1941 S/S Lincoln Wheat Cent - RPM-001

So here is your Lincoln Cent variety trivial fact for the day. Of the 11 RPMs listed by VarietyVista for 1941-S, 10 of them are on the more rare large S mint mark. So while the large S mint mark is more rare, you are more likely to find a variety if that's what you have (DDO-001 is also on a large mint mark die). But then there is the lone small mint mark RPM, good ol' RPM-001.

This is a fairly easy to see RPM to the west. I found this one in an album of BU Lincoln cents and it jumped right out. But also pretty easy to see on most circulated coins as well.

I wasn't going to post this one as it's just another minor RPM, but then I saw that strong MD on the date and mint mark. I don't know if it will truly help, but at least here you can get a nice look at the RPM next to some MD for comparison. As with doubled dies, the RPM goes outside of plane of the devices, while the MD just reduces them. And finally, since the MD here can be classified as slide doubling, you see the striations that run parallel to the direction of travel for the MD, while the RPM has no such things. And okay, one final thing. Notice the notch between the primary and secondary S's in the lower left. MD just blurs from corner to corner. I use this last characteristic all the time to separate out MD from doubled dies.



1941-S/S Lincoln Wheat cent - RPM-001