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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting though how much it resembles a 1990 + dated mintmark.
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Pillar of the Community
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You don't see many from back when that look like that MM...
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's a Roman 'D' with spurs and serifs.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm not sure what any of you are seeing. It's a completely normal coin.
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Valued Member
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I'm still getting my feet wet and have a lot to learn about the series... Here's a side by side. This is a normal tolerance then?  |
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I'm not sure what any of you are seeing. The op's coin the MM looks thinner then normal,that's what I am seeing anyways. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm with Indian1 on this, defintely looks like a MM from the 90's..might not be worth anything but it sure would catch my eye.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It can be caused by an overabraded die or a weak punch
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Bedrock of the Community
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The die puncher may have been lazy that day? LOL
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Pillar of the Community
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Coop- you left out about 19 different types of appearance of the MM punch used for the '64-D cent shown. Do you want me to image and send you the rest? I could then start on the ten thousand different placements of the 60-D mm. I know someone's gonna ask.....
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Bedrock of the Community
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Each mint mark was done by hand on the dies for the mint marked locations. How many times they stike the punch into the die can affect the size/width/height/location/rotation of the mint mark. They were eye determined if they were struck deep enough. We are looking at the end result by examining coins. The 1960-D RPMs I'm very familiar with. I've taken a very large number of them through the years. That year is my favorite one for die varieties.
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Pillar of the Community
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 That's awesome Coop! You really have an ability to articulate what you already know. You're a valuable member for sure. I'm not giving you a hard time now, not at all. Could you share your insight in text along with your images? The two will be a powerful combination. Perhaps my dry sense of humor has gotten the better of me. Everything above is genuine, I really mean it as a compliment coop. You are a wealth of images, if you share what knowledge you also embody, it will further enrich everyone who reads.Edited by liveandievarieties
04/15/2011 09:34 am
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All jokes aside.
No, there is usually no premium for a MM like that.
As coop put it, those hand-punched MM can vary a lot in location, strength, rotation, etc... But just because there is no premium attached, doesn't mean it is not a cool MM for that year.
*edited...phrased that wrong...came out badly
Edited by ebm
04/15/2011 10:08 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Okay, I have been through hundreds of rolls of 1964D cents, if not nearly a thousand. It is normal. This is a normal coin, and the mintmark is normal.
Is that better?
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