922-D obverse dies clashed, the clashmarks were ground off the die, which unfortunately removed the mintmark. More cents were struck, using two different reverses: one, a newer die with strong wheat ears, and the other a badly worn die that became known as the "weak reverse". This coin is from the strong reverse die pairing, and shows no trace of the mintmark. (#3285)