1974 S Lincoln 1c RPM

Hello CoinHI. I had forgotten about the good tutorial on Lincolncentresource.com
Here is the link that explains the different S mint mark styles for each year. Yours appears to be about an exact match with MMS-009 which was used on the 1974 business strikes. For some reason the great picture you supplied of the closeup did not load on my computer last night. Now that I see that very good closeup pic of the mm I can see what you are referring to as the split but I think it is consistent with MMS-009. Hope this helps.
http://www.lincolncentresource.com/..._Styles.html

You are welcome. If I had not been around for it's conception, (second hand anyway), I may have not been as familiar with it. Will's theory came about, I think around three years ago and then, after collecting many BU coins and data, did a study that lasted for a few months. He put this together with Ray's fantastic pictorial and sent to Dr. Wiles. Between Will's work and Ray's pics, I don't think it was tough for Dr. Wiles to come to his own conclusions.
It was cool to watch this transpire, before it was mainstream.

No those two are different RPM. Look at the top serifs on those images. On is slight different than the other on the upper serif.

Reading that link just gave me a headache.
Wexler lost most of the RPM files for Roosevelt dimes. So if you have any, you might check to see if he would like to see them?

I was not trying to confuse the situation. The link I gave you, in a nutshell, is about the fact that MMS-009,(used 1974-1979) and MMS-004(used 1941-1942 & 1945-1952), are the same punch. By the time it was picked up and used again, in 1974, it was a well used punch, that had already developed a lot of "character" and continued to do so, through use. Much of what it developed over that time, has been mistaken for RPM's. Hope that helps.

Link to MM styles. http://www.varietyvista.com/01a%20L...20Styles.htm

I did not send you that link but looked it over. You are talking about a different denomination, different punches and 9 years between the article you are referring to and the one I sent you.

I didn't actually know that, Coop, thanks. My only reference to this and that I was aware of, was the cent. The timeframe between publications was my point though, we learn new things over time.

Alright, Coop, one last time and I'll quit beating this dead horse. Just got home and had time to look at everything.


Link for Lincoln mm styles, scroll down to MMS-009, shows same as MMS-004 punch, due to new research.http://www.varietyvista.com/01a%20L...20Styles.htm

Link for Roosevelt dime mm styles, scroll down to MMS-005, shows same as MMS-002 punch, due to new research.http://www.varietyvista.com/07%20Ro...20Styles.htm

The same shows for quarters and halves, as you pointed out, they used the same punches between denominations.

New research.http://www.varietyvista.com/Mystery...%20Punch.htm

This was what I was referring to with the OP's mm, that most of what he was seeing as an RPM, came from this overused punch and of course the hit you mentioned it took in the upper serif.