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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;expat, post: 17743143, member: 111067&quot;]There were two mintmark styles used for 1942. Trumpet tail (MMS 004) and straight serifs (MMS 005). Of the six known RPM&#039;s 5 are trumpet tail and 1 is straight serifs. Your coin has MMS 005 and does not match the known example and the MM is in a different position (not near enough to the leaf).</p><p>The way the devices have been narrowed and that the E has the same look suggests that machine doubling or die deterioration is the cause. Bear in mind that the MM was handpunched into the die after the hubbing of the die was completed, having the same characterisitics of other devices is also an indication that it is not a re-punched mintmark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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