1974-S Ike clad Proof - Inverted MM???

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• tincup Posts: 5,423 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 5, 2009 7:17AM

  I think it may have been punched in unevenly, giving the inpression that it is upside down. But, I have trouble indentifying upside down mintmarks.

  ----- kj

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• Shamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

  December 5, 2009 7:32AM

  
  
  << <i>I think it may have been punched in unevenly, giving the impression that it is upside down. >>
  
  I was thinking the exact same thing.
  
  

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• Bossman88 Posts: 638 ✭✭

  December 5, 2009 7:38AM

  Abraded die??
  
  Regards, Larry

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• 19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭

  December 5, 2009 8:00AM

  No.
  
  Its a tilted punch.
  
  Here is what the 1974-S mintmark looks like. Note the notch on the outside of the upper loop.
  
  
  
  The OP's MM has the same notch in the same location. If it were inverted, the notch would be on the outside of the lower loop.

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