1970 s both large and small date cent

Doing two separate pictures. First picture will be the small date and second one will be large date s

 

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Small date s

 

Large date s

 

Been going off of this all day.

 

Both are large I think.

 

The s on the large date is close to the 9 and 7. The small date one the s is farther apart from the 9 and 7

 

both coins are large date. the 7 is lower on both coins

 

No not a small date

 

Both are large dates. I know, this is hard. I struggled with this for years thinking I constantly had SD cents.
Here is an image I use and it has been really helpful. The mushy letters in LIBERTY are important.

 

Just remember. LIBERTY is stamped poorly

 

Coins aren't stamped, they are struck.

 

Both large. The curl on the 9 is exactly the same on both coins.
LIBERTY is often weakly struck on the small date, the point of the 9 is sharp, and blunt on the large date.

 

This is a small date. Better to see a whole coin than just close ups of just dates.

Notice the curl of the 9 points to the 7. On the large date, the curl points to the S. Also notice how weak LIBERTY is struck

 

Great

 

They both look large to me. I go off of the curve of the nine.

 

Everyone one of these are looking different. The s is close the other one is not. Take a look at this one. I've been looking at each other one. All look different. That's why I thought it could be a small and large.

 

Shrews you are not looking at the key marker which is the curl of the 9.
The curl of the 9 that points down to the foot of the 7 is the Large date.
See photo in post #12.

That 9 is a real tweener. Post #13

 

The S has nothing to do with it. MMs were punched into the die by hand and the location will vary.

 

Mint marks were hand punched at the time, leading them to be in different spots on every die. There were multiple dies used in 1970 by the San Fransisco mint, meaning some coins will have mintmarks in different locations. That does not change if it’s a small or large date.

 

Ok cool thank you all for everything!