1987-D/D 1c RPM FS-501?

Sorry, that would not be it. The mint mark should be in the exact same position and yours is way off.

You've answered your own question - "placement of the mint mark".

I think I am done helping you, as you are putting words into my mouth. I did not say your coin was not an error and worthless doubling, that would have been you that said this.

I said


This is because your coin is from a different die, decided by the mint mark location and cannot be the die you say it is. Please study and I will watch your posts to see if you are learning and are worthy of my replys in the future.

I'm not even trying to argue, I'm trying to simply figure out how this works. If wondering how one coin is a listed DD, but an almost exactly identical coin is worthless and not even doubled is not worth time for people then this is just simply all farce if you ask me.

Also seems to be unique for that placement from every picture of spenders and RPD listings I see but what do I know. Didn't mean to stir you up but to someone new, there's a lot that doesn't add up immediately.

coinhusker26,
First you have to determine if you have an RPM or a doubled die,then you need to look for a match on the reference sites by matching die markers. If you do not have an RPM or a doubled die in the first place it does not matter about die markers or die stages.
John1

First, if you are thinking that the mark southeast of the mm is the RPM, it is not. That's part of the Ridge Ring. 501 has that Ridge Ring also. That's the only thing your coin and 501 have in common. 501 has 2 separate Ds, one straight north and another one straight south. As stated above, the first thing you have to have is the RPM. The next thing, the mm position has to be exact, yours is too far east. Mm position is the only thing that changes from die to die. Back then they were punched into the die by hand. Everything else on the coin is the same from die to die. After that nothing matters. With these pictures, I can't see an RPM.