1911-S Lincoln Cent Mintmark Checkup Request

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mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 06/30/2010 3:58 pm Someone on Coin Community recently indicated that the mintmarks on Buffalo nickels pre 1909 were manually placed on the dies which supposedly causes very slight variations in the geographic placement of these mintmarks. The size of the mintmarks, however, should be the same no matter whether it is pre 1909 or post 1909. I have a similar question about Lincoln wheaties. Does this same logic apply to Lincoln wheat cents? If so, please tell me where to find additional info. about this subject. Finally, please tell me if you think the mintmark on the attached 1911-S Lincoln Cent appears to be authentic. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

seal006 Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 06/30/2010 4:45 pm It wouldn't be the exact same mint mark die on every coin minted that year. It would wear out just as the dies for the coins do. I am sure there were some diviations in each of the MM dies used each year. Edited by seal006 06/30/2010 4:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mycrob Pillar of the Community United States 2602 Posts	Posted 06/30/2010 5:52 pm There were no Buffalo nickels minted prior to 1913. Welcome to CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
mycrob Pillar of the Community United States 2602 Posts	Posted 06/30/2010 5:53 pm 1911-S doesn't strike me as a date/MM to counterfeit. It's a lower end semi-key date. I'd be more worried about 09 S VDB, 31S, 22 plain, 14D Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 06/30/2010 6:58 pm They were manually placed on the dies until, about 1990 or so, I forget the date when they placed the MM on the master die. From then on, no more RPM's. Report this Post to the Staff
ACE Mike Valued Member United States 438 Posts	Posted 06/30/2010 8:18 pm If you want a lot of info on the Lincoln Cent mint mark subject, you may try to get ahold of a copy of The Authoritative Reference on Lincoln Cents, 2nd edition, by John Wexler and Kevin Flynn. It just came out last year. ACE Mike Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19935 Posts	Posted 06/30/2010 11:24 pm I'm sure it's legit. It wouldn't be worth the trouble to counterfeit unless the coin as MS64 up. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
wolf-n-wa Pillar of the Community United States 602 Posts	Posted 07/01/2010 12:07 am Looks like the real deal to me. Treashunt is correct 1989 was the last year of the hand applied MM. WOLF Report this Post to the Staff
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