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CaptMorgansCaptMorgans Posts: 102 ✭✭✭
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Hi There All,
Was going through a few rolls of 1969 S pennies when this caught my eye. The penny on the lefts mint mark is rather high. Not the double die I was looking for, but is it worth setting aside or does something like this happen fairly often?

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,816 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Mintmark was just punched a bit higher than the coin
    on the right - but every coin struck from the 'high S' mintmark
    will have that placement - up to hundreds of thousands of them,
    or at least many many many tens of thousands of them.

    No premium for this type of 'high' punched mintmark.

    Good eyes though !

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors
    for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have noticed such variations before.... I just attributed it to process and not considered it an error or variety. Cheers, RickO

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