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Message:: [QUOTE="dak, post: 220248, member: 8504"]If I'm not mistaken the mintmarks were punched by hand through 1989 and 1990 is when they switched to having the mintmarks on the master die. As to the roughness of the coin. They appear to be small micro bubbles  or seperation of the plating... very common for cents from 1982 - 1990+ as they were still trying to perfect the bonding to the zinc core after they switched from copper. It does not  appear to be any sort of "strike through" Now the "mintmark S" you are refering to I do see it but I'm just not convinced its a OMM ... I see a small die crack or cud south and to the east on the outside rim of the D mintmark. On the inside of the D I so see the slight resemblence of an "S" but it is smaller than what "S" mintmark would be . Frankly I think your coin is interesting, but I think its still worth just 1 cent... I hope I'm wrong and someone comes along with more insight than I, and can shed further light on your coin!! Thanks for posting!! DAK[/QUOTE]