1955-S/S/S RPM Lincoln Cent (Fs 501), VEDS

Everything about this coin is great, even the pictures.

One of my favorites. I've searched hundreds and hundreds of BU and OBW rolls, and this is the target of my searches, though I of course look for the other RPMs, BIEs, Doubled Dies, etc. 55-S is a great year to cherrypick.

While RPM #1 might not be "rare" it is definitely less common than many other RPMs due to the very light punching of the secondary MMs.

I've often searched as well for an LDS example that does NOT show the RPM. So far have not found one, so it may be that the obverse die was retired early for some reason. No LDS examples that show the RPM have been found, so I'm hoping someday to find an example from same die without the RPM.

Not sure about VEDS - looks like some progressive indirect design transfer starting on the reverse, no? Still a great coin though!

@Silviosi I said "I'm not sure about VEDS" as in "I'm not sure Pete is correct about it being VEDS. You and I said the same thing, which is that it's not stage A.

I have found several Stage A but none of them are VEDS.

I usually shoot every VEDS LWC I find in high resolution to record the finds and as examples for folks to see what VEDS coins look like. Here are a few examples:

1955-S: https://easyzoom.com/image/295627/a...?mode=manage

1955-S showing hub scratches: https://easyzoom.com/image/294790/a...?mode=manage

1954-S RPM-015: https://easyzoom.com/image/343176/a...?mode=manage

1956-D: https://easyzoom.com/image/124030/a...?mode=manage

Silviosi; I respect everyone here, this is a great forum. and you have good knowledge on coin subjects. You sometimes throw jabs at people which makes you sound foolish and rude. SamCoin said nothing wrong and did not deserve the "you need glasses" statement. People listen to what you have to say and expect more from you than that, you have said rude things in the past and I wish it would stop so I can continue to respect you.

@ rmpsrpms:

I like this. Where you can have this app or soft? I love 'it.

Well, I've obviously been asleep for the last couple of days and missed the ongoing discussion.

Thanks for those links to great images Ray. (My goodness those are some nice images.)
I thank everyone for the comments and have some issues at times with the die stage but this was a stage A coin based on the missing die chip in the left wheat.
CC confirmed it for me with their EDS images.

The only reason I speculated It might be VEDS was because of the slight "curve" under the tail of the 9.
My reasoning was that a VEDS might not have been polished yet, so it was more visible. I shouldn't have speculated like that.

I should have looked at more areas before throwing that out there. Since Stage A indicates an EDS coin that is how I'll mark this one.

Bottom line, this RPM is fairly easy to see and a fun variety to come across. This was the second I've picked in about 4 years
Thanks again to everyone.