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New Member
United States
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 Good morning all. I would like some info. on this coin, another opinion just wondering is this an S over D. Thank you *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ****** Edited by Staff to remove YELLING. All capital letters is the internet version of yelling. Please don't do it in titles or posts. ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
538 Posts |
 It appears to me to b a filled in S. But lets see what those with more coin knowledge have to say about it. |
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Valued Member
United States
196 Posts |
There is a 1974 S/S on CopperCoins (1974S-1MM-001) which kind of looks like it, but I think the fine people here who would really know might ask for better pictures of the area.
Of course, with the level of knowledge that they have they may know right off the bat.
From one newbie to another, welcome :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To me it looks like a damaged mint mark (S) on that area.  Here is the RPM mentioned earlier on this thread. 1974S-1MM-001 |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Why would they transfer minted coins from one mint to another? logistically this seems unlikely I would say it is either die chips or double MM of some sort.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Why would they transfer minted coins from one mint to another? logistically this seems unlikely I had understood that a D over S (or vice versa) could come about because of a transfer of dies from one mint to the other. Is there any validity to that? |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
That certainly looks like an interesting mint mark. If you could provide sharper photos it would help us answer your question. And |
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New Member
 United States
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thank you all for your info. I will try to get better photos. again thank you
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Pillar of the Community
United States
500 Posts |
Yes, Interesting find! |
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New Member
United States
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I also have a 1974 s over d or vice versa
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I had understood that a D over S (or vice versa) could come about because of a transfer of dies from one mint to the other. Is there any validity to that? No, all the mintmarks were applied at Philadelphia before the dies were sent out. I believe the only case of an over mintmark from a transfer of dies between mints was the 1900 O/CC dollars. After the CC mint closed down the left over dollar reverse dies were sent to Philadelphia. They re-annealed them and punched in the O mintmark and then sent them to New Orleans. But even then the mintmarks were applied in Philadelphia. The branch mints did not have mintmark punches. The OP coin looks to me like a D mintmark (possibly a "filled D") that has been damaged. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Close-up please! to the CCF! |
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New Member
United States
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I have a 1974 s or d penny too.If anyone has any wcplanation.Please let me know?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Interesting  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Note the size of the '74'? You can tell it had some strong polishing on that area. I feel it is an 'S' mintmark, that was reduced in size from a die polishing. Kind of unusual to see polishing on that area, but the die may have been damaged and they thought they could save it by over polishing. There were monsters working over the dies that year:   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Great pics. Lincoln looks like he lost his dentures. sagehen - to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
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