1957-D Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC RPD?

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rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4036 Posts	Posted 11/29/2009 03:36 am Been a while since I last posted...moved 3 times in the last 6 mos... Anyway, I found a couple of examples of an interesting 1957D LWC in an OBW roll. This looks like a Repunched Date to me. Anyone seen this one before? What do you think? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/29/2009 09:31 am Welcome back. I don't think they "re-punched" dates in a very long time. Your coin looks like post mint damage, maybe a Coin Wrapping Machine did it? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/29/2009 10:08 am The 20th Century coins didn't have single digits punched. The whole die is pressed at the same time. It happened in 19th Century coins in the U.S. Looks more like die damage or part of a clash. There could be activity in that area. Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4036 Posts	Posted 11/29/2009 10:16 am If I remember correctly, for this era only the first 3 digits in each decade were included in the master hub. The final digit was hand punched into master dies for that year. This leaves the opportunity for errors, repunching, etc on that last digit of the date. This is definitely not PMD since it looks to be on the die surface, not coin surface. It's just so intriguing that it is in the right position to be an RPD, and the shape looks so much like an errant repunch of the "7". Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4036 Posts	Posted 11/29/2009 10:21 am What explanation was used for the old 1958/7 controversy? It seems a wheat stalk clash could explain that one based on the overlay. Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/29/2009 11:20 am The 8/7 has been blamed as a hub scratch. Why not a die scratch? Hubs make many dies and a large percentage have the the so called "8/7" anomaly. Thus it is not a 8/7 that has been claimed in past ideas of thought. It is now considered not a overdate by current experts because they could not happen. The only overdates that are legit are actually hub doubled from two different years of hubs on a die, thus the few examples found in the 20th century. IE: The 42/41 Mercury dimes, the 43/42 Nickels (Hopefully these dates are correct, if not they are off because I'm more of a Lincoln Cent addict.) Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 11/29/2009 11:57 am Those who say that 1957D repunched dates are not possible are correct. The date was not "puched" into the dies for any Lincoln Cent issue, thus "re-punching" would be impossible. Any date doubling on any Lincoln Cent that relates to how the die was made would have to be a doubled die - nothing else. The 1958/7 thing was a master die gouge coupled with concentric die scratches, presumably on the master die. They were not on the hub...two different things, two different results. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/29/2009 12:19 pm Chuck for the clarification on this. Report this Post to the Staff
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1957-D LWC RPD?