Can anyone tell what variety this is listed as (if it is). There are 61 varieties of RPM's listed on coppercoins for this date and I can't find this one. Thanks
Welcome to the forum! Coppercoins is a Lincoln cent site, and wouldn't have any info on Jefferson 5 cents, I would suggest looking here http://varietyvista.com/CONECA%20Master%20Listings.htm Or read /search on this forum as well as using the search here at the top blue menu bar. http://board.conecaonline.org/showthread.php?t=18 The photo is somewhat blurry, but it appears to me to be die deterioration on the mintmark area. The last "o" in monticello has some possible doubling, which I suspect is machine doubling as more common than DDR, but better photos would be needed to tell if that or other. IMO. Jim
Thanks for the reply. I took the pictures with a digital microscope and had the coin slightly tilted to try and highlight the MM area. The doubleing on the O is just reflection / focus and its probably the best pictures I'll get. The MM is pretty sharply struck and although there was no S mint in 59, it almost appears as if it were struck over an S that was only partially ground off. I wonder if they used an old reverse die. Naaa, there would have to be more out there. Thanks again George
Sure George. Remember that the working die would have an incluse ( into the die ) mintmark, so as the die was overused, the edges where the metal was forced up into the mintmark cavity would eventually become worn and breakdown ( deteriorate) . This would leave a small area around the mintmark that was also incluse ( inward) and then when struck, this would leave a shallow raised area at the edge of the normal mintmark. Hard to explain Ok, on the "o", that makes sense. Jim
