There are no S over D listings on Variety Vista or Wexler's and it does not match any RPM listings on either so it may be an artifact from a circulation hit and further circulation wear.
Agree with the damage, seems most likely. Nobody would add a mintmark to a 1945 merc, except possibly as practice, and I highly doubt that is the case here.
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