Help With Identifying 1956-D Cent D Over D

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moonj74 New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 09/11/2017 7:20 pm * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! * I just got back into collecting coins and noticed that the D mint mark on 1956 wheat pennies is sometimes very high close to the date and sometimes not. It lead me threads about the 1956-D D over D. I'm not sure how to identify this error. I see obvious examples of the D over D online, but then I see a bunch of people posting pictures and it doesn't look as obvious as the examples. Where is the cut off? I'm new to this but I find looking at the coins under the microscope relaxing, but I'm not sure what I'm looking at. 1956-D Wheat penny's here. Any of these close? Report this Post to the Staff

Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 09/11/2017 7:41 pm First off to the family! Besides its posted upside down......the one you have isn't an RPM, just took a hit on the upper corner. The mintmark was actually applied to the dies by hand punch at the final stage of die making. Sometimes placement varies, as long as it didn't interfere with date or bust, no tolerances were stressed. RPMs are the product of multiple hits on the punch. If the second( third) punch is moved or twisted, there's the RPM. sometimes it's distinctly a second image, other times a portion. It may be twisted giving a split on the corners(called serifs). Look at some of these here: http://coppercoins.com Try a 1960D for mintmarks, look at pix of the dierent ones. Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 09/11/2017 8:15 pm Keep searching. We have folks report neat finds almost every day. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74592 Posts	Posted 09/11/2017 9:34 pm I agree that it is a normal cent. But keep it because it's a Wheat cent and it's has a little value. maybe 2 to 3 cents or more. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Halo1st Pillar of the Community United States 2775 Posts	Posted 09/12/2017 10:07 am All three seem to show contact marks from circulation. Quote: Where is the cut off? Hard to describe. Some can be clearly visible, but not listed at this time or considered to minor to list. Meanwhile others can be barely visible and listed. Some can be wide spread while others show a slight notch. Methods I use in matching a suspected RPM against known attributions. 1. Note the location in reference to the date and or surrounding features. Even if the MM style and type looks identical, if the MM's location varies the slightest you can basically move on as its a different die. This is pending no damage is showing. 2. Note the MM style. Some years different punches were used. Sometimes punches show damage and leave a reflection of it on the die as well. 3. Note the type of RPM. Rotated CW, CCW, North, South, etc, etc.... 4. Check for markers if needed. Often needed when two or more dies look similar. Final note when taking images of cents for review, best to include the date and MM together. Straight on and cropped together to see MM actual location. A lot of the time the whole obverse and reverse image is needed to check for markers. Thanks, Doug. Adding - by David W. Lange's column USA Coin Album appears monthly in Numismatist, the official publication of the American Numismatic Association. A Look at Mintmarks: Part One https://www.NGCcoin.com/news/article/682/ A Look at Mintmarks: Part Two https://www.NGCcoin.com/news/article/678/ Edited by Halo1st 09/12/2017 6:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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