1953 S (Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC ) Off Center Mintmark

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nate8282 New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 05/24/2018 11:25 pm * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! * It's an older coin, I'm not seeing a RPM (could be too faded to see), but the S is much farther to the right than my other 1953 S pennies. Is this pretty common? Is it worth collecting? Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 05/24/2018 11:28 pm Mint marks were added to working dies by hand until 1989. Their target area was below the date and to the right of the bust, so they could be almost anywhere, or upside-down, or sideways. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 05/24/2018 11:30 pm All the mint marks until 1990 were hand punched. There is no certain location for the mint mark except this. 1. Below the date. 2. Right of the bust. 3. Left of the rim. So if they are in that area, they are OK. Edited by coop 05/24/2018 11:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 05/25/2018 12:29 am That MM is fine - I have some that the MM is actually touching the 5 Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 05/25/2018 01:10 am with all of the above. From what I recall, hand punching MMs stopped completely by 1990 for cents and nickels. It stopped by 1991 for other denominations. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74876 Posts	Posted 05/25/2018 01:18 am Yep, the locations of the mint marks didn't really matter, as long as it wasn't touching the rim or bust. It's strange isn't it? Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
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1953 S (Lwc) Off Center Mintmark