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 thanks let me know co
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It is hard to tell because of the damage, but it looks like it.
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YES! It absolutely is. Great coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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That is the one. You can tell by the incomplete lower loop and also the placement of the S mint mark. This is a fairly rare die, coupled with the fact that the ball serif or trumpet tail mint mark is considered scarce for 1946. It seems that only 13 to 16 working dies had this type mint mark and only one of them was inverted. This is the only inverted mint mark for the Lincoln series.
BJ Neff
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That is the one. You can tell by the incomplete lower loop and also the placement of the S mint mark. I should have read this before I tried turning my monitor up-side-down.  Just kidding ... Nice coin, are there inverted mint mark varieties like this for the Jefferson nickel in any years? |
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VERY nice! I've known about this die for about three years (thanks to BJ) and still haven't found one.
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Valued Member
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alright I found it. I have looked at soooooo many 46's and finally got the right one .
thanks everybody
co
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you're having an incredible run on finding Lincoln varieties, congrats again!  |
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I have found five so far and that is due to some very serious searching. None in BU and the best is an AU-50. To give you an example; one very well known variety/error coin dealer sells the 1946-S ball serif mint mark for $35. 00 @ MS-65 ($20.00 over the other two mint marks for this year). If we were to apply a scarcity scale to the inverted mint mark, we are looking at a $350.00 to $450.00 coin for the inverted mint mark. Does that open your eyes?
BJ Neff
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wow very nice I have found 2 thats the right way and have about 8000 more wheats from the same batch that I found the other one in to look through
thanks for that info
co
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Nice Inverted "S"!
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 just found one thats the right way . |
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Congrats! I guess I need to be looking closer, I know I must miss a lot of varieties. :(
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