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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 171631, member: 4350&quot;]Actually, No...there are master hubs that produce numerous master dies that then produce several working&nbsp; dies that are then used to strike coins.&nbsp; Dies would reach the branch mint and then have the mintmark punched into them.&nbsp; Dies from all three mints can have the same doubling that will end up on coins struck from those dies.&nbsp; 1972 Lincoln cents are an example of this as&nbsp; there are 1972, 1972 D and 1972 S cents all with the same doubling.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second point...Even with all the scrutiny of 1972 Lincoln cents,&nbsp; I found a new variety back in 1999 on a 1972 S Lincoln cent that is very evident but had never been found before.&nbsp; It&#039;s a nice DDO.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also found several new die varieties on 1983, 1986 and 1989 cents 15 years after they were issued.</p><p><br /></p><p>New varieties on &quot;old&quot; coins are turning up all the time <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>have Fun,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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