1979 the year of broken punch mint mark. This will confuse many new collector. I post her to keep a example to help them. I might be wrong LOL
My question is...is it a triple D with the top punch being almost 180 o's off center? Not being a Lincoln collector is there a repunch for this date and mm?
Paddy54 that was mint mark broken punch for that year. Too many of them like that..i think mine is one of them. Thanks Sir
Looks like PSD. The Punch is a raised letter like the letter on the coin, If you break the punch then part of the letter would be missing not looking like this coin.
Thanks for chime in Sir. You are right, The Date is Damaged but the "D" mint is broken Punch mint ERROR-REF.COM Broken Punch PART II. Die Varieties: Broken Punch Definition: A broken punch that is used on a master or working die to create a design element or mintmark. The mint mark punch used to make the D mint mark on all the working dies of 1979 Lincoln cent had a split on the lower serif. This is broken punch when transferred onto the working die is commonly mistaken for a Repunched Mintmark, which it is not.
It might have started out as a broken punch MM, but it's now damaged from a 'hit' over the D and the date.
Sorry, but a filled mm like this isn't rare. It's only worth face value Helpful hint, it's better to start your own post. You will get more people looking at it
