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rockdude Pillar of the Community United States 1807 Posts	Posted 08/03/2008 2:37 pm How close is way close on MM? If you have examples post them please. Image: coin-close-mm003.jpg 62.63 KB Image: coin-close-mm002.jpg 62.17 KB Image: coin-close-mm001.jpg 61.3 KB Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/03/2008 7:39 pm Probably more RPMs are located too close to devices and moved to another location because they are hand punched. A few run through the devices. But seems like they are mostly found in that area. https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...M_002MDS.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._RPM_3MM.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...s1mm010e.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm002l.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._1MM_001.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...E_GOUGES.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm009m.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._1MM_004.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...-1MM-100.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm004m.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm017m.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm019l.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm023l.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm101l.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...MM_003RL.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...s1mm001m.jpg So with the location punched by hand they could end up in different locations close or far away from the devices. When the spread of punchings are wider the variety collectors pay more attention to them. Without being a variety they a normal coin with a close to device punching. https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...INT_MARK.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
rockdude Pillar of the Community United States 1807 Posts	Posted 08/03/2008 8:13 pm When in the process are the Mint Marks applied? Very nice collection! Edited by rockdude 08/03/2008 8:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/03/2008 8:50 pm When the mints use the S or D or other mint marks till 1989 they were hand punched into the dies at locations before use. Since 1990 they are part of the pattern on the master die design. So the end of RPMs. Now if a mint mark is doubled it is either Machine Doubling (very often) or a doubling on the dies. (1996-D Cent is one example)(Sorry no image found, maybe someone will post one of the DDO) Edited by coop 08/03/2008 8:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
rockdude Pillar of the Community United States 1807 Posts	Posted 08/03/2008 8:55 pm So are you saying that the marks go on last? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/03/2008 8:57 pm On pre 1990 coins. Thus if the coin is a doubled die, the mint mark could be normal or vice versa. Rarely both happening especially in the same direction. Report this Post to the Staff
rockdude Pillar of the Community United States 1807 Posts	Posted 08/03/2008 9:13 pm Is there a link that shows what the dies look like? Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 08/04/2008 05:15 am How close is too close? If it actually touches the date or design. and on some of the older types due to the location of the mintmark and the size used sometimes it almost can't help but touch the design. Report this Post to the Staff
BJ Neff Pillar of the Community United States 526 Posts	Posted 08/04/2008 10:23 am While I do not have a 1996-D Lincoln Cent doubled die, I do have this 1995-D Lincoln Cent, DDO-003, that shows the sme thing; an appearance of a RPM when actually it is a doubled die. Notice the split upper serif and the division lines. BJ Neff Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/04/2008 5:27 pm Here is a video that the History channel had on making of coins. There are a lot of other tags there, but the first one is the important one. http://www.history.com/media.do?id=...&action=clip One on Currency http://www.history.com/media.do?act...on_broadband 60 Minutes on Keeping the Cent and Nickel http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008...801455.shtml Report this Post to the Staff
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