1922 No D 1C Strong Reverse, BN MS(PCGS#3285)

The March 2012 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1511

等级

MS63

价格

202,874

详细说明

1922 No D Lincoln Cent. FS-401, Die Pair II. Strong Reverse. MS-63 BN (PCGS). CAC. Secure Holder. A satiny deep golden-brown specimen with lively underlying luster and a trace here and there of mint orange iridescence among the devices. Choice for the grade with surfaces that hold up amazingly well to magnified examination -- we venture to say this is the sort of coin the current numismatic marketplace considers "PQ." Obverse devices soft at&nbsp;IN GOD WE, the balance of the design relatively&nbsp;strong in this die state, though certainly nowhere as sharp as the reverse. No&nbsp;Philadelphia or San Francisco Mint cents were produced in 1922, though the Denver Mint churned out slightly more than 7.1 million pieces. Of that number a small proportion were struck from weak obverse dies, the end result two varieties known to today's collectors as the Weak D and No D varieties, the latter also known as the 1922 "Plain." The population of the No D variety in PCGS holders is scant across the board in Mint State-60 or finer, with fewer than five dozen grading <em>events </em>spread across the color spectrum of BN (42 pieces, MS-60 to 64), RB (14 pieces, MS-62 to 65), and RD (just two pieces, one each MS-63 and MS-64). The 1922 No D has long held a place of esteem among advanced Lincoln cent specialists, and we suspect there will be plenty of bidding activity when this undeniably choice 1922 "Plain" Lincoln cent has its&nbsp;day in the auction spotlight.<br /> <br /> <strong>Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers</strong><br /> If owning a high grade 1922 &ldquo;Plain&rdquo; is your cup of tea, and if research is also of interest, the two can come together to provide an interesting day or two of looking through past issues of <em>The Numismatist</em> and elsewhere, reading the many comments that have appeared in print concerning this curious variety. At least that is what I did when I was researching the series. Today perhaps it can be done more quickly on the Interne