1974 S

I wasn't asking about the position. The S is different on each coin. Different sizes.

This is from the Lincoln Cent Resource. It might help to explain.


San Fransisco Mintmark Styles
Mintmarks have changed design many times during the Lincoln Cent Series. The San Fransisco
Mintmark "S" has actually changed 15 times!

Here is a list of all the San Fransisco mintmark styles:

Mintmark Style-001 (Blocked Serifs) used from 1909-1916
Mintmark Style-002 (Small S) used from 1917-1941
Mintmark Style-003 (Large S) used only in 1928
Mintmark Style-004 (Trumpet Tail Serifs) used from 1941-1942 and again in 1945-1952
Mintmark Style-005 (Straight Serifs) used from 1943-1944
Mintmark Style-006 (Ball Serif) used from 1944-1946
Mintmark Style-007 (Sans Serif) used from 1946-1947
Mintmark Style-008 (Tall S) used from 1952-1974
Mintmark Style-009 (Blob S) used from 1974-1979 (74 proof & business strikes, proof only 75-79)
Mintmark Style-010 used from 1979-1981(proofs only)
Mintmark Style-011 used only in 1981(proofs only)
Mintmark Style-012 used from 1982-1984 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-013 used from 1985-1989 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-014 used from 1990-1999 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-015 used from 2000-2007 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-016 used from 2008- Pres (proofs only)

link: http://www.lincolncentresource.com/..._Styles.html

MMS-008 Tall S


MMS-009 Blob S

oih82w8, I think the first one is a small date 1974 and the one on the right is a large date 1974. I may be wrong...but that is my guess.

Small date on the left, large date on the right. The two also had different mintmarks.

The mintmark styles listed above aren't completely correct. The mintmark styles used in 1974 range from 1971-1974 for one of the styles, and 1974-1979 for the other style.

Well...I can say I learned something new. Thanks for the Thread