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1946-S IMM Lincoln Wheat Cent

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  • ONTREC
    • Mar 2008
    • 30
    #1

    1946-S IMM Lincoln Wheat Cent

    I found this in some rolls that i hade bought from my bank. I was totally floored. i have heard stories about this variety and that it was pretty rare. here is a scan of the coin and i will also post the full size on the web here is the site
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  • wavysteps
    • Aug 2007
    • 1925
    #2
    Hi ONTREC - It is hard to say from your pictures if the mint mark is inverted. I do know it is a knob tail or ball serif S, which out of the three S mint marks used in 1946, that one is considered scarce. Now, the variety that is rare is this one.



    This is th e inverted S mint mark, which is the only inverted mint mark to date, that is found on the entire Lincoln cent series. Hopefully, you will have this one.

    BJ Neff
    Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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    • Lady120
      • May 2008
      • 11
      #3
      1946 s Lincoln cent-inverted?

      New member here-hello everyone.
      i was just about to post a message concerning the s on a Lincoln cent i found in circulation, when i saw your message. Would this be considered an inverted s?

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      • Lady120
        • May 2008
        • 11
        #4
        1946s image

        I too found a 1944s in circulation - not as great as i have seen on this forum. very nice pics. I too am curious as to see if this is a rare find? Any help would be appreciated.
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        • wavysteps
          • Aug 2007
          • 1925
          #5
          Hi Lady120 and welcome to the CONECA forum. It appears that you have a "serif" S mint mark, which is the more common of the S mint marks used for 1944 Lincoln cents. The other used in this year was the "ball serif".

          Your mint mark is not inverted and is in the correct position.

          BJ Neff
          Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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          • Lady120
            • May 2008
            • 11
            #6
            Hi Wavysteps,
            Thanks for the welcome and the info on the coin. much appreciated! Great pics ONTREC!

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            • ONTREC
              • Mar 2008
              • 30
              #7
              Been a long time

              Been a very long time since I posted on this. I just reopened my safe and saw my 1946-S IMM can I send it to you to verify this??
              Last edited by ONTREC; 02-14-2014, 10:56 AM. Reason: Spelling

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              • wavysteps
                • Aug 2007
                • 1925
                #8
                You sure can. If you need my address just contact me at traildies@aol.com.

                BJ Neff
                Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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                • toast
                  • Feb 2014
                  • 6
                  #9
                  Okay... while checking response to previous posts, I took the time to read through some different threads. This one intrigued, so I pulled about 20 1946-S Lincolns from a stash or wheaties and the first one I looked at brought up some questions.

                  I read the description and viewed your pic of the inverted S and went looking for other references. At http://www.doubleddie.com/58306.html there was what seemed like a pretty good overview. It shows that the trumpet tail as the lowest struck of the three. The example you both give is an inverted ball serif, but is also struck low, like the trumpet tail and which leads me to believe the inverted ball serif is normally a low strike as both pics indicate.

                  So the question is, what am I looking at in the jpegs I attached? It's not a low mint mark. Just a normal trumpet tail? Can't quite get my head wrapped around this yet. thanks
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