1954 S over D? Jefferson Nickel

I'm wondering if this looks like the 54 S/D Jefferson nickel. Hopefully the pics are ok... Used a macro lens attachment on my phone.
It doesn't look exactly like the example photo I've seen, but something is going on. Thanks.

 

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Sumthin' happening.......killer photogs Lon.

 

Looks like it could be.

 

Nice pictures but I'm just not seeing it,checked the RPM's also. http://www.varietyvista.com/05 JN RPMs/OMMs 1954S.htm

 

Actually, you know what, I think it's this RPM:
http://www.varietyvista.com/05 JN RPMs/1954SRPM002.htm

 

Now that i look again it does appear to be a match,your first picture is quite accurate.

 

Looks closer too this one.
1954-S RPM-002 (varietyvista.com)

 

MM placement is not correct.

 

Something is going on in the lower part of the S curve, inside the area made by the lower curl. And it does not show up in any of the suggested RPMs above. I am no expert on RPMs, but I think you need to have a pro take a look at it.

 

So a trip to ANACS, I suppose?

 

Yes. Would you like that with a bottle of wine?

 

I have a 1954 S with similar mint mark issues. @Lon Chaney Please forgive me if I am high-jacking your thread, but I thought it may add support to a solution. I show three views of the MM for lighting and clarity.

 

The 54-S/D has a very distinctive look with the bottom of the D protruding to the south of the S mintmark (see photo below).



I think your coin has an RPM, but I have never been able to nail it down. I have the same RPM on an MS67 (see photo below).

 

Winner winner. It's in the mail on the way back from ANACS now, but here are the ANACS photos:

 

Nice Lon, and a 65 to go with it.

 

You experts know how these happen? Did they just have the wrong punch at first? Did the Mint intentionally convert a D die to an S die? Or do you kind of not think about it?

 

Back in the day, all the dies were prepared in Philly. They would allot so many depending on the number of coins that each mint would be striking. X amount to Denver, and X amount to San Fran. An S/D or a D/S would be a die that was intended to go to a certain mint but was needed at a different one. The MM was attempted to be removed and then repunched and hardened.
In this case (above) it was just a double bounce on with the S MM.
Another scenario is an employee just got rowdy and punched too many of one MM and the MM had to be changed before sending.

 

I knew Philly affixed the marks and the branches were just the minters and the distributors. Thanks for this, I’d always kind of thought it.

 

I don't understand the "Winner winner" part.

You were asking if it was s/d. It is s/s.
Is the satisfaction simply that it is not a "plain" 54S?

 

I originally thought it was S over D but @Pickin and Grinin said it looked like RPM-002, and that was correct. His comment was the winner.