1972-D Font Error ?

The same "font" is used for all the coins minted each date for all years except the known large/small date years - 1960, 1970, 1974, and 1982. All of the basic design, including the date, were the same for all different mints of all years of US coins in the 20th century. There is no list broken down by mint because they didn't make the coins that way. Until 1993 all dies were made in the same room, regardless of where they struck coins.

Your coin is the result of overpolishing the die. Because the numbers and letters on the coin have to have beveled edges - trapezoid shaped - when the dies are polished it effectively removes the lowest part of the base of the devices making them thinner.

I really need to get some sleep:-)

Here are the SEVENS. Some differences are subtle such as the curves of the legs of the sevens on the 1917 and 1927 cents.

Many are obviously different until you get to 1987, 1997, and 2007 where again, the differences are very slight. The size of the seven, the slight curvature of the base of the seven and the angle of the "crook" of the seven is just slightly different.

Have Fun,
Bill

I got it... I told you I needed some sleep:-)

I read somewhere though that it was actually an effort made to make the 7s different. I was just pointing that out. Maybe it would have made more sense to do it in a separate thread. The way I said it, made it sound as though I was in disagreement with your post. I wasnt:-)

I just wanted to show the progression of sevens as I understood them to be intentionally different . I can't prove it as I can't find the article I read it in. It was probably in an old Coins or Coinage when I was a kid:-)

Thanks,
Bill