1987 D Lincoln Memorial Cent MMS-012 (Thank You Still Lookin!)

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Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74781 Posts	Posted 04/23/2019 8:14 pm I got this for free in the mail by still lookin. It's a mintmark style that was supposed to be used in 1988, but some of the 1987's have them for some reason. http://www.varietyvista.com/01b%20L...7DMMS012.htm Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff

Tunnioc Pillar of the Community United States 3180 Posts	Posted 04/23/2019 8:46 pm Interesting Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74781 Posts	Posted 04/23/2019 8:50 pm Thank you Tunnioc! Definitely a very interesting piece for sure. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 04/23/2019 9:11 pm Hmm... odd for sure. Not saying I can tell the difference but I trust the two of you. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74781 Posts	Posted 04/23/2019 9:15 pm Thank you GrapeCollects! It's a very usual mintmark style variety. Not too many people know about this. I didn't even know about it, until it was brought up on CCF. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/23/2019 9:17 pm There were actually two different mint marks used that year: Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74781 Posts	Posted 04/23/2019 9:19 pm Thank you Coop for the additional information! Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 04/23/2019 10:47 pm I'm blind so explain it like I'm five. What are the differences? Either I need glasses or I'm an imbecile! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/24/2019 12:15 am The shapes of the mintmarks have a different fonts. Just like different fonts we use on documents, the shapes of the designs are different. Look at the shapes of the upper and lower serifs (the NW corner and the SW corners) the punch that adds the mintmarks to the dies are different. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/24/2019 05:03 am On MM 12 the top and bottom on the left hang over equally,and on MM 11 the the top is shorter? On EVs' coin it looks like MM 11 to me? Please explain more,thanks. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 04/24/2019 4:38 pm I'm still confused too John. Kudos if they can tell. Report this Post to the Staff
Jim0815 Pillar of the Community United States 5240 Posts	Posted 04/24/2019 5:07 pm That looks to me like the MMS-011. The thickness of the devise makes me believe that. Here is a pic of an actual MMS-012. It took me a while to differentiate the two. Compare the two side by side and you can see the difference in overall size. Also the MMS-011 is thicker from the field to the top of the devise. Another way to tell the two is on the inside of the devise itself, on the MMS-011 the inside of the devise curses inward, on the MMS-012 there is no curving inward, it is flat. Edited by Jim0815 04/24/2019 5:54 pm Report this Post to the Staff
still lookin Pillar of the Community 967 Posts	Posted 04/24/2019 10:42 pm Below are two mintmarks from different 1987 Denver cents. Are the same style or different? Edited by still lookin 04/24/2019 10:43 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74781 Posts	Posted 04/24/2019 11:58 pm I am going to try to get a better picture of that area tomorrow, since the picture has a ton of glare. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/25/2019 12:03 am The two are the same style. Both are MMS-0011 (Large serif on the bottom) The MMS-012 has the large serif on the top. Edited by coop 04/25/2019 12:03 am Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/25/2019 04:46 am Jims pic looks like a MM11 to me. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
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