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Wow. You were certainly right when you said mint mark oddity. I'm no expert so don't take my word for it. It looks like a S mint mark maybe? Maybe the lower left curl of one? Or the corner of a D mint mark? Possibly even an oddly shaped Die gouge?  Man! This one stumps me. Sorry but I think we should wait and see what others say. I am leaning toward RPM though. Good luck with this!  Happy Hunting. -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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12/10/2018 11:50 pm
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Wow, a roll of them... Looks like a possible RPM... I have no idea... very interesting!  |
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Not sure what that is, but it's very odd.
Errers and Varietys.
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Does not look like a RPM to me so I will go with doofything John1  |
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Doesn't look like an RPM to me either--my vote is for it being a die gouge.
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If it weren't oval shaped I would think die gouge. I would send it to John Wexler and have him take a look. It may very well be a die gouge but most pics of die gouges as well as in hand are more erratic in shape.
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It looks like it could match the shape of the bottom right curve of the mintmark , an overlay would be nice to see. I might be able to make one later today.Overlay seems to line up to the highest points of the mintmark.   Edited by Tanman2001
12/11/2018 08:27 am
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Hmm , food for thought though a serif would be a nice confirmation.  |
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D/S is a stretch. Especially considering how rotated the S would have to be. The are no D/S coins that I know of that have the first mintmark severely rotated. The Mint wouldn't fixed a misplaced or misorientated mintmark with a completely different mintmark.
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I feel it is more of a die crack issue. But you might send images th John Wexler and see what he thinks?
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Starting to think this might be a good one to send in. As Coop notes it just looks too much like a D to easily say that it isn't. Not saying it is, because die gouges and the like can be pretty misleading, but... I'm getting a set ready to send to Mr. Wexler and will probably include this one just to get a final word on it. If it's a D/D then it's a good one, and if not, then I'm out a couple bucks and a bit more knowledgeable.
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The only reason I suggested it was there known severely rotated mintmark dies for 1948 . This is 1948 S-ddo-002 .  |
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