1953-S Mint Mark Touching Date Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC

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OcalaFlorida Pillar of the Community United States 2824 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 04:58 am 1953-S Mint Mark Touching Date LWC Just something I thought was interesting I know the mint mark was put on by hand and this is not that uncommon. Has anyone found a overlapping one? Or another touching one? Was going through a roll noticed the mint mark was close to date on high percentage. I was hoping to find one overlaping the date. But this one was the closest it is touching the date. Front Back Mint Mark Touching Date Common approximate placement of mint mark Common approximate placement of mint mark Edited by OcalaFlorida 03/22/2014 05:04 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sudz Pillar of the Community United States 1572 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 06:34 am It just looks weird when that happens, doesn't it? Fun find. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 06:52 am Quote: Common approximate placement of mint mark There is no common mint mark location. The location is under the date, to the right of the bust. That area is acceptable for location. They can be close to the date or real low. They are hand added so they will vary until 1990 when they are now part of the design of the coin. The varied locations for pre-1990 coins is a plus to help identify RPMs and doubled dies for mint mark locations. The Philly ones are harder to determine die numbers for without the mint mark locations. Report this Post to the Staff
albertharris Pillar of the Community United States 901 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 1:22 pm Report this Post to the Staff
OcalaFlorida Pillar of the Community United States 2824 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 2:11 pm I should of said the average placement of my data set of 200 coins.. which is a very small data set compared to original quantity. Yeah they are fun to find.. Cool ones Albert.. I am sure no extra premium .. but I will still keep them separate.. Report this Post to the Staff
1953 s error New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 02/02/2017 2:25 pm i have one also Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/02/2017 4:58 pm @albertharris - Great examples, thanks. Report this Post to the Staff
cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 02/02/2017 5:11 pm How about some close up images of E.PLURIBUS from the reverse side. It looks like a possible DDR-001, but I can't tell for sure from what you have posted. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCollector2000 Pillar of the Community United States 2563 Posts	Posted 02/02/2017 7:17 pm It's not uncommon, but freaky looking. Report this Post to the Staff
Eyes4Error Pillar of the Community United States 710 Posts	Posted 04/07/2018 10:45 pm I recently found this one... But not overlap! Report this Post to the Staff
JC Stevens Pillar of the Community United States 538 Posts	Posted 04/08/2018 12:09 pm In the PDS System they are called II-C-16 Displaced Mintmark (touching another design element). Found also on the 1954S Lincoln Cent. Cuds-on-Coins http://cuds-on-coins.com/ Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 04/08/2018 1:14 pm I have a lot of wheat cents to go through and hope I can find at least one of these. Very cool looking coins. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
Errorunknown New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 02/17/2020 01:41 am Coop Looking at this section...caught my eye as I found a touching BE in a 57 penny then decided to click on one of your links which whaalaa :) there in the video was the exact same thing . You are quite the gem . Thank you also the "They are hand added" how many workers were hand stamping the mint mark ? Report this Post to the Staff
Eyes4Error Pillar of the Community United States 710 Posts	Posted 02/17/2020 03:38 am Errorunknown Here is a good reference for how the mint mark was added to the master dies for each mint... CHECK IT OUT ! https://www.doubleddie.com/58243.html Coins themselves were not hand punched one at a time ;) So, it didn't take many people to do that... each die was hand punched with the mint mark and would process as many coins until the die was no longer good, then it would be replaced with a new die, which would have it's own hand stamped mint mark... which explains why the mint mark moved around within the same year... and why mint mark positions are a reference point or marker when looking to match your coin to a listed variety... CoopHome has got a lot of good info... Coops schooled me well! HAHA ...So does that little search engine on the left screen of CCF , and plenty of other in the Coin Community. Happy Hunting! Edited by Eyes4Error 02/17/2020 03:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7028 Posts	Posted 02/17/2020 5:09 pm @ albertharris, your S cent looks like a RPM..nice coin @O florida...I believe I have the same die pair cent..I to save them... Report this Post to the Staff
Errorunknown New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 02/18/2020 11:46 pm LOL Thank you eyes for errors ..I thought "wow ! Great idea for putting millions to work can you imagine the noise : ) Report this Post to the Staff
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1953-S Mint Mark Touching Date LWC