Small Date Designation On Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC

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Greg73 Valued Member United States 73 Posts	Posted 07/22/2016 09:09 am Is the designation for "Small Date" always given to the less common variety? For instance the small date 1960's, 1970-s and even the 1982's LMC small dates are all the less common. Is this by coincidence or was the small date designation given because it was the less common. If it was by design does the small date have any background meaning or just some term pick year ago and keeps getting used. Another reason I ask is if the "small" is used on purpose, why would we not call the wide and close "AM" just small and large letter? Edited by Greg73 07/22/2016 09:19 am Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 07/22/2016 09:14 am why would we not call the wide and close "AM" just small and large letter?... Because the size of the letters are the same only the spacing of the AM are different. Sm Lg date the numbers are different.The Sm dates are less common and a lower mintage. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Greg73 Valued Member United States 73 Posts	Posted 07/22/2016 09:21 am Ok I agree with the wide verses close so maybe a bad example, or maybe we could have called them "small" and "large" gap. The numbers on the 1970-s are all the same size, just laid out differently? I my mind one is not "smaller" or "larger" than the other? Edited by Greg73 07/22/2016 09:24 am Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 07/22/2016 10:35 am But the date on the 1970-S is smaller on the small date then the large date. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Greg73 Valued Member United States 73 Posts	Posted 07/22/2016 10:55 am Thanks! I guess I always associated the small with the less common variety. So it was just an anomaly that the examples I listed the small was the less common and someday their might be a variety were the large is the less common. Thanks for explanation Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 07/22/2016 1:17 pm Actually the 1960-D small and large dates are the close to the same mintage. Just the Philly small date are harder to find because few of them were struck. (proof also) The 1970-S Small date is the rare one because less dies were affected. The 1974 year also has large and small dates and they are common on both, none are rare. The 1982 Small and large dates, zinc and copper are all common. None are rare. The small dates are easy to find. So the term small and large dates are not a rarity issue, just how they are labeled. Sometimes they maybe rare, but often they are common as well. Edited by coop 07/22/2016 1:22 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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Small Date Designation On LMC