1942 S Mercury- double S or S stamped on a D?

Hello everyone
I am having trouble trying to figure this one out. 1942 S mercury dime. It appears to be double stamped or possibly a S on top of a D mint mark?
It has uncirculated details.
Also is there an extra wing? Or possibly another image? I am stumped

 

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I'm not a variety person so I'm not the guy to ask, but I don't see anything that looks like a "D" under the S, so if anything my (non-expert) opinion is that it would be an "S".

 

There were two mintmark styles used for 1942. Trumpet tail (MMS 004) and straight serifs (MMS 005). Of the six known RPM's 5 are trumpet tail and 1 is straight serifs. Your coin has MMS 005 and does not match the known example and the MM is in a different position (not near enough to the leaf).
The way the devices have been narrowed and that the E has the same look suggests that machine doubling or die deterioration is the cause. Bear in mind that the MM was handpunched into the die after the hubbing of the die was completed, having the same characterisitics of other devices is also an indication that it is not a re-punched mintmark.

 

This is not uncirculated. On the obverse there appears to be flattening of the hair in the very center and slight wear on the wing.

On the reverse there is very definite flattening of both top and bottom horizontal split-bars to the point of occlusion. Also definite flattening of the lower diagonal bar across the fasces. In the very center the split-bar is completely worn to no split showing.

I believe this is handling/stacking damage from storage in a tube or roll.

…imo…Spark

 

5X to screen has appearance of PM damage, to me.

 

Concur, and some obvious hits on obverse and reverse, and gouge and light scratches.

 

it does appear to have scratches but there’s black fibers that got in between the plastic film of the holder.lol
The hair is a bit flattened. Perhaps from being in a coin roll. Overall still a nice coin for the year

 

Whenever you take pictures, take the coin out of the holder.

Or take the pictures before you put it in the holder.

It distorts the image

 

it is a misaligned strike or( Mad) it is a mms-005. My pictures are terrible. The mint mark just looks off to me.. here’s one more pic for fun

 

Also, thank you all very much. Greatly appreciate all your help.

 

http://varietyvista.com/06 Mercury Dime/RPMs 1942S.htm

Answer

 

The OP mintmark is equidistant between the leaf and the stalk. RPM 006 is further from the stalk and more below the leaf. Or it is a really bad photo

 

I think a die chip or md

 

thank you it does look like an rpm-006. Yes really bad photos lol

 

I think the other poster was telling you that that it's not RPM-006.

 

What about the chin

 

yes that chin looks interesting …
It’s not pointed and a few micro meters up?

 

Your MM is not an RPM. The MM does not have the correct MM placement of any attributed.
What you see is small die chips.