1928-S Large S

BuffaloIronTail

Has the Large S on some 1928 coins ever been traced to any other year?

Last I heard was that it had not been. I've been out of circulation for awhile.

Pete

bolivarshagnasty

Nice looking example. IIRC, the 41 large S example looks very close to that style of mm. Maybe someone else has a photo of the 41-S for comparison?

lkeigwin

Similar to the '42-'44 mintmark. Maybe not quite the same.
Lance.

JRocco

@bolivarshagnasty said:
Nice looking example. IIRC, the 41 large S example looks very close to that style of mm. Maybe someone else has a photo of the 41-S for comparison?

I only have a few pics of some of my 41S RPM's as a comp.
They do not appear to be the same style large S

edit to add my second example here is a small MM

BuffaloIronTail

Thanks for the pics. The 1928 S doesn't match up with anything, however, the 1941 is close. It does look more like the style the Mint used in the mid to late 1800 period, as they did use a bigger mintmark.

What got me started was David Lange stating it was not found anywhere else, hence the mystery.

Thanks again.

Pete

Batman23

I don't know much about these but I have one. These are old photos.

bolivarshagnasty

While on the subject, wanted to throw this out there. When PCGS first started attributing CP varieties, I found a third style mint mark which I call the medium S. Saw several of these in Large S attributed holders. the three examples below.

Now that I study this, could this have been the small S struck deeper into the die?

The third pic is the Large S rpm 2 as attributed by James Wiles. I purchase the coin years ago from Fivaz at an Atlanta
coin club meeting I attended.

dcarr

@bolivarshagnasty said:
While on the subject, wanted to throw this out there. When PCGS first started attributing CP varieties, I found a third style mint mark which I call the medium S. Saw several of these in Large S attributed holders. the three examples below.

Now that I study this, could this have been the small S struck deeper into the die?

The third pic is the Large S rpm 2 as attributed by James Wiles. I purchase the coin years ago from Fivaz at an Atlanta
coin club meeting I attended.

I think the first two are from the same (or identical) small-s mint mark punches. One received a stronger hammer blow than the other.

RogerB

Punches underwent considerable wear plus differences in applied force, as Mr. Carr notes. With something like the OP's 1928-S, look only for years 1927-1929 across multiple denominations. Anything later is likely not going to be distinguishable. (PS: Very nice detail photo!)

DIMEMAN

@JRocco said:

@bolivarshagnasty said:
Nice looking example. IIRC, the 41 large S example looks very close to that style of mm. Maybe someone else has a photo of the 41-S for comparison?

I only have a few pics of some of my 41S RPM's as a comp.
They do not appear to be the same style large S

edit to add my second example here is a small MM

Jrocco - looks like you are into Cent varieties like I am with the dimes.

BuffaloIronTail

jrocco...............the 1928 Large S also appears on 1928-S Dimes.

Pete

JRocco

Just looking quickly at some of the serif MM I can see similarities with the 23S and 44S.
I'll look closer at those years Roger.
And yes Dimeman, it is an addiction.
A couple thousand Lincoln varieties to date. Someday I'll sort them