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Denver Mint Varieties And Errors-Cents

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 Posted 05/28/2008  9:36 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add lperry3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I'm in Idaho and would estimate I get at most, three or maybe four P cents at best in a roll. Most of P's are from the 70's and 80's. All the rest are D's with perhaps some 30's to early 70's S cents.

So my primary source is for the D and S errors. Which one of the D's carry the highest premiums besides the 1992d?

The list I use now is at lincolncentresource.com/Top50.html Is this pretty accurate and up to date? I hear a lot about Cherrypickers book too.

I haven't looked through my 60's tupperware tub full of coins yet. But I think my best find to date is a 1960d small date. It has some strange line marks the width of the T's along the rim above the T's in STATES. Any word on that?

As a side note. Denver mint must have had a major disaster in 1995 or they were all shippped to Boise. I found a site at https://www.collectorscorner.org that mentions the 1995d. I've looked at hundreds over the past couple weeks and the tops of In God We Trust are sheered, torn away, and some that have many grooves running along the top of the letters with what appears to be shavings running toward the rim. This is all through a 5x magnifying glass. So much so that, I assume it's fairly common and not worth more than a cent? I haven't seen any examples of the 1995d version. I see a lot of them with a ridge running down the center of the 9's, some D doubling perhaps, and fragmented doubling or machining in God We Trust.

Thanks for any help. I actually found the lincoln resources from one of the messages on this forum. There are some good example pics for each top 50 also. Still can't figure out the 1970s. I have about 100 of them. Is the 1970's leg shorter on the small date? Or just the whole number higher?
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05/28/2008 11:00 pm
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 Posted 05/29/2008  12:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add foundinrolls to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi,

I used to live 80 miles from the Philly Mint and almost never saw a D mint coin.
Being in the Pacific NW, I now see almost all D and S coinage with a smattering of Philly stuff.

I have found Doubled die varieties on the obverses of 1972 D, 1984 D, 1985 D, 1989D, cents. I have not found a 1995 D DDO yet but I'm trying:-) I am certain that there are others but these are ones I have first hand knowledge of.

Repunched mintmarks can be found especially on the Memorial Reverse cents, 1959 D to 1963 D have many to offer.

There are some others in the 70s and 80s so check them all:-).

On the 1970 S small date cent, it is easier to look at the shape of the 9 and the way the upright of the 7 meets the top. Compare the pictures here.

The 9 is the easiest thing to use as the small date cents have a 9 where the inside loop ends in a point. The large date cent has the end of the inside loop more rounded.

Here are Chucks pictures, this should make it easy. Looking at the zeros and the height of the 7 vs. the 0 will drive a sane person crazy:-)

http://www.thecentproject.com/sort1970.php

I hope this helps. In short though, check everything carefully. D mint stuff seems not to have been scrutinized as heavily as the Philly Mint coinage over the years so new discoveries can turn up.

Have Fun,
Bill

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PS: The effect of the die cutting through the plating is what you are seeing above the IN GOD WE TRUST on your cents. It is very common and it is not an error. It is an instance where the dies are actually damaging the plating during the strike.

Thanks,
Bill
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 Posted 05/29/2008  09:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lperry3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great info Bill! Thanks for taking the time to respond. I'll have to look for those DDO's, good finds on yours. The doubling on my 1995d is so faint that it probably isn't anything, but I'll keep looking.

Have you posted a pic of that 1984d doubling?

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Bill thanks for the inside answer about the 1995-D My mother in law passed last week and before she did she gave 10 old mayo bottles full of cents. and I have a stack of the 1995-D they look BU, with that very thing you just mentioned & you have saved me some time!
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