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Message:: [QUOTE="RonSanderson, post: 2587149, member: 77413"]And here are the reasons why.<a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1970Ssmalldate.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1970Ssmalldate.html" rel="nofollow">1970 S Small Date - The Lincoln Cent Resource</a> <img src="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/sitebuilder/images/1970s_small_date-327x249.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> and the OP's [ATTACH=full]562770[/ATTACH] From the Lincoln Cent Resource site.<blockquote>The easiest way to tell the difference is to look at the 9.  If the loop of the 9 bends sharply toward the 7, it is a small date.  If the loop of the 9 is angled toward the top of the mintmark, it is a large date.  The nine in the small date is also "wider" looking than the 9 in the large date. Another way to tell the difference is the height of the 7.  In the small date the top of the 7 is just about level with the 1,9 and 0.  In the large date the top of the 7 is lower than the 1,9 and 0.  Beware, this way can be very deceiving. A third way to tell the difference is by looking at the word LIBERTY.  In the small date the word LIBERTY is weak, especially the top of the E and Y.  In the large date the word LIBERTY is struck well with no letters blending into the field. </blockquote>[/QUOTE]