Is this the 1943-S "trumpet-tail" mintmark?

aeast236

Was reading a past Numismatist feb '03 "King of the S-Mint Varieties" which describes trumpet-tail 1943S mercury's and Washington quarters and this auction looks to be one of these varieties. Its kind of hard to tell but on the regular S mint merc the serif-style mint mark leans dramatically right while the trumpet-tail appears virtually vertical.
Apparently only around 3 out of every 489 (0.6%) are this variety. In addition there was only one reverse die to make this variety so there is no variation in the mint mark on these trumpets.
What do you think?
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here is one to compare with
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Cam40

A hot tip on a little known variety?
Cool.(airplanenut said)
Neither auction mentions the trumpted S variety?
These should be worth more than the sellers are aware of?
hmmm.Thats cool.

Is it the S looks like a swan on the water?That sorta looking S?

aeast236

The vertical appearance of the trumpet S is the easiest way to discern the trumpet variey. The other way ,which I can't tell from comparing these two, is that the bottom of S instead of the normal bulb (I guess the only way I know to explain it) on the trumpet mint mark cuts back towards the S a little making it look like a trumpet....not sure if that makes sense.

The article stated that Bill Fivaz beleives the mercury is one of the hardest to find so I would think there would be a premium involved to certain collectors.

The compare link is definately the normal S serif.

I am going to a show this weekend so I will see what I can find

aeast236

here are some articles about it

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