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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BeeDoc, post: 1403883, member: 24684&quot;]The San Francisco Mint used two different mint marks on cents in 1947: the Sans Serif S and the Serif S.&nbsp; There are better photos on thelincolncentresource.com, but the ones I am attaching are the best I can do with what I have at hand.&nbsp; The first is a coin with normal Sans Serif and the second is a coin with normal Serif.</p><p>[ATTACH]169329.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]169330.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But sometimes one comes across a coin with a mint mark that does not seem to fit the mold.&nbsp; The next photo is of a coin with what looks like it could have an inverted Sans Serif or perhaps a Serif that has been altered by die or circulation wear.</p><p>[ATTACH]169331.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the last coin has a convenient die marker, a dot just southwest of the 1.&nbsp; The story got more interesting when I found an earlier die state example with a sharper dot and mint mark.</p><p>[ATTACH]169332.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look closely at the mint mark, you should be able to see what looks like a Serif S on top of a Sans Serif S.</p><p>[ATTACH]169334.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>Could the double punching account for the unusual appearance of the mint mark?&nbsp; Is it possible that an inverted Sans Serif was punched first and then a mint worker tried to correct the mistake by overpunching with a Serif?&nbsp; The Serif on top on the coin would mean that it had to be on the bottom (deepest) on the die.&nbsp; Perhaps an MS, EDS example would reveal more of the story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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