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1968 S Proof Quarter RDV-005?

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 Posted 01/03/2022  4:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Yorkish to your friends list
I used some other techniques to get some shots, they look better to me but let me know what you all think, I will take pictures with the natural daylight tomorrow if I can bring myself to brave the 18 degree weather.

The picture of the leaf and the arrow tips I think really displays the point of the leaf and the fact that it ends below the tip of the top arrow rather than above. The picture of the Q in QUARTER I think also shows pretty clearly the lack of doubling, and the 2 pictures for comparison of the N in UNUM I think pretty clearly show a lack of a serif, as well as the almost complete lack of a head feather on the eagle, but as always I don't think I have the experience to have any real confidence in that assessment yet.

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01/03/2022 5:11 pm
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 Posted 01/04/2022  09:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Yorkish to your friends list
And here are some photos taken with daylight, as requested!


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 Posted 01/04/2022  10:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
Well the 4 different reverses were shot down to really two. Two are Master hub issues. These are year varieties, so it is probably the last one mentioned on the 75% examples. I see no evidence of hub doubling. RDV-008.
http://varietyvista.com/09b%20WQ%20...arieties.htm
Compare the images to make sure though. The shadow look is an issue of flat field lines on the V.V example. Flat field doubling is the first strikes Machine Doubling. When the second strike happens, it flattens the first Machine Doubling and either adds a second one, or the machine acts normal and no MD on the second strike. Nether has a premium for this one. It would just be an ID of what master hub design the reverse had.
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01/04/2022 10:24 am
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 Posted 01/04/2022  10:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Yorkish to your friends list
@coop according to varietyvista, in order for it to be a RDV008, the tips of the leaves would have to rise above the tip of the last arrow. The leaves on this coin do not. VarietyVista states that the only real difference between the RDV008 and RDV005 is this simple point, but according to Heartland Coin Club ( http://www.heartlandcoinclub.com/Do...20Beyond.pdf ) there are several other differences, all boxes that this coin ticks (including the almost complete lack of the eagles head feather mentioned in that PDF's breakdown of the characteristics of the different RDV's.) The leg on the N in UNUM is the short leg (would be long on the RDV008), the M in UNUM does not bracket with the IB in PLURIBUS (as it would on the RDV008), the arrow tips are fairly rounded as they are on the RDV005, the first 2 leaves under the tail feathers touch, but the third one does not (it would in the RDV008), etc.

Not trying to argue with you, I just don't understand what you're seeing that makes this an RDV008. Do you have any specific points I can take note of?

edit: Changed my choice of words, didn't mean to come off like a turd.
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01/04/2022 10:33 am
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 Posted 01/04/2022  10:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
Without the coin in front of me, makes it harder to see what is going on for sure. But there is not premium for this, just an ID for a year variety. For the Type 'B' 1956-1964 cents there is a premium difference. When there is no premium, they are going no where with me. (But my basic interest is in Cent Varieties) So where there is not a premium for something, I loose interest.
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01/04/2022 10:34 am
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 Posted 01/04/2022  10:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Yorkish to your friends list
That's perfectly understandable, although I fail to understand how a rare coin doesn't have a premium? I appreciate your input coop, informative as always!
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 Posted 01/04/2022  10:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
I feel they are thinking of what Wexler mentioned as master hub doubling. Which rules out the reason for the small number. They probably did a test run, found the issue, but didn't remove the first strike pieces.
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Replaced with bad master hubs (and discarded all the other faulty and the Master die, Working Working hubs, and Working dies. Thus the smaller number. (This fault could have been on any link of the chain that created the two undesirable Working dies) What is the difference? If it is a messed up Master hub, All the dies Hubs and Dies below that link in the chain would be at fault. If it was a Doubled master die, then 50% of the Working hubs and working dies would be affected. If it was a Working hub issue less numbers of dies would be affected, just the ones in that chain.
I placed the image of the chain of command ahead of the issues so it would be easier to under stand.
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01/04/2022 10:55 am
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 Posted 01/04/2022  12:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Yorkish to your friends list
thanks for the illustration, that does a pretty good job of summing it up. That coupled with the information I got from past you http://goccf.com/t/334412) I'm pretty convinced this is the RDV-005. Regardless of value, I am going to put my suspicions on a slip of paper that will be kept with the coin in the collection.
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 Posted 01/04/2022  12:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dowhat to your friends list
I would assume some sort of premium similar to those of the LWC wide and Close AM's as the issues at hand is a transitional variety, not one concerning doubled dies. The intended dies for 1968 S were RDV-007 and RDV-008. For whatever reason or circumstance, a small percentage were struck with RDV-005 and RDV-006. The same situation as in wide and Close AM for LWC.
It is a reverse design variety (transional variety if you prefer) that was not intended for that coin therefore rare in the case of RDV-005 and scarce in the case of RDV-006.
Why would it not demand a premium? What is the difference. The premium for wide and Close AM LMC is not because the distance between the A and the M is different. It is because the wrong dies were used.
That is the way I understand it.
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 Posted 01/04/2022  2:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Yorkish to your friends list
@DoWhat I am also dumbstruck by this point. I fail to understand how a rare coin fails to carry a premium. Not that value is what I'm after, but it is always a factor.
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 Posted 01/04/2022  2:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dowhat to your friends list
Based on the information and images you provided, it does appear to be RDV-005. Clearer images would help. The PDF you provided is your best comparison to study. It looks good to me and since it comprises about only 1% of the known reverse varieties for your coin it would most definitely command a premium. The higher grades of this variety are well worth attribution fees. You can do a search for sold prices.
Present your coin to the grading forum here and get an idea from other members.
I say nice find and hope it goes well for you. Update with whatever you find out!
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 Posted 01/04/2022  2:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Yorkish to your friends list
@dowhat I have searched and searched and searched some more and found no information about the sale price of this coin, or sales of this coin in general. It's almost as it is has never been sold at all. Are there any places I should be looking that aren't in the normal repertoire? I have searched PCGS, Coneca, NGC, ANACS, and ebay.
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01/04/2022 2:46 pm
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 Posted 01/04/2022  4:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dowhat to your friends list
I did see one for sale on ebay graded by ANACS @ PR67 for $800. However, the ANACS slab did not include the variety.
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 Posted 01/04/2022  5:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Yorkish to your friends list
I saw that too but where it doesn't list it as RDV005 on the slab I am not sure I can count that. Trying ti find examples of RDV005 in rhe wild, sold/selling or otherwise has proven incredibly difficult.
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 Posted 06/10/2022  1:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Reese19516 to your friends list
@YORKISH - hope all is well with you . am wondering if you ever found sales of the 005 variety ?
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