1946 San Francisco Mint......what the......
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Heck....was going on?
Ok here's a tid bit of coin trivia....the 1946 San Francisco mint probably had more varieties than other mints and years.
The 1946 s cent had 8 ddo's. 9 ddr's & 43 RPM's
The 1946 s nickel had 4 ddo's 2 ddr's & 6 RPM's
The 1946 s dime had 14 ddo's 21 ddr's & 21 RPM's
The 1946 s quarter had 5 ddo's 0 ddr's * & 5 RPM's
The 1946 s half had 1 ddo 2 ddr's & 2 RPM's
The one date and mint that actually almost had each denomination a variety except for the *46 s Washington Quarter reverse.....
Why do you suspect so many varieties on just about all denominations from 1 mint in the same year? 1946 s
Why is 1 of this years mint the 46 s Jefferson nickel 5c ddo fs 101 (031.5) so hot but not?
Again another variety that's is unrated, yet runs hot and cold....one could understand with odds of finding a variety on an 46 s coin is greater than not....unless you are looking on a 46 s quarter rev, where you will find an RPM,but no ddr.
Why isn't the 46 s ddo as much in demand as other ddo'or ddr's in this same series?
January/2016 ms -66 sold $ 1175.00 auction
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Even stranger still, all of these dies were created and mint marked at the Philadelphia Mint. So were the ones sent to Denver. Why not just as many P and D mint varieties for that year?
The war had just ended, and they may have been short of skilled labor
BHNC #203
This is sort of like the 38 D buffalo nickel....as you'll find more D/D D/S D/D/S than just a D mint mark.
I agree with Treashunt as look at the 43 P Jefferson nickel like 70 +/- rpm's alone not even getting into the ddo's & ddr's ...
Just like every Morgan a vam every Jefferson war nickel a variety....some very important ones.
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You pose some excellent questions.
All those varieties ... and not one I would pay a premium for.
When presented in a tabulated form such as that, it certainly does raise some questions. Liquid lunches were popular at the time...
Cheers, RickO
I always wondered if you could tie periods of excessive varieties to a particular person or persons working at the mint who were not good at their job and were ultimately fired. Take the 1968 - 1974 period. There were strong doubled dies produced in every year of that period on multiple denominations, along with 3 missing mintmark proofs and numerous RPM's. In 1972 alone, multiple Lincoln cent dies were doubled, with at least 5 of them having doubling we would call 'very strong'. Then, 1975 to 1981, nothing major. 1982 - 1984, strong Lincoln cent doubled dies were produced every year, along with missing mintmark dimes, then nothing for a period again. Other periods that come to mind are 1934 - 1936, 1916 - 1918, 1941 - 1946, and 1955 - 1958.
So is it a $45 nickel or a $650. Nickel?
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