1972 D Jefferson nickel low 'D'

I was just wondering if somebody could look at this and tell me if this is what is considered the low D on the 1972 nickel? As far as I have researched it looks like the low D but you're the professionals.

 

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It is low. But you need to know that the mint marks during that time were hand punched into each individual die at the Denver Mint. They weren't always exactly in the same position. I don't think there is anything really special about it.

 

Looks within tolerance or is it deliverance?
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Is there such a thing as a documented "low D variety"? Link? I see quite a few on ebay advertising low or misplaced mint mark, and it's all a bunch of ebay hogwash.

Almost 352 million were minted. One source for April 1974 says the average nickel die life was 215,545, so if that applied roughly to 1972, there were over 1700 obverse dies used, and they all got hand punched. Looking at the PCGS gallery they're all in roughly that position. I don't know what would qualify one as "low", but I have trouble seeing any extra value to it. There would be a couple hundred thousand just like it.

 

A little low but within acceptable limits.

 

No expert, but I would think for Jeffersons to have extra value the mintmark would have to be low enough to touch or overlap the design. Again, I'm no expert, but I'm not aware of any that low.