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1968 S Lincoln Cent - RPM Maybe?

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 Posted 03/19/2021  11:52 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Blondebear to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
So I've got this 1968 s Lincoln Cent. I bought some Lincoln cents from the '50s and '60s in AU, BU condition. This particular coin, was mis-marked on the coin flip. Started taking a look at it a little closer, and I noticed that the mint mark is an an S, but it's like a blob. I checked out copper coins.com for varieties of this particular Lincoln Cent, and it doesn't list anything on there, not that I could find anyhow. That site is pretty easy to navigate and find for particular years. But I can't find anything on the internet either. Any ideas?


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 Posted 03/20/2021  12:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Scuba1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
. with Dearborn. There are a lot of S mint mark variations and a good site to see these and learn this on is Lincolncentresource.com
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Thank you! I've actually come across quite a few of these since last night's post. Mainly in the late 60s and 70s.
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The clutter around the mintmark is mintmark punch damage. The punch was hammer into a hardened die. So eventually the punch takes the damage the hardest. When this happens you will often see the same mintmark punch on different dies/denominations as well. Not premium as a large number of the dies are showing the same issue of progress damage on the punch.
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