2 1945 Haves with S MM differently (slightly) located and slightly tilted dirrefently

I'm a novice, first off.. I have 2 1945 S halves with the mintmarls "S" placed in slightly different places and slightly tilted different from each other. One is tucked "up in" and the other is closer to the rim. Any Thoughts. I'm going to try to upload a pic. U may have to z0om in

 

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This is normal, the mint marks were hand punched into the dies then. Every die will have the mint mark slightly different.

 

Thanks for the quick reply. Does this go just for halves or other denoms. An if so do u know what cut off date there is, when they were"t hand done?

 

from http://doubleddie.com/58201.html which IS god read.

In 1945 there were 2 different size "S" mintmarks on the Mercury dime, the normal S and a smaller one called the "micro-S" Here is a shot of mine to compare.

 

The regular mintmark and the micro are only found on the mercury dime. The micro "s" was intended for use on the US philippine coins and was inadvertently used on the mercury dime as well.

 

Thanks for the info. If I read it correctly (2 posts up) not until 94 was the MM icorporated into the die? if so, I didn't know that. Must have neeb TEDIOUS work for the die people. Jhinton.. I may have some phillapine stuff for u.. In the meantime, keep ur head on a swivel and take care!

 

no, in 1990-1991 it was incorporated into the master die, in 1994 it was actually included in the design before the master dies were made.

Richard

 

Yep, we both said it, but since the coining process and the terminology at each step is probably one of the least known area of numismatics by collectors, confusion will continue. The article on doubleddie.com explains the process ( with photos ) very well.

Jim