1956 Wheat D mint mark is touching the 9 - any value to that?

Yes!!! That's my guys, except for the "D" underneath. It is possible my guys have been circulated for too long, but the D is definitely in the same place as the ones I have, so thank you - awesome picture!

 

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Keep in mind that many coins may have mint marks that look like they are in very similar, or often, nearly exact places...especially considering that sometimes a hundreds of dies were used for a given year.

The coin that desert gem posted is a famous "ghost D" repunched mintmark, a D&D south. The coin is only valuable if the RPM is present...otherwise, the mintmark placement on a coin with a mintmark in the same location in relation to the date is within mint tolerance and not really valuable.

 

Thanks for the info. No, I realize that now. But that's okay - I am still excited to see the D is a different place than all the others.....it's a fun hunt, so no worries.

 

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Ok you ask about seeing the error through magnification. Well some rpms I found ONLY with magnification; and yes they count.
My quasi-specialty is 1956-D rpm, so I am talking about 1956-D only.
You ask about seeing a faint S. That's a tricky one with a few schools of thought.
First, there is a theory [or rumor] that in late 1955 dies were prepared for San Francisco ahead of time for the 1956-S cent. At that time plans to close the San Francisco mint were not well known. Well the San Francisco mint closed and no 1956-S cents were made . So the theory says the S mintmarked dies were redone for the 1956-D cent [Denver made over one million 1956-D cents] .
Some experts say the dies were never made that much in advance for the following year and the theory is hogwash.
What was once [for years] thought of as a weak S under the strong D was later figured out to be only a die flaw, or a scratch in the die. They say it isn't an S but looks sort of like an S. So some experts totally discount the weak S under D as a die variety.

 

Very interesting....and I like the idea that some rpm's can only be found under magnification....the s under d I will look for, even if its not value packed, it would be cool to find one. A lot of my 1956's have errors in the date stamps, not doubling, but (and I have to learn the correct terminologies for these) I can squished - like maybe the 5 at the top got squished, or the side of the 6. I have quite a few that the 6 looks really odd on, so I will be checking out that website to see if that is anything, but I am definitely having a wonderful time looking! Thanks for the info.

 

Keep in mind that some things are just PMD or post mint damage. The coin got hit or nicked during it's circulating life and it happened after it left the mint.
And yes there are some 1956-D cents out there that have a weak or ghost S, or even an OMM [over mint mark]. The location of the S is telling. If the S or what looks like an S is well outside the normal location, it may be a mistake, not placed there on purpose.
Myself, I have not really found a 1956-D cent with a clearly defined S. So I have no opinion about theory or counter-theory as to how an S got on a Denver coin.

 

Is this a d over d.
I found and it looks like a d in underneath the other one.

 

1956 D Penny very interesting,found today in my old stash.