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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 1275577, member: 30400&quot;]I&#039;m sure you&#039;re joking about an S over S or D. But it&#039;s a cool coin. The cent dies used by the branch mints in the 1920&#039;s were a mess and produced some interesting results.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice the strong date impression, relative to the rest of the obverse. IN GOD is pretty strong too which makes sense, being opposite the date (in the same way a clipped coin is weak opposite the clip).</p><p><br /></p><p>TY in LIBERTY is strong and then detail diminishes toward the rim.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a cent from a worn obverse die, likely with metal flow issues due to irregular planchet thickness and, probably, due to dies with excessive spacing (as the branches did to extend die life). My guess is these factors contributed to the appearance of the hill that the S mintmark sits on. Lots of metal on that side of the planchet. Normally that would result in a nice crisp date and MM. But not if the die spacing was liberal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is nicely struck too, in the central portion. O in ONE, AM in AMERICA. Less so toward the rim, another indication of a die spacing issue and/or planchet thickness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a bunch of educated guesses, really. Someone may have better ones. But you can be sure Philadelphia didn&#039;t send SF a die with the mintmark repunched over a D or S or there&#039;d be a lot of similar pennies.</p><p>Lance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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