1941-S Large S Lincoln

BigDowgie

I'm a Lincoln beginner. I'm into Jeffersons and found out there is a Large S in the Penny, Nickel, Dime and Quarter. I want to put together a nice set of 1941-S Large S's! However, the Lincoln Large S is not in the Cherry Pickers and, therfore, not attributed by PCGS.



Might someone shed some light on the 1941-S "Large S" Lincoln. How tough are they in PCGS MS67RD?

Thanks

CoinCoins

they're scarcer than the small s's but not rare or anything by any means. i put together a roll and it sold for $7 i think it was. look through enough wheats and they're out there

i don't offhand know why they exist, but i'm sure with a google search you'll find a story about em. there are other dates like that too.. 28S, etc..



welcome to lincolns.... best series there is if ya ask me

TexasNationals

Same reason Jefferson, Washington and Walker LARGE/small S's exist

LanceNewmanOCC

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looks like the small "S" is MMS-002 and the large "S" is MMS-004

I thought the large "S" would be MMS-003, who knew?
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JRocco

Here is a nice...as yet unlisted 41S large mintmark or trumpet tail RPM
One of these days I'll send it in for verification ( and discovery ? )

BigDowgie

I love large S's, especially when one coin comes with two of them!

Nice! Is this a dicovery piece? Send it to James Wiles.

TexasNationals

How many Large S MS-67"s are there. Large S typically represents 5-15%.

JRocco

I will one of these days BigDowgie.
I remember reading in C Daughtrey's book something along the lines of the large MM to small MM being a 1 to 12 ratio or something along those lines.
It is a lot more scarce and as more attention is drawn to these coins the more value it will have.

keyman64

That sounds neat to put together the 1941-Large S Collection. Doing a Complete 1941 Variety Set would be a bit more challenging though.

The 1941-Large S Mercury Dime is not rare (82 total certified at PCGS)...but finding a nice MS example is a bit of a challenge. Mine is tied with another MS64 with 2 finer. In MS there are only 6 examples at PCGS. In MS FB there are only 2 and both are MS64FB. For the year 1941 there are 5 Mercury Dime Varieties that are blessed by PCGS....I have 4 out of the 5.


Good luck!

TexasNationals

I have a MS 41-S Large MM raw here if you want it.

seanq

Some time ago there was a study of mintmark styles for the WWI years (1941-46) published in the CONECA publication, ErrorScope. It might have been Bill Fivaz who did the research. The Large S gets scarcer the higher the denomination, I believe it was also used on the half though that is very hard to find.

In the second thru fourth editions of the CPG, the Jefferson nickel 1941 Lage-S was listed as URS-5, meaning 9-16 known. I owned more than that by myself, and I kept hoping it would get corrected (I never bought the Whitman 5th edition to see if it ever was). Because of the typo, you would see examples selling on eBay for $30-50 in raw UNC. There is also a really nice DDR on the 1941-large S nickel which is very scarce to rare.


Sean Reynolds

BigDowgie

TN, bring it on!!!

TexasNationals

TN, bring it on!!!

I knew you would say that and make me dig thru boxes of crap

LanceNewmanOCC

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decided to go through an old roll from an old collector just sittin on one of my shelves until i figure out what to do with em and pulled (1941) 4 large "S" xf/au coins :-)

added to the variety madness box
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thanks for the post, made me think to go through a different date
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