1969 S Penny Lower Case B

Looks pretty normal without your highlighting.



to the CCF!

It is either damage or Grease Fill. No premium.

My vote is for post mint damage ( PMD).

Could someone have stamped a lower case B on the penny? If u look at the 1969 S DDO it looks like a lower case B on top of a capital B. So I unfortunately it would just be a DDO and that would suck now after damaging it because I didn't trust myself just to send it in.. it was basically like a new penny. Someone held onto it and never spent it for a reason.

Hi Char510,

Let me say I love your passion! This is the trait that creates top notch collectors.

Couple things I'd like to offer:

1) Just for accuracy the term is "doubled", not "double" die.

2) With modern American coinage there are no lower case characters used in the die making process. Therefore the possibility of a legitimate "lower case" variety doesn't exist.

Keep hunting and educating...eventually you'll unveil a treasure!

E.J.

Also it is a cent, not a penny. The U.S. mint never made pennies. Just cents. Penny is an old GB term for coinage that stopped in the 1967/8 era:


The collecting books only have cent books for U.S. coins. The rolls call them pennies, but only non collectors use that term.