1974 S Lincoln triple mint mark?

What would cause this S to look this way ?

 

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that's cool looking. great side pic of it too. wait for other opinions...

 

Hey newbie I have few with tripple MM I was told that it was MD but of course wait for more opinions.
Dave

 

I do not see anything for 1974-S in my 2000 edition of The Cherrypickers guide. It could have been updated with your date and mint mark ? not sure ?

 

Looks more like a Quadruple Mint Mark








Just kidding.. I'm not a MM specialist

 

Let's just call this one a six pack lol. It's interesting none the less !

 

Looks too me like a POOR attempt to cover up a mistake!

 

It looks like a triple mint mark to me. I've never seen anything like that before - nice photo!

 

Cool find and great photo.

 

Neat find! I'm still learning about doubled dies and prepunched mint marks so I will not comment specifically on your coin. This link may help you learn more about RPM's.58243.html Even if the coin is found to be machine doubling it is interesting enough (at least to me) to put in a flip.

 

This is something @Fred Weinberg could comment on. Not sure if it could be Die Deterioration or Machine Doubling that affects only the mintmark.

 

That is soooo cool!

 

Will post better pics, I took these at night. In Other pics it looks as though there is another sideways S under all the others !

 

To the best of my knowledge the mint marks were put on Die at the mints by hand in this era and sometimes had to be punched a few times to get the rite image and looks clearly to be just that ! IMHO But I'm no expert that's why it's here !

 

Mechanical doubling -

note how the other 'S''s are flatter than the
main "S" mintmark.

Not an RPM, imo.

 

Yes I see that but how does this occur in MD and not affect the rest of the coin?

 

more pics ! Im Not done with this yet ! Let's say not convinced anyways !

 

Found this also on obverse ! W in WE ?

 

Jesus, those photos are fantastic!!