1943-S Wheat Penny Repunched Mint Mark / RPM ?

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Caddis Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 7:01 pm Hello all, What do you think of this Wheat penny? Looks like an RPM, or is a Machine Doubling? Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34419 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 8:10 pm @cad, here is a link to the known RPMs for the '43S cents: http://varietyvista.com/02a%20LC%20...%201943S.htm I don't think that is what you have here though. When the doubling is toward the rim, I think about it being DDD. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96514 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 9:24 pm It does appear to be DDD - the steel planchets are extremely hard on the dies and they wear out faster than they would otherwise. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Caddis Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 11:07 pm Thank you for the info on the DDD and the Variety Vista. What details point to it being a DDD, as opposed to a RPM-004, late die stage? Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 10/26/2022 01:24 am looks like DDD. Read about DDD in the glossary of coin terms. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 10/26/2022 3:17 pm Just die wear. ( DDD happens on single squeeze dies) Die wear makes the devices show a distortion of the devices towards the rim direction. DDD on cents wasn't seen until the 1980's zinc cents. (What year? Unknown for sure. The process was done in stages on the those years. Even some years have both types of die creation. Wish I know what year, but it doesn't work out that way) Die wear is the correct term to use when we don't know for sure. The 1943 cent dies showed a lot of die wear with the steel planchets on the steel dies. The dies suffered a lot on that years cents. Report this Post to the Staff
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1943-S Wheat Penny RPM?