San Fransisco Mintmark Styles
Mintmarks have changed design many times during the Lincoln Cent Series. The San Fransisco
Mintmark "S" has actually changed 15 times!
Here is a list of all the San Fransisco mintmark styles:
Mintmark Style-001 (Blocked Serifs) used from 1909-1916
Mintmark Style-002 (Small S) used from 1917-1941
Mintmark Style-003 (Large S) used only in 1928
Mintmark Style-004 (Trumpet Tail Serifs) used from 1941-1942 and again in 1945-1952
Mintmark Style-005 (Straight Serifs) used from 1943-1944
Mintmark Style-006 (Ball Serif) used from 1944-1946
Mintmark Style-007 (Sans Serif) used from 1946-1947
Mintmark Style-008 (Tall S) used from 1952-1974
Mintmark Style-009 (Blob S) used from 1974-1979 (74 proof & business strikes, proof only 75-79)
Mintmark Style-010 used from 1979-1981(proofs only)
Mintmark Style-011 used only in 1981(proofs only)
Mintmark Style-012 used from 1982-1984 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-013 used from 1985-1989 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-014 used from 1990-1999 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-015 used from 2000-2007 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-016 used from 2008- Pres (proofs only)
Below is a guide for collectors who are looking to collect mintmark varieties. The following years contained more
than one mintmark style: 1928, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1974, 1979, and 1981.
Mintmark "S" has actually changed 15 times!
Here is a list of all the San Fransisco mintmark styles:
Mintmark Style-001 (Blocked Serifs) used from 1909-1916
Mintmark Style-002 (Small S) used from 1917-1941
Mintmark Style-003 (Large S) used only in 1928
Mintmark Style-004 (Trumpet Tail Serifs) used from 1941-1942 and again in 1945-1952
Mintmark Style-005 (Straight Serifs) used from 1943-1944
Mintmark Style-006 (Ball Serif) used from 1944-1946
Mintmark Style-007 (Sans Serif) used from 1946-1947
Mintmark Style-008 (Tall S) used from 1952-1974
Mintmark Style-009 (Blob S) used from 1974-1979 (74 proof & business strikes, proof only 75-79)
Mintmark Style-010 used from 1979-1981(proofs only)
Mintmark Style-011 used only in 1981(proofs only)
Mintmark Style-012 used from 1982-1984 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-013 used from 1985-1989 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-014 used from 1990-1999 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-015 used from 2000-2007 (proofs only)
Mintmark Style-016 used from 2008- Pres (proofs only)
Below is a guide for collectors who are looking to collect mintmark varieties. The following years contained more
than one mintmark style: 1928, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1974, 1979, and 1981.
| 1928 S Mintmark Styles MMS-002 MMS-003 Small S Large S |
| 1941 S Mintmark Styles MMS-002 MMS-004 Small S Serif (Large) S |
| 1944 S Mintmark Styles MMS-005 MMS-006 Straight Serif S Ball Serif S |
| 1945 S Mintmark Styles MMS-004 MMS-006 Serif S Ball Serif S |
| 1946 S Mintmark Styles MMS-004 MMS-006 MMS-007 Serif S Ball Serif S Sans Serif S |
| 1947 S Mintmark Styles MMS-004 MMS-007 Serif S Sans Serif S |
| 1979 S Mintmark Styles MMS-009 MMS-010 Blob S (type I) Clear S (type II)* |
| 1981 S Mintmark Styles MMS-010 MMS-011 Clear S (type I)* Clear S (type II) |
*Note: The 1979 S Type 2 mintmark is
the same as the 1981 S Type 1 mintmark.
the same as the 1981 S Type 1 mintmark.
| 1952 S Mintmark Styles MMS-004 MMS-008 Serif S Tall S |
| 1974 S Mintmark Styles MMS-008 MMS-009 Tall S Blob S |
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