small date or large

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by davemac, Nov 16, 2009.

  1. davemac

    davemac dave

    i bought a bag of cents for 5 euro just for fun with over 3 hundred cents in it i thought
    You never know
    There are some wheats in here as well but at the moment this 1970s has me beat
    Large or small
    There were two so it might make it easy
    Some nice coins here some cuds but i am injoying myself
    Dave
     

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  3. Grbose

    Grbose CoinSpace.com CEO

    I have a hard time with these too but I wanna say the BN on the left looks small date to me.
     
  4. rlm's cents

    rlm's cents Numismatist

  5. matchmaker

    matchmaker Senior Member

    I think the one on the left may be a small date. If your pic showed LIBERTY to the left of Lincoln, I could say for sure.
     
  6. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    Now to go check my 70 S coins. :)
     
  7. Phil Ham

    Phil Ham Hamster

  8. davemac

    davemac dave

    i have been to that site and that is why
    that why i posted both coins
    but you have to see the distance the s is from the date
    allso you have used that site only last month
    and i have to agree it is a great link but is that the case here
    dave
    there is a difference
     
  9. rlm's cents

    rlm's cents Numismatist

    "you have to see the distance the s is from the date"? Huh??

    The site references the letters in "LIBERTY". Your one picture does not even show that.

    The site references the loop of the 9. Your pictures are too blurry for me to make that out.

    The site references the top of the 7. Yours all appear to be lower than the tops of the rest of the date.

    Also, there is a crook on the bend of the 7 on the large date. Yours appear to have it.

    Again, the bottom of the 7 should be nearly level with the 1 and 0 for teh small date. Both yours appear to be lower.
     
  10. Louie_Two_Bits

    Louie_Two_Bits Chump for Change

    Wow, this one's tough. At first glance I thought both were large too. But after really looking at them, I think the one on the left is a small and the one on the right is a large.

    -LTB
     
  11. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    I agree.
     
  12. davemac

    davemac dave

    more pics hope this help to put this to bed
    Dave
     

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  13. rlm's cents

    rlm's cents Numismatist

    Both large dates. Now I can see all 5 indicators show a large date on both coins.
     
  14. davemac

    davemac dave

    ok take your word for that
    but why is s mint mark more away from the date in both coins
    in hand one s is large while the other is smaller
    dave
    ps thanks
     
  15. rlm's cents

    rlm's cents Numismatist

    The "S" was hand stamped back them. It can easily wind up nearly anywhere - literally. Sometimes they even wound up in the date or bust. Sometimes up-side-down, or even side ways. However, as I said before, the "S" position has absolutely nothing to do with it being a large/small date.
     
  16. davemac

    davemac dave

    lol sorry just thinking of that s on the bust hand stamped lol
    thanks
    dave
     
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