Please give me your opinions of the mintmark on this 1940 wheat penny. Also on the reverse what is that on the underside of the middle horizontal bar in the “E” in “CENT”? Many thanks. Again
the S mint mark look's like it took a hit form something a long time ago so it looks a little off now
Truly?? I considered that but it’s so odd looking and so small that I finally dismissed that option. But I’m usually wrong
if you look at your pic up close you can see that the s took a hit to the crossbar of the s and lower serif/curve diagonally {/}
Just look at your pictures. Clearly the "S" took a swipe, for example from a coin rolling machine. The "0" from 1940 has hits on its edges too and a few swipes over the lower part of the 0.
It is an unfortunate hit at the MM. Not really sure about the other anomaly at the middle leg of the E in Cent. Might be a die chip, but again, not really sure.