According to Dave’s Collectible Coins blog, this rare 1970-S small-date penny is characterized by “a more delicate date of a finer punch as compared to the large date variety.” The large ...

The Philadelphia, Denver (“D”), and San Francisco (“S ... 2) 1970-S Penny With Doubled Die (Obverse) The 1970 S penny has an extremely rare mistake variant. The date and the design ...

According to the Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC), the world’s largest rare coin authentication and grading service, a coin-making die is classified as “a cylindrical shaft of steel that ...

For example, this 1974-S penny features the standard printed Lincoln portrait on the front and the backward 1973 Lincoln design on the reverse. A brockage is a rare deformity that happens when the ...