1973S Lincoln Cent-Prone to Filled MM's or RPM's?

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  1. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    Does anyone know if the 1973S Lincoln cents were prone to filled mint marks or possibly prone to RPM's? I have a B.U. Roll that exhibit something similar to both. No pics yet, just this query.
     
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  3. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    I'm retired so I can wait for the photos.

    Chris
     
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  4. jay4202472000

    jay4202472000 Well-Known Member

    I hardly ever see a '73-S, so I don't know.
     
  5. jallengomez

    jallengomez Cessna 152 Jockey

    They are definitely not known for RPMs. I'm not sure what it could be. If you are searching a BU roll, keep an eye out for nice coins. Even an MS66 is hard to come by for 1973S cents and would be a valuable coin.
     
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  6. phankins11

    phankins11 Well-Known Member

    Can't say I've seen early seventies, now I seen a lot of filled Ds on 60s LMCs. Would love to see what you have.
     
  7. Clutchy

    Clutchy Well-Known Member

    If this is any help....
    I've been searching and saving memorial S mints for two years. In my 73-S tube, I have 16 coins.

    2 are normal, with your typical bump inside the lower section, within the serif.
    12 have a die chip in the lower section
    2 are completely filled in the lower section.

    In 1979, they had a lot of dies punched with a broken Denver punch, creating the illusion of a RPM on the bottom serif. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case here also.
     
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  8. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    This problem is within the lower section, so I could be looking at die chips and thanks for looking for these. Got the scope today but might be a couple more days as I have a lot of cleaning and update, defrag, etc. to do in addition to the house cleaning but I will be back with photos for sure. It's the only B.U. roll I have of these so I set them aside temporarily before I 2X2'd them.
     
  9. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    I will grade them eventually and thanks for the tip on these.
     
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