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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;joyzmax33, post: 2900090, member: 90632&quot;]What does everyone think? Found it in circulation. Comparison photos come directly from the Lincoln Cent Resource.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]698388[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]698388[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]698392[/ATTACH] </p><p>1946 there were three different </p><p>mintmark styles used by the San </p><p>Francisco mint.&nbsp; These styles are the </p><p>Sans Serif, Serif, and Ball Serif.&nbsp; The </p><p>Ball Serif is scarcer than the other two </p><p>styles.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This die variety is a 1946 S Lincoln </p><p>Cent with an inverted mintmark.&nbsp; The </p><p>mintmark was actually struck upside </p><p>down.&nbsp; This is the only known inverted </p><p>mintmark in the Lincoln series, and it </p><p>can only be seen on the Ball Serif style </p><p>1946 S cents.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This variety is extremely rare.&nbsp; It is </p><p>recognized by Coneca and Wexler.&nbsp; </p><p>ANACS will certify this variety.&nbsp; <i>Images courtesy of BJ Neff</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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