Error Plating | is this an unplated cent and 1946 inverted s

[ferg11]

I'm fairly new to coin collecting, at least at this level, and have recently inherited my grandmothers coin collection. I am going through her coins, and have found what look to my untrained eye as double dies, or over mintmarks. Can someone help educate me on this topic. I am attaching several pics.

The first looks like a 1959D unplated cent, but it makes no sense to me that it would look like a zinc planchet on that date.

I also have found what appear to 3 1946 inverted S mintmarks.

I am including pictures of these,. If anyone can give me pointers I'd appreciate it.

[jcuve]

The '59 was probably altered in some way, maybe it was plated with another metal later? Can you weigh it?

The pics of the '46 are just a little too small to tell...

[hasfam]

If I missed greeting you in the introduction area then let me Welcome you to the forum now. Glad to have you.

The 1st pic of the 1959 looks like it went thru an acid bath. Pretty much ruined.
The other 3 pics are a little too small and blurry for me ( my eyes aren't what they used to be) but the 1st 2 MM's look like they might be inverted while trhe 3rd looks normal to me. Let's see what the experts say.
Thanks and welcome again,
Rock

[jcuve]

Okay I found the picture of mine and based on mintmark placement (yours is too high), it is not an inverted S - sorry.

...And a big welcome to the LCR forums!

[ferg11]

thanks

I figured something strange had happened to the 59, but the 46 s' are hard to read. The image file sizes I have are larger, but the post jpg size said not larger than 87 kb, so I downsized them.

ferg11

[ferg11]

quick response

Thanks for the quick response , even if I did get shot down. The first 46 is a lower mint mark than the other two. But I guess what you're saying is that all the mint marks that were upside down will be found in the same location on the coin.

[jcuve]

Thanks for the quick response , even if I did get shot down. The first 46 is a lower mint mark than the other two. But I guess what you're saying is that all the mint marks that were upside down will be found in the same location on the coin.

Precisely.

All varieties (RPMs, OMMs, DDOs etc.) look exactly the same as they came from the same die. The '46 inverted S is a inverted Ball Serif - if you look, the S wasn't punched evenly.

If you want larger pics, I would suggest using a Photobucket account and linking the pictures like I did above.

Again welcome to the forum!

[mustbebob]

One thing to remember about the 1959 coin was that they were not copper plated, but pretty much solid copper. The silver color was probably a plating of mercury which was commonly done those days. As far as the inverted mintmarks, none of them look like it to me, but better close-up pics would help a lot.

[JeanK]

Wow, that was fast! I hint at pictures and you already had them up.
The 59 is someone's idea of what to do when there isn't anything better to do.
I have also found some very 'messed with' pennies in my searches.
Jean