how to tell a 1990 s penny with no s ?

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Thank you. I definitely appreciate the quick answer and that you were nice about it. I wasn't sure if it was just something my dad had for my birth year, his lucky lottery penny, or for a reason of value, but had it been a proof I don't believe I'd have sold or cared the value anyway, sentimental and all. But I appreciate it so much! Y'all have a great day.

 

Exactly you are knew just like me we are not professionals like these people that have been doing coin collecting for years.I am sure they didnt get it right on the first try neither.This is suppose to be a community forum for help not for negative comments.It ruins your joy for coun collecting.There is no dumb quesgtion if u dont know the answer and I dont want to be apart of unfriendly people that are suppose to help instead critize.

 

Leave then. You will not be missed.

Truly sick of you snowflake newbies that INSIST you have some magic jackpot coin, and then get offended when told you don't. There are like 3 of these threads going on right now and personally I blame the moderation on this board.
How many more plated penny threads will you allow? Close these threads or delete them.

 

That's quite a first post. I hope you hang out here a while before you form an opinion of the site. You picked a thread that's 8 years old to reply to. That makes it really tough to understand everything that's going on. There are a lot of good folks here that will help. Don't let an argument between others mess with your fun.
Welcome to CT.

 

There were a number of proof sets that were released that had no "S."

It's an error.

So stop telling this guy they don't exist and help him understand how to spot one of these rare coins. (Or shut up, you don't know what you are talking about).|

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-09-23-9003190625-story.html

 

You got that part right. Who said they didn't?

 

No one has said in this thread that they do not exist. The closest was back on the first page, on Jan 18 of 2010

"It, they could not and will not be "no "S" proof cents from 1990."

and that quote was in reference to someone who had 20 1990 cents with no mintmark that he had gotten in pocket change.

 

Here are just a sample of the posts that say (or imply) that a proof always has an "s" on them:

First Reply:
The 1990 S penny is a Proof. Normally not in circulation except for the ones from a robbery or a someone in a family spending what they shouldn't. A proof coin appears to be like a Mirror. Really, really shinny. There is no S or D or anything on a Phily Minted Penny. The others have a D for Denver and if there was an S, it would look extensively more shinning than others.


SEVERAL POSTS DOWN:
It, they could not and will not be "no "S" proof cents from 1990.

THE VERY NEXT POST:
(Implies they must be Philadelphia if they have no mint mark)
Philadelphia made 6,851,765,000 of them that year and none of them had a mint mark. In fact, no cent from Philadelphia has or had a mint mark.

On page 2 someone asked what the value of a proof coin with no s is and the very next reply said it was "just a normal coin." (Because it didn't have an s)

"Question:
Hello everyone, I'm new here, I want to know if you have any value a coin "1990 no s" because I have 2 in good condition, can someone please explain.

Reply:
"Just a normal cent, read the old posts in this thread they explain the difference."

On the same page someone told the person to "stop searching" for proof coins with "no s." (Implying they don't exist).

I didn't read the entire thread but there were people insulting the original poster for even asking how to determine a proof that has no "s."

It was obvious to me there are a lot of so called "experts" here who don't seem to know what they are talking about.

 

So at this point you have told the folks here to shut up and that they don't know what they are talking about. Great way for a new member to start.
You might want to hang out here for a while before trying to police the site.

 

Kripes! Is this thing still on? If it don't have an 's' it don't have a bloody 's'.........

 

It's still going on because if you read back through the thread you will find that a half dozen or so different people have come into the thread at various time asking the same question all over again rather than reading the earlier posts in the thread. And so the explanations, and arguments, start all over again.

 

As I said that was in response to the OP's original posters comment that he had 20 uncirculated pieces. If they are uncirculated then they "could not and will not be no "S" proof cents from 1990" so the post was correct.

This was NOT the very next post, it was in reply to the "very next post" which was by someone else asking about a 1990 cent with no mintmark, and that post was made 10 DAYS after the "It, they could not and will not be "no "S" proof cents from 1990." post

At this point NONE of the posts were really responding to the OP, in fact the post after the "Philadelphia made 6,851,765,000" post was made 5 YEARS later.

If you had read the whole thread you would have found that it encompasses something like six different people coming into the thread and asking the same questions. And frankly I don't see much if any incorrect information being presented in the thread. "experts" or not.

 

Edited

Brilliant case, Ms. Einstein! Now take a nice long look in the mirror as everything you spewed also applies perfectly to you, especially considering this pile-o-dung was your first post.

Adios.

 

hi guys this is not a proof yes?

 

Definitely not a proof.

 

Ok, are we on a "here we go again" trip down memory lane?

 

is this the no s coin

 

This is not your thread, make your own