1946 S Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC Coin #1 Another Inverted Mint Mark - 1946-S IMM-001

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lawest Pillar of the Community United States 1998 Posts	Posted 01/13/2023 3:40 pm Last month I purchased an uncirculated roll of 1946 S LWC and found a 1946-S IMM-001. So I purchased another roll a few weeks later and found a second one. Tried pushing my luck and purchased another roll last week... well, it paid off, my third 1946-S IMM-001!. Here are some pics: Report this Post to the Staff

lawest Pillar of the Community United States 1998 Posts	Posted 01/14/2023 10:45 am @Spence, thank you for moving this post to the correct forum Report this Post to the Staff
-makecents- Pillar of the Community United States 8733 Posts	Posted 01/14/2023 11:55 am Very cool! Can't tell, is that a VLDS example or grease filled or both? -makecents- Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95018 Posts	Posted 01/14/2023 12:45 pm Very interesting. Is that a grease filled as well or is that just how the MM was applied to the die? Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Petespockets55 Pillar of the Community United States 5770 Posts	Posted 01/14/2023 8:28 pm Looks good to me. It's nice that yours doesn't have the grease stains that seem prevalent on a lot of these. Hmmm... Why is there what appears to be a secondary curve inside the upper loop? 1946 Inverted MM LINK- http://varietyvista.com/01a%20LC%20...6SIMM001.htm The punch does look tilted on this variety. It looks to be a VLDS and maybe even some grease filling the mm as mentioned. The 1947s Inverted one seems tilted like this as well. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups. We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow. Edited by Petespockets55 01/14/2023 8:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 06/16/2023 6:40 pm If we look to 46 and 47 we can come to the conclusion that was in fact the punch which was in trouble. Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6464 Posts	Posted 06/16/2023 8:40 pm It had never occurred to me to look at the S punch "inverted", because I have so few S coins. So the S mint mark isn't symmetrical top vs. bottom? The term inverted threw me for a moment. This mark isn't just 180 degrees rotated, which would make the curves backwards. It's almost like when they made the punch, someone welded the S onto the rod with a 180 degree rotation around both the Y and Z axis. So that the bottom was on the top, but also the curves were facing the right way. Report this Post to the Staff
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1946 S LWC Coin #1 Another Inverted Mint Mark - 1946-S IMM-001