09 S cent mint mark location

pjp

How many dies were used for the obverse of the 1909 S cent. I have a PCGS 62BN that the S is tucked closely up between the first 9 and 0 and just got a PCGS 64RD where the S is much lower under the 0 and a little towards the last 9.

lkeigwin

Six. One of the obverse dies for the S-VDB was reused, and five new obverse dies were used (according to QDB).

Below are two that might match your description.
Lance.

BuffaloIronTail

This is the only mintmark position that was used to produce both varieties of 1909-S Cents.

Pete

ms70

Four.

In 1909, mintmarks were still being hand-punched into the die at the Philadelphia Mint before the dies were shipped to the branch mints. As a result, the position of the mintmark can vary from die to die. Researchers have determined that only four obverse dies were used to strike 1909-S VDB Cents, each with a slightly different mintmark placement.

Source:

https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5217/Counterfeit-1909-S-VDB-Lincoln-Cents/

Another good article:

https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/counterfeit-coin-09-s-vdb/

pjp

nice article, very informative but these cents are not VDB. the 62 has a mint mark like position 1 but the 64 isn't show in this article

CoinHoarder

Pictures of the coins you are talking about would help significantly.

pjp

Exactly! the top image matches my 62 and the 2nd is my 64. here is a shot of my 64RD. didn't know there were so many variations. thanks for the education