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1979 SBA 1 Dollar Mint Mark Issue

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 Posted 09/19/2022  01:31 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add brickmasterjimmy to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Why does the mint mark look this way? It almost looks like it's one over another. Just guessing. That's why I come to y'all, so I don't have to guess. Thanks guys
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 Posted 09/19/2022  06:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mrwhatisit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like it is just a filled S mintmark to me.
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 Posted 09/19/2022  06:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A clearer closeup pic of that mintmark would help, but it looks a bit more like a D than a S to me. The post on the die that creates the middle of this letter was partly broken and this allowed metal to flow in a bit during striking. In more e theme cases (when that post is completely broken), the letter D would be completely filled in.
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Just a partially broken post, not uncommon on P and D mm.
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Spence calls it.
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Also, would this be considered a thin rim or wide rim?
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That is the Narrow Rim.
I believe the only Wide Rims are found on the P mint mark coins.
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 Posted 09/19/2022  10:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add brickmasterjimmy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here is another view of the mint mark. Are y'all positive that this a D MM?
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Looks like a die chip on the top of the 'S' mintmark. (yes there were 'S' mint business strike dollars that year. (not a proof coin)
https://images.PCGS.com/CoinFacts/0...153_2200.jpg
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Note on this image, it has the chip on the top of the mintmark. So it might have been from the same die.
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