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Rest in Peace
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I bought one of these last year from a CCF member. I found this one today in a roll. No biggie but my first one from the wild.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice. I understand these are quite a bit more scarce than the large S on Lincoln cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can only think that's the only year encompass the 4 denominations of cent, nickel, dime and quarter. A tiny percentage of large S for the nickel is written about in the Breen book.
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Here's one that I found from my batch of purchase.  |
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United States
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In my experience picking through older circ. nickel rolls, the '41 Large S is unarguably scarcer that the normal small S, but in circulated grades quite attainable. In AU, the variety can fetch $20 and upwards of $100 for choice BU examples, more for Gem.
Collecting large and small MM variations will drive a person NUTS if they don't have a clear idea of their collecting goals....I know 2 people who have undertaken the task- a personal friend and a client- my friend tried to collect everything that looked different, he went crazy and had to be institutionalized. OK, just kidding- but it drove me crazy trying to help him......my client on the other hand collects large and small mintmark varieties of 1941 AND 1928- don't be fooled, a set of either of these years is no easy task. The '41 dime with large S is quite scarce in higher grades as is the quarter. 1928 Large S cents are relatively common in circ grades, yet scarcer than it's 1941 counterpart. The key to any of these varieties is condition, condition, condition. Cherry a nice BU example of the Large S on most denominations and it'll probably be equivalent to a day's pay. Can't beat that!
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I have attached a photo I marked up to illustrate the relative position of a small (I guess)'S' mint mark to the edge of the bottom corner of the building. If you know the answers to the following questions, please respond accordingly to each. My questions are as follows: I am having difficulty differentiating between large and small S mint marks. 1) Is it correct to state that the center of a small S mint mark should be positioned at approximately the edge point of the cornerstone as my photo depicts? 1a) Does the far right edge of large S mint marks, therefore, position itself primarily from the tip of the cornerstone going inwards toward the building? 2) If one does not have a small S to compare with, what telltale distinguishing characteristics must a S mint mark possess to classify it as a large S? 3) Does anyone have some useful side-by-side photos comparing the large and small S mint marks elaborating on serifs, sizes and relative positions to the building if applicable? 4) Please confirm what my attached photo is: large or small S. Thanks, mdpmedia  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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any opinions out there on this?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pretty simple actually. Just look at a 47-S and on up through the 50's. I have a complete jeff. set and all of those are large S's. My current 41 is a small S. I also have an inverted
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Pillar of the Community
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Whoop's forgot :) Inverted S (lge)   |
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Pillar of the Community
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I can't find my large S ?
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I don't know why the TPG's(PCGS?) does not put this Large & Small mint mark in their Varieties listings..or am I missing something in the reading up in their definitions pages? Why I'm at it, why not the other years, when 1979 & 1981 gets it? Confused Cal |
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A blast from the past.
This post was over a year ago, but I believe PCGS, NGC and ANACS do attribute 1941 S large S denominations, the common small S or regular S are the normal strike. I have seen slabs with the Large S attributions.
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