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logger7logger7 Posts: 9,074 ✭✭✭✭✭


Does anyone know if the "micro s" designation was recognized before this coin was slabbed? The "s" does not look close to the leaf as with the regular "s".

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  • epcepc Posts: 298 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 18, 2025 2:12PM

    The micro S is a little smaller, I think. This coin was bought unattributed, and re-slabbed with micro S attribution.

    Collector of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, including die pairs and die states

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,074 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @epc said:
    The micro S is a little smaller, I think.

    I looked at the page on it: https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1944-s-10c/5054

    The "s" in the micro sticks out on top.

  • epcepc Posts: 298 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think the regular S is "rounded", and the micro S has serifs.

    Aside from the details of the S, does anyone know the answer to the original question? (When did NGC - and PCGS for that matter - begin including the micro S attribution?)

    Collector of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, including die pairs and die states

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,305 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i dont see many of them old holders much anymore, i like :)

  • Coins3675Coins3675 Posts: 425 ✭✭✭

    Nice old holder merc

  • robecrobec Posts: 6,873 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I bought this from bestclser1-Lloyd Cowle in 2010.

  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 19, 2025 7:44PM

    I compared my 1945-S regular S to my 1945-S micro S (both pieces are uncirculated) and note that the only difference in the S is that the regular S has thicker serifs. Size of the S is the same to my eyes. micro S designation implies the s used for it is smaller but that is not really the case.

    Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 19, 2025 7:46PM

    @logger7 said:

    Does anyone know if the "micro s" designation was recognized before this coin was slabbed? The "s" does not look close to the leaf as with the regular "s".

    Looks like it circulated to me.

    Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

  • robecrobec Posts: 6,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 20, 2025 4:37PM

    @logger7 said:

    Does anyone know if the "micro s" designation was recognized before this coin was slabbed? The "s" does not look close to the leaf as with the regular "s".

    My 1961 Red Book doesn’t have a listing for it, but I have The Official 1981 Blackbook Price Guide of United States Coins that does.

    There are a couple of recognizable names who contributed to the book.

    Micro S listed on the bottom of the page

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,074 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is there a book on the contemporaneous detection of varieties, ie when they happened and when they started to be promoted as a "rare" variety? Thanks!

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Regular S. Look at the style of numeral.
    Jim


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