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New Member
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I am new to searching coins and found this one. Need help to verify if this a rpm?  |
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Rest in Peace
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 to the family! Tell you what, it sure do look like one, but...I'm not able to verify it at http://www.coppercoins.com. there is no listing for that amount of SE movement. Is the areas inside a blue looking color? Same outside. Is there a "shelving" effect on the lower mark? This could be MD, a split plating error when MM was punched.  |
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to CCF. Looks like MD to me not an RPM. John1  |
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New Member
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Since I am new to searching coins can you describe what an MD is or point me to a link? Here is a zoomed in image  |
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Rest in Peace
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Hi Jason, MD means machine/mechanical damage, that which commonly happens in the minting process. To find out about terms we use, there's a glossary of help in the upper left corner. Use the search function to find previous thread topics. Wealth of knowledge to be had here, from the rest of us idiots too!
Still not sure, I'm waiting for our expert Coop to chime in.
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03/04/2017 7:58 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Before I answer, I would like to see a closeup of the date to see if the same thing is going as on the mint mark. If so then it is MD. But if the digits are normal, then I might be a RPM. But if the area in question is flattened, then it goes back to MD. So I need to see more to know for sure what is going on.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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to the CCF waiting for Coop  Edited by oldmike
03/05/2017 12:32 am
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United States
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If you click on the date you can see it on the digits also. John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Then it is probably machine damage from die movement after the strike. The thing about machine damage is that is doesn't have to follow a pattern. It maybe in two different directions at the same strike.
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New Member
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Hi all who responded. Thank you very much for taking the time to help me with this since I am new at this. Hi Coop, here is zoomed in image of the date. Let me know if you need further images.  |
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Rest in Peace
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John1, not on date other than slight ghosting, nor seemingly on any other devices. Looking more like an RPM, but still not sure because not finding a previous listed example...  |
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Unless coop or Mike says it is an RPM,I am not convinced it is. Looks MD to me. John1 |
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John1, me too. Don't like the "tear(s)" both inside and outside, overstressed?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Note the white areas on the mint mark area. That is where the plating is split. But note the '98' on the date? You can see evidence of Die Deterioration on this die. So That curve on the SE of the mint mark maybe from Die Deterioration along with split plating. |
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