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greott71 Valued Member United States 191 Posts	Posted 10/01/2015 8:13 pm Is this a double or rpm mint mark? Report this Post to the Staff

OcalaFlorida Pillar of the Community United States 2824 Posts	Posted 10/01/2015 9:25 pm It does look interesting... If I am not mistaken the placement of mint marks before to the 1990s could vary widely though there was a general target area. re-punching of the hand struck date creates the rpm. I am not sure you can have a rpm past 1990 and your coin is a 1997-D? That being said double die could happen and does happen even on current year coins? Report this Post to the Staff
mcanniz Valued Member United States 486 Posts	Posted 10/01/2015 9:33 pm yes they stopped hand punching mint marks in 1990 I believe. if this was from before then, id think it was an rpm, but it can't be because it is a 97... lets wait for the experts Report this Post to the Staff
tweak800 Pillar of the Community United States 1249 Posts	Posted 10/01/2015 10:28 pm well you got me there. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinMasters Pillar of the Community United States 5964 Posts	Posted 10/01/2015 10:36 pm It is strike damage, created at the time of the strike, not from a doubled die. Also there are no RPM's after 1989. Edited by CoinMasters 10/01/2015 10:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 10/01/2015 10:59 pm It is Die Deterioration. The die is in the VLDS when your coin was struck. Not a RPM. Report this Post to the Staff
tweak800 Pillar of the Community United States 1249 Posts	Posted 10/02/2015 10:44 am I was thinking Die Deterioration as well due to the really heavy flow lines I just could get my brain past the fact that it looked rotated. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 10/02/2015 11:01 am If it were hub doubling (which coins after 1990 doubing on the mint mark would be as it is part of the design) they other devices on the coin would need to be hub doubled in the same direction. That is not seen on this coin. So it is part of the break down of the die. Edited by coop 10/02/2015 11:11 am Report this Post to the Staff
greott71 Valued Member United States 191 Posts	Posted 10/02/2015 7:41 pm Thanks guys for the info. Report this Post to the Staff
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