1972 D Jefferson nickel low 'D'

I was just wondering if somebody could look at this and tell me if this is what is considered the low D on the 1972 nickel? As far as I have researched it looks like the low D but you're the professionals.

 

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It is low. But you need to know that the mint marks during that time were hand punched into each individual die at the Denver Mint. They weren't always exactly in the same position. I don't think there is anything really special about it.

 

Looks within tolerance or is it deliverance?
Here's Dad. Hard at work...(only thing missing is a cigarette)

 

Is there such a thing as a documented "low D variety"? Link? I see quite a few on ebay advertising low or misplaced mint mark, and it's all a bunch of ebay hogwash.

Almost 352 million were minted. One source for April 1974 says the average nickel die life was 215,545, so if that applied roughly to 1972, there were over 1700 obverse dies used, and they all got hand punched. Looking at the PCGS gallery they're all in roughly that position. I don't know what would qualify one as "low", but I have trouble seeing any extra value to it. There would be a couple hundred thousand just like it.

 

A little low but within acceptable limits.

 

No expert, but I would think for Jeffersons to have extra value the mintmark would have to be low enough to touch or overlap the design. Again, I'm no expert, but I'm not aware of any that low.

 

There's quite a few for sale on Ebay, and Etsy. How are all the newbies (myself included) not get very discouraged, when there is more misinformation on error coins, then coin error facts?
Not look at Ebay at all I guess. I really enjoy error coins, but it's just not worth asking questions anymore.

Thanks for the help

 

"Error" coins is probably the worst way to start out collecting. It takes a lot of knowledge and experience to know what's possible for the mint to have produced. It's not even an error, it's a variety. If your motivation is to "get rich from pocket change", then yes, you are going to be disappointed. There is no quick way to riches and coins are probably the worst area for this, because if that's the motivation, then people are immediately gullible. YouTube, ebay, etsy, etc are all filled with this nonsense, not to mention the counterfeits. AI is only making it much worse, because it trolls the internet, finds all this garbage, then packages it into authoritative sounding responses.

But why is it not worth asking questions anymore? If you don't ask, you're going to get scammed.

 

That is correct. Those pictures from eBay mean absolutely nothing.
The information we give you is better than what you find there.

Anyone can take any coin, stick it in a 2x2 and write anything they want on it. That does not mean its legit information.. think about it