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Pillar of the Community
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Could be a broken MM punch. This was prevalent on the 1979-D cents.
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Bedrock of the Community
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This is a not the damaged punch issue which did appear on the tail of the SW serif. Think about how mintmarks are added to the die:  The punch is hammered into the tempered die. So this is not done just once. But several times. (I seen many punch marks on some die that are RPMs:  (Probably a Monday morning punch? LOL) But if the punch is close and slightly off, the shape of the mintmark can be distorted, but still not show a spread. That is the case with your coin. The punch process moved the mintmark a little out of normal, but not enough to show a spread to be a RPM. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I see, thank you Coop, that makes sense now!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Always great to help out. New questions always makes me come up with more answers. (All these were images that are already on my image host)
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks again! And just as a quick extra question, I presume the same thing happened to this?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Note the upper serif? That is spread. So It appears to be a north. I didn't see a match on coppercoins though.
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Pillar of the Community
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Ah...I see, that does make sense when I compare the OP coin with this one.
So unlisted RPM then?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Well there might be a listing on the other sites? Wexler might have a listing there?
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Pillar of the Community
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Well...I just checked and for some reason there are no RPM listings for any Wheat cent above the date of 1950. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Check again. Note the a couple lines down where it says Quote:
RPM 1¢ 1950 to 1958 Check there. Edited by coop
06/03/2020 4:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you, was looking in the wrong place.
There is only one RPM for 1952 D listed there, and it isn't a match.
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Bedrock of the Community
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John has a very large set of files that he doesn't add to the internet yet. If the year is complete, it will say final on that year/mint.
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Pillar of the Community
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Oh ok. What do you mean it'll say final? This is what I'm seeing:   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like its not there. (He probably has it in his files that are not on the internet yet)
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Pillar of the Community
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I see, thanks, I'll hold onto this one for the time being.
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