1892-S Morgan mint mark?

I saw this thread when it was first posted lastnite, my first thought was "that's not an S, it's an O."

 

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How can you be sure?

 

Yeah, that makes sense ...an "O" mint mark with the notch of the top serif of an "S" which it cannot be because it's an "O" right?

Wait...perhaps it is an "O" with PMD at the top so it looks like it might be an "S."

 

Ah! There's the rub.

 

One way to be sure is to match the coin to a known VAM. Of course that would take a full photo. I see doubling in the E of ONE so I know there has to be a match somewhere.

 

Guys, that's an S. The serifs are plainly visible. There's no question about it. In fact, it even appears to be an rpm

 

The serifs should be parallel. Ain't nothing parallel on this.

 

Now I see the clefts on top and bottom. What is an rpm?

 

Dah! You think? The "S" is DAMAGED. It's flat and pushed over!

 

A repunched mint mark. Put that into Google and look at the photos and read about it.

 

Why don't you humor us with a photo of one on a '92 S Morgan?

 

You'll need to wait until next week. Then I'll check VAMWORLD to ...wait a minute You got me. Why don't you humor yourself and check Vamworld.

 

I did lastnite. In fact that is where the photo I posted came from.

 

Got some photos:
One is an RPM on an 1890-S $. The other is a "filled" mint mark on an 1878-S Trade $. Note how the "filling" on a "filled" mintmark DOES NOT spread outside the "S" like the damaged "S" above does. Hope this is helpful...

 

I disagree IMO it looks like someone tried to add a MM