1970 S small date Lincoln - doubled S?

Hi. I'm trying to catch up on this hobby after about 50 years away from it, and learning a lot about errors & varieties. I recently purchased a nice 1970 S small date cent, and think it may be a doubled S mint mark? If so, maybe this is pretty common with the small date 1970 cents?

I don't see this with my large date S mint cent.

 

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Nice small date. Welcome to the forum. Not an RPM or MD. The mint mark looks like die deterioration doubling to me. Maybe different shots with your camera might shed a different light on it.

 

Thanks for the welcome and information!

 

Welcome Mackwork!

I will have to agree with rockdude. The die flow lines I see in your picture are very indicative of die deterioration. however, better pictures could prove us wrong.

 

nice buy its a dmm

 

Thanks all!

 

What is dmm. Double mint mark? Dual mint mark?
Here's a great read for RPM's and OMM's.

http://doubleddie.com/58243.html

 

I like these listings too:

http://www.lincolncentresource.com/doubledies/doubledies.html

http://www.lincolncentresource.com/RPMS/1970Srpm1.html