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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SorenCoins, post: 4754374, member: 73708&quot;]I recently found a 1974-S business strike Lincoln cent in a roll. I believe it was the small date variety, with the MMS-009 &quot;blob&quot; mintmark. I noticed that it had what appeared to be a split serif on the top left of the mintmark. Now, I found an interesting article on VarietyVista: &quot;<a href="http://varietyvista.com/Mystery%20of%20the%201974-S%20Mintmark%20Punch.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietyvista.com/Mystery%20of%20the%201974-S%20Mintmark%20Punch.htm" rel="nofollow">The Mystery of the 1974-S Mintmark Punch</a>&quot; where it seems to be found that this was damage from using the old mintmark punch. Is this the general consensus? I would assume that it would be difficult to differentiate this damage from the <a href="http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1974&amp;die_id=1974s1mm001&amp;die_state=mds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1974&amp;die_id=1974s1mm001&amp;die_state=mds" rel="nofollow">1974S-1MM-001 Coppercoins listing</a>, or might these be the same? Are any S mintmarks on the 1974-S Lincoln cent with a split serif the result of a damaged mintmark punch or can there truly be an RPM for this date?</p><p><br /></p><p>Curious to see all of your thoughts on this. I will try to get a picture of the MM on my 1974-S cent that sparked all of this.</p><p><br /></p><p>SorenCoins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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