Just curious everyone. I know all of you would know better than me. I have looked at this penny for a while and I just can't tell. According to lincolncentresource.com, I would have to say it is the large date. But some things look to be the small date. What do you all think? Thought I would check the vets before I threw it in my copper pile. Hope the pictures are ok. Thanks everyone.
large date see here; http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/smalldates.html For future reference, I highly recommend using www.coppercoins.com and www.lincolncentresource.com
Large date. Go to Lincoln cent Resource, the link Shoewrecky posted above. It's a great site for Lincoln cent variety collectors, error collectors, etc etc.
That's where I looked Shoewrecky and that is why I thought it was the large date. Thanks for the reply. Just wanted to confirm what I thought with you guys.
I really wish they would have called it the "level 7" and "low 7" rather than small date. It would eliminate a TON of confusion. At least the 1960 small and large dates had an actual size difference.
Thanks Coinguy. That's where I said I went in my post. I always go there first, but like I said, I just wanted to confirm it before I put it in my copper pile. Thanks again for the confirmation.
it's cool..I didnt even read it saw and should have noticed that you did state Lincolncentresource. Props for doing your homework!
You are right Quartertapper. It is confusing. I didn't get excited like I had the small becauseI really thought it was the large. But it is so hard to tell I just wanted other opinions before I got rid of something that was possibly somewhat rare. Thanks for your input.
Thanks a lot Shoewrecky. I see so many questions on here that people can easily find on those sites. So I try to look everywhere first.
Man, I had such a hard time seeing the difference. But I finally got a 1970 S small date proof set. I put a piece of tape over the case so I can lay another cent next to the one inside without scratching it up. Side by side, you really can see it. The height of the 7, curvature of the 9 and weakness at the top of the E R in LIBERTY. It just does what pics can't. I believe yours is a large date. I did see a 1970 S labeled small date recently at the Las Vegas coin show. I knew it was a large date, so I passed, The dealer even told me when I looked at it that many were telling him it was mis-labeled, Go figure ? gary
Yeah, I sent pics to my friend Bill, who has posted a good number of the coins on the coppercoin site for authentication. Now I know it's a good one, so I didn't see the need to bust the case yet. Of course I may want the dime in my set eventually. lol gary
I have 12 1970-s pennies that I found in circulation, one of them looks like a small date but I am not sure, so can somebody help me tell?
Large date...look at LIBERTY, it would be faded if it was a small date. The top of the 7 is lower than the 0 which means small date. Larry Nienaber
This is how to tell one from the other and like atrox101 said liberty will be a little faded looking on small dates
