Variety question for the wheat cent 'experts'... or anybody (MM pics)

AskRaq

Is there a 1946-S variety?

I have two 1946-S wheat cents, both have very weak numbers 4 & 6 in the date... but then I noticed that the mintmark was different (size, shape & placement) on each of them???

JRocco

There is a really nice OM availabe AR
The 1946 S/D
Take a look at coppercoins.com site for a nice pic.

AskRaq

Thanks JRocco - but *wow* way too many "varieties" for me to figure out (5 plus pages)... so here's my pics:





Anyone wanna take a guess??

JRocco

There were 2 different MM used on the 46S Lincoln's.
The serif and the sans serif MM. You are showing one of each here.
I believe from what I can see that these may both be RPM's. But if they are, they look to be very minor split serif type varieties.
Not much value, but cool if you are assembling Lincoln varieties.

AskRaq

Thanks JRocco, I just found it odd that the "46" part of the date was weak on both cents, but that the MM's were different??

mozeppa

coneca recognizes 41 RPM's with one of those being the S/D variety mentioned above.

AskRaq

<< <i>coneca recognizes 41 RPM's >>



Jeeze... I need to stop lookin' at Lincolns, or I'll start hoarding them for future research - argh....

So, anyone know why two different dies would exhibit the same weak '46' in the date?

coppercoins

Actually there are THREE different mintmarks used on 1946S cents. Through searching over 5,000 pieces myself and obtaining reports from collectors on another 3,000 pieces, the following information has been gathered:

Serif-S mintmark (the larger one) - approximately 60% of all minted.
Sans-serif S mintmark (the smaller one without serifs) - approximately 30% of all minted.
Ball-serif S mintmark (sometimes called "knob tail") - approximately 10% of all minted.

The ball-serif is by far the most difficult to find, and the special prize is the ball-serif with an inverted mintmark. The normal mintmark has a ball at the top, triangle at the bottom. A couple of examples of the opposite have been found.

The S/D OMM is quite rare, and appears on the large "serif-S" style mintmark. In that search of 5,000 pieces I found one single example of this rare OMM. The 1946S/D OMM is considered to be the scarcest of all Lincoln cent OMMs.

The 4 and 6 of the date on 1946S cents is very often mushy and weak.

Overall strike on 1946S cents is often rather weak, with examples being somewhat scarce having a complete outline to the O of ONE on the reverse.

BU rolls have skyrocketed in the past six years, if you can even find an original roll.

seanq

Here's a micro pic of my S/D:



Here's a small pic of it in the holder (the rim clip is at K-12):



Several years ago, the Cheap Slab Store had a small hoard of these, maybe five or six, all in ANACS 64RD and 65RD. All of them sold quickly except the clipped piece shown above, which I finally negotiated to buy after seeing it in Allan's inventory for well over a year.


Sean Reynolds

seemyauction

<< <i>coneca recognizes 41 RPM's with one of those being the S/D variety mentioned above. >>




What is "coneca"

Thanks AL

seemyauction

Never mind found it........CONECA web site