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Message:: [QUOTE="desertgem, post: 3012823, member: 15199"]If it helps, remember the die acting on the coin, has a surface opposite in depth to what will be the coin itself, so where the tail of the "S" comes close to the body, separated by a small space  IS on the die a tiny projection of die steel like the tip of a miniature screw driver, and it is apt to be damaged after many strikes and produces a "bridge of metal" on the coin where there should be none. When you see such, imagine an entire imprint of a complete "S" that size, and if there is no other corresponding areas that could be part of an "S", then it is a damaged, worn, deteriorated , die ( several descriptions) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> , The mintmark was applied with a single letter punch, so there could be Repunched mintmarks, but it would be the same size and font, as the other(s). I recall reading about some produced for profit by mint worker with 2 different size mm, but do not recall the year. Jim[/QUOTE]