1964 D Washington Quarter RPM????????? Say yes! lol

Is it? Is it? Is it?????? I scared the heck out of my daughter when I seen it(I yelled out YES!). Kinda looks like post mint damage and the MM was just mushed over but I'm hoping that someone will come along and tell me it's an RPM! Man oh man I hope it is. I haven't found one single variety or notable error in the 3 years I have been hunting. This quarter has been sitting in my sock drawer for at least 2 years.

 

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It looks good, but I'm not a pro at this.
Here's the listings for '64 D RPM: http://varietyvista.com/Variety Master Listings/washington rpms 1950-1989.htm#_1964-D

 

I feel like it's a combination of strike doubling, worn dies, and circulation wear.

 

It almost looks like a D/D/D

 

I'm no expert on these either but it does look like multiple D's. Nice photos.

 

I have been wrong so many times when thinking something was a DD or RPM. Hopefully someone will give me a yes or no.....

 

Thanks. It's an $18 digital microscope I ordered off of Ebay that zooms up to 500X

 

You got it... compare what remains to an intact mintmark of the same date; you'll see your above impression was correct.

 

I love to be right.....but I was hoping I was wrong, this time. lol

 

It looks to me as if the left side of the "D" was sheared and pushed right, perhaps when the coin was ejected from the dies. That might explain why the inside of the "D" looks squashed.

 

I could tell... but hey, next time you'll know.

If you're just looking for the thrill of finding something, anything, perhaps try later memorial cents. There is a very minor reverse doubling on the columns around the statue that is painfully common, like if one (or more) isn't found in a couple of rolls, your luck would be terrible.

 

Ya once I got it under the scope I saw that too. Wexler's site didn't show a variety that looked like it so I figured I would hear that it wasn't a RPM soon enough. But I have been looking for so long for one that once I started to believe then there was no stopping it for a while lol.

 

Actually, funny thing is I just posted this.....

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1942-walking-liberty-ms65-ddo-fs-101.270272/

A real find. I just realized it a few minutes ago and I've owned that coin for at least 2 months.

 

Well, then there you go... mission accomplished.

Congrats.

 

Ha ha thanks!

 

D/D

yes

 

We'll.....im new here but judging by your activity, you seem like you know what you're talking about.

 

Go to Wexler's and under the RPM listings, locate 1964-D WRPM-006. This is NOT yours, but is an example. Notice how the specimen shown also displays the same general type of "shearing" yours does (although on the bottom of the mintmark), then notice how he says nothing about it in describing the RPM, which is a tilted variety as opposed to a north-south as would be if the shearing were actually repunching. These "sheared" mintmarks, while not common, are not unheard-of either on later silver quarters.

 

If you haven't seen them yet, here's a direct link to Wexler's RPM listings for 1964-D. He lists 8; here's the WRPM-001 "D/D/D/D/D East, North, South & Tilted (Rotated)" From what I can see, RPMs are normally evident as notching at the corners (due to rotation), or secondary marks inside the mm, or marks outside the outline of the D such as seen below. In other words, these are additive--rather than cut into the mm's relief on the coin. That's because when the mintmark is punched a second time into a die, you're only adding to the depression into the die--not reducing the first punch's shape.

 

I had a question about that. I'm learning all the time about how everything works. In a case like this when I don't see mine on Wexler's website does that mean it is a variety they don't know about? If mine is a real RPM then do they have a desire to see it and verify that it is an RPM and post pictures and assign a variety number?