1971-S Eisenhower Mint Marks and Peglegs

19Lyds

I ran across this mint mark on a recent 1971-S business strike coin recently and was wondering if anybody has ever come across an mintmark with such clear separation before?



Here's a "normal" mint mark.



The coin has literally been killed with bag marks and scratches but its also the best DDR I've ever seen for a business strike 71-S!

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Casman

Lee, great article in this weeks CoinWorld, You da man...

19Lyds

Why thank you Cris!

Aegis3

Are they from different mintmark punches?

19Lyds

<< <i>Are they from different mintmark punches? >>



I don't really think so but the upper one does not appear to have been struck as deeply as a regular MM.

It's really too bad I didn't find this before it was killed as its a very nice example of a Straight Pegleg (SPL) 1971-S Business strike.



The R looks a lot like the R on the SPL Proof coins and take note that there is no die abrading "halo" around the crown of IKE's head which is what causes the die abraded peglegs.

The photo below is a comparison of the 3 different Pegleg R's from the 1971-S BS coin. Note the differences in the Fading Pegleg R (FPL), Regular R (Reg), and the Straight Pegleg R (SPL).



The photo below shows the abrading halo which is what creates the abraded die pegleg on this 1971-S coin. This is absent on the 3 R's above indicating that the Peglegs are by design.

Mar327

Hi Lee - this is a super sharp S - nice find!

And I just got on here to tell you congratulations also for your Coin World article - glad you made the "big times"!

Mar

19Lyds

Gandyjai

The mint mark shown has such a very clear, lower loop in the "S"....Almost
like it has a little "bubble" in it. 'Kind of looks like the top half of the "S" usually looks.

This is a little-known 71-S BS mint mark that was once thought to be an "inverted" S.
Turns out that it was finally diagnosed to be a "Tilted Punch". They are not easy to find!

A BIG CONGRATS on the Coin World article!!!

Brian

I Love Variety & Error Ikes!

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amiller

I missed this thread the first time 'round. Yesterday I was looking through some 71 brown box Ike's and found at least one that had the same mint mark. At the time I determined it was due to a tilted punch, so it is nice to find some confirmation here as well. Brian, is there any reference material to the tilted punch diagnosis you mentioned?

Perhaps a tilted punch Ike set could be put together for fun?

Aaron

sumdunce

Nice find.

I have run across different types of mintmarks on the 1971-S Ikes but had not really thought about them until now. Maybe I should pull a few out of the junk silver (sort of a comparison set).

Also, I am not current on my periodicals but will get the CoinWorld if it still exists at a local B&M. What issue is it?

V/R



Sumdunce

erroid

Nice pics Lee, and congrats on your article; the doubling on top of TE(States) looks to be "machine", but all the rest is there. No, I hadn't seen that MM before; maybe, I'm not looking hard enough....

DoUPlayOnePocket

<< <i>And I just got on here to tell you congratulations also for your Coin World article - glad you made the "big times"!

Mar >>



Hmmm? Which issue? I missed it somehow.

Chris

Stew

Lee,
Did you ever figure out what this mint mark is?
I ran across a group of 40 Ikes and was going through them and and one of them looked real familiar
but could not place it. I remembered where I had seen that before this morning. My example there is no dramatic doubling
on the reverse and there is full serifs on the "R" in Liberty. There is a couple of small splits in the serifs IGWT
Below are some pics of the one I found.

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19Lyds

<< <i>Lee,
Did you ever figure out what this mint mark is?
I ran across a group of 40 Ikes and was going through them and and one of them looked real familiar
but could not place it. I remembered where I had seen that before this morning. My example there is no dramatic doubling
on the reverse and there is full serifs on the "R" in Liberty. There is a couple of small splits in the serifs IGWT
Below are some pics of the one I found.









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See above as gandyjai provided an answer.

Stew

OOps Sorry Lee must have missed Brian's post some how, Thanks for pointing it out.
Hope all is well there for you,We pray the fires will be beat back soon.

Stew

koynekwest

There's at least one variety that shows outstanding doubling on both sides of the coin-CONECA 7-O-I+2-R-I. It's not difficult to find, either, except as an early die state.