What's The Difference Between A Tilted Repunched Mint Mark / RPM And A Rotated Repunched Mint Mark / RPM ?

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uruman Pillar of the Community United States 5193 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 09:16 am sometimes I can't tell the difference looking in copercoins Report this Post to the Staff

cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 09:30 am A tilted RPM pivots on a point away from the center of the letter. http://www.lincolncentsonline.com/rpm.html A rotated RPM pivots in the center. Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 1:37 pm The Lincoln Cent forum say's their the same, I think cwb has it right. Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 2:20 pm Error-Ref.com explains it right. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 3:05 pm I identify them by the center of the mint mark on the upright: Report this Post to the Staff
uruman Pillar of the Community United States 5193 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 8:18 pm thank you guys for the help . Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCents Pillar of the Community United States 3656 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 9:00 pm This is good post - I haven't even really attempted RPM's so zero knowledge base for me to work from. What is the "upright" that is referred to here? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 10:26 pm The straight vertical on the left of the mint mark 'D'. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinMasters Pillar of the Community United States 5964 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 11:01 pm The black arrow is pointing to the curve on the upright. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCents Pillar of the Community United States 3656 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 11:18 pm Unfortunately, I am still lost. But that is Okay. I figured it is still going to be awhile before I attempt to find these RPM's. Thanks for trying to help. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinMasters Pillar of the Community United States 5964 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 11:51 pm The part of the D that goes straight up and down is called the upright. Look close and you'll see a curve on it (where Coop's black arrow is pointing). That curve tells us the mintmark is slightly rotated like the face of a clock. A tilted mintmark is tilted on the coin like a leaning post in the ground. Cwb gave the definitions, Coop gave the symptoms. Edited by CoinMasters 09/04/2016 11:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCents Pillar of the Community United States 3656 Posts	Posted 09/04/2016 11:56 pm So then is coops example going West? Report this Post to the Staff
CoinMasters Pillar of the Community United States 5964 Posts	Posted 09/05/2016 12:01 am I believe it's going counter clockwise. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCents Pillar of the Community United States 3656 Posts	Posted 09/05/2016 12:06 am Well that's kind of west. I will do some studying on them. I do see the curve now and understand what the upright is. Thanks CM Report this Post to the Staff
CoinMasters Pillar of the Community United States 5964 Posts	Posted 09/05/2016 12:28 am Yes, I knew what you meant, we were concentrating on the top left. It has to be be clockwise or counter clockwise because the bottom right would be going east. lol Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCents Pillar of the Community United States 3656 Posts	Posted 09/05/2016 2:32 pm Oh, I got it now Report this Post to the Staff
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What's The Difference Between A Tilted RPM And A Rotated RPM?