1948-S Mint Marks

I recently purchased a roll of 48-S Jeffersons and found three different S mint marks. One is relatively featureless like the blob S on the 1979 type I Proof set. The other is thin and uniform in thickness from tip to tip with wide fields at the curves. The last has a trumpet serif at the top and a round knob at the bottom and several of these look like they are doubled.
Would anyone care to shed some light on these because I can,t find anything on them anywhere.

 

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There are verities to the mint mark on the 48-S Jefferson Nickle. That's all I know.

Lou

 

Thanks Lou

 

Could you post some pics? I tried finding some for example in google images, and got some rather dorty pics, far from coin collecting, lol.

Phoenix

 

Hi.

The only pictures I have are in the reference books I own.
Sorry, I don't have the equipment to reproduce them, and post them here.

For reference, I would suggest "Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of US and Colonial Coins", "The Cherrypickers" Guide To Rare Die Varieties, 4th Edition", and "The Jefferson Nickel RPM Book".

A couple of related websites are...

http://overdate1.tripod.com/coinvarieties/id13.html

and...

http://conecaonline.org/content/jeffersonrpms19461984.html#_1948-S

 

I took a few pics and I,ll try to send them. BOO! My Picture files are too big and I am not allowed to send them!

 

Hey Daniel5747 ,

I had this very issue a while back. Here is the thread. Do your mint marks look like these?

Michael

 

Very interesting! Thanks for the good info!!