Do you see a mintmark? if so, what is it?

savoyspecial

a little fun for a Sunday afternoon.....

So, do you see one?

SUMORADA

D........

edited for stupidity....O.....

HoledandCreative

S. In the right spot, and they are weak some years.

ajia

My first impression was an 'S'.

anoldgoat

I don't see a mm.

mike

jesbroken

CC--Jim

InternetJunky

At first I didn't see anything. But a closer look makes me believe it is an S.

WoodenJefferson

Rice-a-Roni

tahoe98

.......optical illusion.

savoyspecial

hmm, i seem to be getting alot of San Fran responses.......here is the obverse:

MWallace

<< <i>hmm, i seem to be getting alot of San Fran responses.......here is the obverse: >>

savoyspecial

for the record, i believe it is an artifact of the lighting that an "S" appears to be there but in fact, my belief, is that the coin is a Philadelphia product


......but, i will say that i saved these pics from an ebay auction (already closed, 0 bids)........i must stress that i'm not the seller, nor do i know the seller, and while i thought about making contact with the seller, i resisted the urge......as i said, examining the pics closer i feel it's a Philly

take care

savoyspecial

if it pans out i'll expect my 10%

shorecoll

Hit it with some acid

savoyspecial

i thought acid only worked on nickel

LoveMyLiberty

I see it, I see it,,,there's drops of ice cream on it!

savoyspecial

....unless of course you meant to say "hit some acid" (to make it look like whatever mint mark you want)

savoyspecial

i feel LoveMyLiberty is having some tongue in cheek fun with me referencing the Hallie Daggett story........it's so unlikely that it is an S that i posted a link to the auction on a public forum.......if i had any thoughts it was in fact an 1894-S then i would take a flyer on it myself

**but you have to admit that from a list of U.S. uber-rarities, this particular coin (the 1894-S) is the most likely to be cherried........all 1913 Liberty Nickels are accounted for; you'd likely never find an owner of an 1804 Dollar that didnt know what they had; no new 1838-O half dollars being found; 1876-CC 20 cent pieces dont turn up very often....etc etc


in fact, it has been told here many times that a Gimbels Department store purchased one of the known 1894-S examples over the counter (ca. 1950's) in a bulk lot!

tahoe98

<< <i>i thought acid only worked on nickel >>




.......for nickels use nic-a-date. for dimes use dime-a-date.

Cam40

i see no mm. what looks like maybe an o i think is a ding
p mint is my wag

coinkat

Have some fun and invest afew bucks and send it to PCGS or NGC and see what they say...

dizzyfoxx

I believe I can see an "S".

InternetJunky

<< <i>Have some fun and invest afew bucks and send it to PCGS or NGC and see what they say... >>





I sometimes wonder if people with a lot of extra cash send in dozens of coins like the one above just to find out the MM's ( And to give PCGS a hard time ). Talk about having some strained eyes when clocking out for the day...

savoyspecial

>>I sometimes wonder if people with a lot of extra cash.....>>


that doesnt describe me right now.......that's part of the reason i posted it here in case someone wants to take the ball and run with it.......there would also be the added expense/hassle in having it submitted and to be frank, i'm just tired of gambling in this manner

but i am still curious of course

Cam40

without seeing the coin in-hand i`d swear its a P mint

BXBOY143

HoledandCreative

A great space filler. How many 94-Ps have you seen that look like that? Maybe Hallie spent her pocketpiece a few years after the first one. She probably still liked ice cream.

Dan50

Not an O mint mark, I have the micro O and it's way bigger than that.

NightHawk

I think any MM would be obvious even on a coin that worn.

The only acid that'll help you see an "S" wont be the kind you drop on the coin.