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The coin on the left is the normal 1956D and the one on the right is the raised mintmark. I have three other 1956 D coins that look normal and the raised D is almost touching if not touching the 9 in the date. Is this an error? Image:  1956D1.jpg97.4 KB |
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Pillar of the Community
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That's a really fascinating coin! Excepting some kind of die damage, this is either a new die variety or a overstamp of a mintmark. What's happening with that mint mark--is there an overlap of two letters? A closeup would be great to see! I'm now going to sort through a bag of wheaties and see if I can find that.
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Well, I just looked through a few hundred wheats, but I'm not seeing anything remotely like that.
Perhaps it's just a die chip, as those were common in that year. But the mintmark still looks rather high.
Very cool find!
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Bedrock of the Community
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The position of the mintmark in relation to the date is irrelevant since the MM was applied to the die by hand- positional variation is to be expected. It is possible that you have a repunched mint mark but I cannot tell from those pics. Go to www.coppercoins.com and search for 1956-D mintmark varieties and see if any match yours. |
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Biokemist--right, not a "die variety" per se. That's a great site...now I need to drag out my scope and check through my pennies.
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I don't see anything on coppercoins' website like this one.
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I would love to see a closeup of the date and mintmark if possible. Mintmarks having been punched in by hand causes them to be all over the map. Being all over the map is relatively the norm back then.
When the mintmark hits or overlaps a numeral in the date, we call it a misplaced mintmark.
Coins with Misplaced Mintmark are collectible. I can't tell you what they go for but there would be a slight premium on it.
Thanks,
Bill
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Sorry, I have had computer problems. Here is a close up of the date and mintmark. Image: 1956D4.jpg31.97 KB Image: 1956d5.jpg46.58 KB Image: 1956d6.jpg48.58 KB Edited by honestabe
12/02/2007 9:04 pm
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High and low mintmarks are found on most dates.. here is a couple that look similar to yours on 3 different dates.  |
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Hi,
The angle of your earliest picture made it appear as though the D was punched in a way as to appear on top of a part of the 9 in the date.
The better photos show that this is not the case. So what you have is not a "Misplaced Mintmark" but merely one that has a mintmark in a higher but still normal position.
There would be no extra value to this coin.
Thanks for the additional pictures,
Bill
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And then the Dark Phantom steps out of the shadowed corner and speaks, "however, comma, there are two different valuable D and D south repunched mintmarks known for 1956D cents, and in both cases the primary D nearly touches the date. Be aware and watch for those."
After gazing around the room to take note that he had the undivided attention of all participants, he continued, "But there are 'normal' 1956D cents that also have highly positioned mintmarks. I agree with Bill in that the high position in itself means nothing...but it could be a marker for much better things."
Edited by coppercoins
12/08/2007 12:36 pm
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Oh, don't stop now uncle Chuck! Tell us more ! Does the little boy find a valuable 1956D? does he? does he? ( no offense intended honestabe)
Richard
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AHHHH!! The Shadow Knows.....:-) Thanks Chuck...
OH, you gotta go "back aways" to get that reference to The Shadow:-)
Have Fun,
Bill
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Edited by coop
12/09/2007 6:01 pm
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That looks like the coin I have, except I do not see the lower D as in your picture. How can we find out if it is the valuable one? I searched google for 1956 D Lincoln Cent, but nothing found. Does it need to have both mintmarks visible to be a repunched mintmark? I did find an ebay add for a 1956 D repunched mintmark, and the seller said it is a "Ghost" mintmark south of the raised mintmark and it is hard to find. Here is his add: http://cgi.ebay.com/1956-D-repunche...ny_W0QQitemZ160188115617QQihZ006QQcategoryZ524QQcmdZViewItem I took a couple of more pictures and all three images are showing what looks to be a ghost S to the left of the D. Could this be a D/S repunched mintmark, if there is such a thing? Here are the pics: The ghost S is below and between the 1 and 9 of the date. Image: 1956DS.jpg15.36 KB Image: 1956DoverS.jpg57.41 KB Image: 1956ghostS.jpg15.56 KB This seller says there are some varieties of D over S which have the S "an inch over to the left" of the D. Here is his description on his add: http://item.express.ebay.com/ws/eBa...SIMILAR_LINKEdited by honestabe
12/11/2007 09:27 am
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