"S" Mint Mark On IHC's

NOOOOOOOOOOO. Please don't. You have no idea how long it took me to just figure out the 3 different ones. If you make a photo array of all 5, I may well spend the rest of my life checking them all out again.
On a serious note though, that would make for a good reference guide. Not many people have a good IHC information source.

Here's my results for the 08-S mintmark. I hunted for mintmark #5 without luck; if I find it later, I"ll update.
#1 and #2 are very close, but I think the "S" in relation to the denticles is different.

Right now I need -1869,1877,1909s.
I have a couple AG coins that need replacing, coins I just "had" when I started the set (fairly common).
I only have one 1886 and will probably get both. I bad thing is when I started, I bought a few lots and wasn't
very serious, it's the only set I have in a folder. Now I need to get a Dansco because there are nice coins in there, most commons with full liberty's.
Picked up a full liberty 1871 last night! (not completely problem free but really nice). The rising price of silver got me into these and
I really am enjoying putting this together. I would rather own a 1877 than a 1909svdb.
Anyway congrats on your set, I'm actually going to try to finish mine although the last thousand dollars may take some time.

DVCollector, excellent job on the composite! To Just Carl, of course it is nice to know where all the positions are, but some of the different positions kind of get lumped together. The most common is DVCollector's #1, and the rarest is his #4. #2/#3 is S over S, which is the only one that carries a premium, but due to the mintmark doubling rather than position. And his #4 is the 'far to the right', which Rick Snow calls "snow 5", and "scarce", although he notes that "it may become a sought-after variety in the future".

Thanks everyone! It was an interesting exercise, and I hope it's useful. I should note that #2/#3 is an overlay--which of the two is the S/S? I could not tell, so I declined to mention that. Snow must have updated this guides, because I don't have a Snow-5 in mine. And, where is mintmark #5? I did not see it in ~30 or so coins on Heritage.

I cannot imagine competing with Mr. Snow on an IHC guide--I'd lose my eyesight. My Snow guide says there's just one reverse die used on the 1909-S, so I skipped posting pics.

And I thought everyone would have at least an AU or MS like all of mine.


I go to coin shows all the time ans so far have never seen a book, pamphlet, etc on IHC by anyone. Usually there is at least ome or more dealers at shows with books. I'll try looking and asking this Sunday.
And again, thanks for your research. I really don't know what I'll do with the info now that I know which is which but nice to know.