I purschased some s mint pennies about a year ago. Last night I finally started to go through them and noticed something. I found a 1954 s mint penny in at least ms-60 condition with some toning. Under a small hand held magnifying glass it seemed that the s was doubled. This morning I put it under my microscope to get a better look and to me it looks like it is really a double s. I am very amateur to coin collecting and by no means am I very good at this, but I do enjoy it. The top tip of the s cleary has two tips to it, and when the s curves to the front while moving down you can see a second part to it that appears to be some what of a black shadow. It does not appear to be caused by a worn die but an acutal double strike. I do not have pics at the moment but I will have some up tonight. If this is authentic does any one know what the value of this would be.
well, there is an RPM 1 triple punched MM from Denver for that year, but I can't seem to find anything from San Fransisco
here is the pic Well here is the pic. This is the best I can do for now, but you can get a general idea of what I am talking about. I will mess with the camera some more and see if I can get a better pic later. Let me know what you thingk
Hmmm, there seems to be something possible resembling the lower tip of an S protruding from the top of the bottom of the existing S. And considering that the "thing" resembling the upper tip of another S is protruding from the bottom of the top of the existing S; this would mean that the "extra S" would be smaller than the existing S. But that's just me rambling on with my "error imagination".
