1981-S Lincoln Memorial Cent (Mint Mark Error?)

Your arrows on the first picture are distracting, You should post one with and without the arrows.

I try to tell myself a lot, if there is evidence of a RPM ( repunched mint mark) that if part of it is east /west, there should be evidence of it west elsewhere, and about the same spacing. In otherwords, you need to draw an imaginary "S" with what you call an additional "S" below it. Your arrows show accent on the middle and lower half of the "S" and I cant draw an "S" with that.


Its probably a Type I mint mark, with a little more extra metal or an outflow of metal from the strike. Proof coins are typically struck MORE than once, usually 2 to 3 is about average to get that nice crisp detailed coin.

The Cherry Pickers Guide Vol I goes to great length to help ID each mint mark variety/types for proof coins, its a pretty good investment, minus the coin prices - those should be fixed in the next version.

I don't have access to my CP guide Vol I right now, but it looks normal for that year.

A simple google search of "1981-s Proof Lincoln Cent mint mark varieties" shows this page;

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

Sorry about the arrows. I looked on your link but I did not see anything similar for 1981. The item underneath appears to be a lighter color than the mint mark.

Lol...I trust your word. I have never been right about anything I posted on this forum.