1970 Lincoln Cent With A 7 In Liberty

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PSD. The L probably got shifted from a hit after leaving mint, and probably doesn't have any additional value.

Looks to be a post mint 'hit' on the L, making it look like an upsidedown 7. In my searching of cents over the last few decades I've seen many hits to letters and numbers that alter appearance.

Let's see what others have to say.

No mintmark on a 1974 cent means it is from Philadelphia. All cents except 2017-P do not have a mintmark for coins from Philadelphia.

There have been cases where the mintmark was forgotten.

But not a case of a forgotten mintmark on a cent, but just means they are from Philadelphia. There are other coins that are missing mintmarks on other denominations:

But most of these are on the proof coins missing the 'S'. (1982 missing 'P' is the exception for dimes and this is on a business strike coin) Before 1980 the coins missing a mintmark are from Philadelphia. During the 1942-1945 nickels there were war time nickels with a large mintmark on the reverse:
In 1942 there were type one and two nickels:

They type one was regular composition. The type 2 were the silver War Nickels. (note the large mint mark above the building?)
War time reverses:

There were also some counterfeit nickels during the war years that were counterfeits. Called henning Nickels:



But the counterfeits are worth more than the real nickels. (why?)
Proof coins before 1964 were from Philadelphia without a mintmark.

In 1968 forward the proof coins were showing a "S" mintmark. But from 1968-1974 there were also Business strike coins with the 'S' mint mark.


Looking at the fields shows you the proof VS the business strike coins.

CoopHome Missing Mintmarks. - henning - proofs

to CCF... with EnV..as far as value, just flip the coin over....

If you feel that strongly about it, send it to NGC...

https://www.NGCcoin.com/services/ho...-submit.aspx

I'm locking this topic since you are now reporting posts that don't agree with you.

When you get it back from NGC send another note to staff and I'll unlock it so you can show all these very experienced collectors that are trying to help you.