Bought this 1891 Mexico 10 centavos recently after posting about it a few weeks ago. I hadn't seen another like it in any series and can't find much about it. I know this coin isn't a rarity and is just a couple bucks higher than the regular issue according to my 2014 catalogue. Just wondering how it would have happened. Anyone with minting knowledge care to comment? Thanks
I believe it is the way it should appear. It's not a double s. Edit* Forget it.. I'm wrong. I looked at other examples and they show the 1 small s.. Interesting
It almost looks like a section symbol or sign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_sign I looked at the Krause and other on-line references and paddyman98 is correct that it should be an S. Very interesting. Furryfrog02, you may be right about the hand placement of the mintmark.
In the guidebook by Buttrey and Hubbard it mentions it as a variety , with no extra value given as no seemed to care if extra positioning of the punch were given. Most were small variations. This is one of many that was more extreme and worth a couple of percent more.
So, is it hand stamped twice with the result a grossly doubled s? Must be or wouldn't the Z also be doubled? I'm not concerned with value, just how it was minted.
I believe S is one city location. And ss totally different city or area. I think. All kinds of mm for mexico
I believe one S was set too high or too low and then a correction was made without eradicating the original. They were not "hand stamped", much too late of a year for that. This is how it was set on at least one particular die. Whether it's just one or multiple dies would require a bit of research and more examples.
On Numista - if you look at the Mint Marks for the 1891 10 Centavos, it shows that there is an 1891 Zs ZsZ with a Double "s" - KM #403.10 That is pretty much the answer - I thought there was, because I believe that I have one at home, as well - will have to look tonight. Not a really rare coin or anything. https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide...-403.10-1870-1897-6-cuid-1118065-duid-1423969