1968 Repunched Mint Mark / RPM ? - Coin Community Forum

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andrew22 Valued Member United States 274 Posts	Posted 02/03/2015 12:29 am Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/03/2015 02:22 am Looks like machine damage on the coin. Note how the tops of the date have the same markings going on. The dies moved during the strike. The 1968-1972 cents suffered a lot of this those years. Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 02/03/2015 06:23 am I think that I see a split serif on the lower left of the MM. If it is - maybe I learned something here - that you have to look at other devices, too. If they show MD then that is what is most likely on the MM. It means that MD can produce a split serif too! Is this a correct way of interpreting what we are seeing? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/03/2015 10:10 am Usually if there is a split on the lower serif, then it is caused by either coin contact with a well placed hit, damaged punch or it is a RPM. On the example above I noticed the upper part that matched the tops of the devices. Because if you have a the same doubling direction on the date and mint mark, it is machine damaged. The split on the lower serif is so small that if it was a RPM, it would probably not be listed. But usually Machine Doubling does not create a split/notching in devices. I've only seen a very few times where that happened. Report this Post to the Staff
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