1941-S Jefferson Nickel Large S ?

bababoo

I am attaching a photo of two 1941-S Jefferson nickels with what appear to be distinctly different reverses
... the large and small S mintmarks. Interested in any opinion as to why the large S (if it actually is) doesn't appear to line up below the the window frame as it is expected to. ???

CRHer700

@bababoo said:
I am attaching a photo of two 1941-S Jefferson nickels with what appear to be distinctly different reverses
... the large and small S mintmarks. Interested in any opinion as to why the large S (if it actually is) doesn't appear to line up below the the window frame as it is expected to. ???

That certainly is the large S on the left, I'm not sure if it is supposed to line up with the window.

IkesT

Prior to 1990, mint marks were punched into the dies by hand, so their position varies.

bababoo

This is the link that I read specifically referring to the positioning of the Large S. The article specifically states there is only one die pair known for the Large S variety.....so that is the basis for my post here. Could this be another die pairing using the Large S mintmark. ???
https://cointalk.com/threads/variety-1941-s-large-s-jefferson-nickel-fs-501.213511/

IkesT

@bababoo said:
This is the link that I read specifically referring to the positioning of the Large S. The article specifically states there is only one die pair known for the Large S variety.....so that is the basis for my post here. Could this be another die pairing using the Large S mintmark. ???
https://cointalk.com/threads/variety-1941-s-large-s-jefferson-nickel-fs-501.213511/

The post you reference is incorrect. There are 16 different die marriages for the 1941 Large S nickel documented on Varietyvista, and there could possibly be others.

http://varietyvista.com/04a JN DD Vol 1/DDR Detail Pages/1941SMMS00201.htm

bababoo

I referenced Variety Vista prior to my initial post and I believe those reference the RPM FS-502 as Dr. Wiles mentions in the header of the photos...not the solo mintmark as I have photographed. ???

BuffaloIronTail

I've known about the large and small 1941-S Mintmarks for a long time. This is the first time I've seen a write up on them. I never (and still don't) think there is any great or profound rarity to the different sizes.

Pete

Married2Coins

@BuffaloIronTail said:
I've known about the large and small 1941-S Mintmarks for a long time. This is the first time I've seen a write up on them. I never (and still don't) think there is any great or profound rarity to the different sizes.

Pete

When I read an opinion like yours, it makes me curious. How long have you specialized in the Jefferson nickel series?
The OP in the link appears to be some sort of Jefferson nickel expert.

dcarr

@BuffaloIronTail said:
I've known about the large and small 1941-S Mintmarks for a long time. This is the first time I've seen a write up on them. I never (and still don't) think there is any great or profound rarity to the different sizes.

Pete

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The large S variety is scarcer than the normal small s, for all denominations.

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jmlanzaf

@dcarr said:

@BuffaloIronTail said:
I've known about the large and small 1941-S Mintmarks for a long time. This is the first time I've seen a write up on them. I never (and still don't) think there is any great or profound rarity to the different sizes.

Pete

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The large S variety is scarcer than the normal small s, for all denominations.

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But that doesn't make them rare.

BuffaloIronTail

@Married2Coins said:

@BuffaloIronTail said:
I've known about the large and small 1941-S Mintmarks for a long time. This is the first time I've seen a write up on them. I never (and still don't) think there is any great or profound rarity to the different sizes.

Pete

When I read an opinion like yours, it makes me curious. How long have you specialized in the Jefferson nickel series?
The OP in the link appears to be some sort of Jefferson nickel expert.

I never said that I "specialized" in the Jefferson Nickel Series. I only said that I knew of the Large and Small S 1941 coins. My basis for opinion rests on seeing a lot of examples of the Large S over the course of 55 years of being a coin collector.

I thought that an "opinion" was accepted as a personal view on the issue (and I did explain why I made it).

Pete

Sorry if I upset you.

seanq

There is at least one large-S paired with a nice DDR, I briefly owned an example in the late 1990s, I purchased it through an eBay auction and about a month later, the seller reached out with a gnawing case of seller's remorse and I sold it back to him.

Sean Reynolds