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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1047161, member: 15309&quot;]To my knowledge, the large &quot;S&quot; Mintmark replaced the smaller mintmark late in 1941 which explains why the 1941-S Large S is so rare.&nbsp; After that year, all Jefferson Nickels were struck using the large &quot;S&quot; mintmark.&nbsp; According to Nagengast speaking about the 1941-S nickels in &quot;THE JEFFERSON NICKEL ANALYST&quot; (page 47):&nbsp; <i>A new, large S mintmark punch was used for later production, and on all San Francisco copper-nickel coins after 1942.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are photos of the same size so we can compare the size of the mintmarks prior to the change and after the change.&nbsp; Shown below are a closeup of the mintmarks of a 1940-S NGC MS67, 1941-S Large S NGC MS65, and 1952-S NGC MS67.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: blue"><font size="4">1940-S NGC MS67</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Misc/JeffersonNickel1940-SNGCMS675FSMintmark.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: blue"><font size="4">1941-S Large S NGC MS65</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Misc/JN1941-SLargeSNGCMS65Mintmark.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: blue"><font size="4">1952-S NGC MS67</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Misc/JeffersonNickel1952-SNGCMS67Mintmark.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you can post a photo of the coin you believe has a small mintmark, that would be helpful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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