This is a 1946-S Lincoln cent featuring a mint mark that was inadvertently punched in backwards, or inverted. It is presently the only known inverted mint mark in the Lincoln cent series. It is listed as WIMM-001 in the Wexler files and IMM-001 in the CONECA files. This coin grades in Fine condition and was […]

This is a 1954-S Jefferson nickel that features the S mintmark punched over a D mintmark. It is one of the key varieties in the Jefferson nickel series and is listed in the Cherrypicker’s Guide as FS 5c-033. This coin is in Fine condition is a Stage B coin and was found in a solid […]

To show how localized strike doubling can be and to show how it is different from a doubled-die, take a look at this 1944-S Lincoln cent. As can be seen on the 9 and first 4 of the date there is a significant shift on the numbers. This might be mistaken for a doubled-die but […]

This is a 1955 Lincoln cent from the Philadelphia mint featuring a fairly strong doubled-die obverse. It is listed as 2-O-II+V in the CONECA files, WDDO-002 in Wexler’s files and is listed as FS#1c-021.9 in the Cherrypicker’s Guide. This coin is actually much harder to find than its more famous brother but as it is […]

This 1945-D Jefferson nickel features a fairly strong repunched mintmark listed as RPM-33 in the CONECA files and WRPM-31 in the Wexler files. This nickel is in the wartime composition of 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese and has the large mintmark above the dome of Monticello. It grades About Uncirculated AU-50 and was […]