Small/Large Date Lincoln help!

VonZipper

I have a roll of 1970-s lincoln's and cant remember how to tell between large and small dates.Does anyone know or know of a website with pictures on how to tell the difference? Cant find my coin book and it's driving me nuts.Thanks

dakra

According to the red book, the small date has a high 7 and the large date has a low 7.
Looking at the picture on the small date, the 7 is even or slightly above the 0 and on the large date it is a little bit lower than the 0.

-David

VonZipper

The top of the 7 is almost even with the 0,but the bott of the 7 drops slightly below the 0.So i'm thinking its a large date? Also the one I picked up to look at with a loupe appears to have doubling on the s and the 0 and 9.Thanks for the help.

LanLord

never mind

LanLord

if the upper loop in the 9 points down it's a large date, if the upper loop points to the right it's a small date.

MrLee

These should be worth a 1000 words.



1970-S Small Date
1970-S Large date

Cocoinut

Another diagnostic of the small date is that the letters in LIBERTY are very mushy; they're much more sharply defined on the large date.

Jim

clackamas

This is a good thread and should be included in the unofficial FAQ.