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Hi, I'm kinda new when it comes to coin collecting and still learning alot. But I got a 1945 merc s dime and I was wondering if any one could tell me if it is a micro or not. I have seen bad pics showing the differance but I still cannot tell. Thank you Ron  Edited by yuengling101
10/31/2011 11:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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That's a normal S. A micro S is really tiny.
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Thank you, I kinda figured that.
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Pillar of the Community
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There are actually three mintmark styles (that I'm aware of) for 1945 - knob tail S (most common in 1945), micro S, and trumpet tail S (least common in 1945). I think yours is the trumpet tail, but it's hard to tell from the picture.
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do you by chance know of a picture of the trumpet tail?
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Pillar of the Community
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The left one is the trumpet tail, center and right is the rare varieties.  |
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The trumpet tail is the common one? I thought knob tail was the most common...
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Don't mean to hijack your thread yuengling101 but this thread got me curious about my recently acquired '45-s. So which variety do I have?  |
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That's a knob-tail S. If you don't have other coins to compare the size of the mint-mark to, the micro-S style is also very distinct:  It's mostly symmetrical with serifs like a standard book font like this s. |
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Captain,
You're right that the knob tail 'S' is the common one!
The third image is with a repunched MM. RPM-2.
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Posted 10/31/2011 11:56 pm
