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1968 S Penny - Mint Mark Error?

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Hi id to know what causes the mint mark to look like this?
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Ment to upload the close up.
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Appears to be die chips.



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broken post on the mm?
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Perhaps it is only me, but I would only call a post something that is free-standing, like the inside of a letter B, D, or O. For the OP's coin, I would agree with the frog and call them die chips.
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Looks like the date and mint mark is damaged a bit. Spendable unless you are saving copper.
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Perhaps it is only me, but I would only call a post something that is free-standing, like the inside of a letter B, D, or O. For the OP's coin, I would agree with the frog and call them die chips.


no its not just you spence - for some reason I was thinking it was a D mm - my mistake
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