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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AgCollector, post: 284405, member: 5928&quot;]If I recall correctly, they stopped punching them by hand in 1985 for proofs and 1990 for business (normal) strikes.&nbsp; Yes, there are some interesting mis-punches or &quot;re-punched mintmarks&quot; (RPMs) as they are known.&nbsp; There&#039;s an illustrated list of the top 100 for Lincoln cents here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://conecaonline.org/content/Top1001cRPMs.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://conecaonline.org/content/Top1001cRPMs.htm" rel="nofollow">http://conecaonline.org/content/Top1001cRPMs.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the cents both are large date; Bruce posted a nice link to help find the difference between small and large dates for 1970.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For 1960, one thing to look for is where the curl of the 6 points- on the small date it points about half way up the 6, on the large date it&#039;s more like the lower third.&nbsp; Also, it&#039;s extremely rare to find a 1960(P) cent with a small date so any 1960 cent you see will be large date, and you can use that to compare to the 1960-D&#039;s you might be wondering about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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