Tilted Mintmarks?

Do RPM's typically come in the form of tilted mint marks? I have a slew of these but not the capability yet to post here until I get my USB scope.

 

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Not exactly sure what you mean by tilted mint marks but I know that not all RPM's are tilted. This is my 1960-D RPM#1

 

Yes. Ive seen a lot of early 1960s with a pretty good tilt, maybe 20 degrees or so.

 

If they were the hand punched mint mark era cent, a fair percentage are tilted to some degree as they were sunk in the traditional way by hand, and sometimes in a rush, it seems they were not strictly vertical.

 

RPM's can show up in all directions of the compass, and directions like NE, SE, SW & NW can be considered "tilted".

Chris

 

I think what Tommy is referring to is a tilted split-serif RPM where one punch was rotated in relation to the second punch which usually shows as split serifs. Yes, the majority of known RPMs are of the tilted variety. Here's a search I just ran at coppercoins.com and I filtered out everything but tilted RPMs and it came up with 334 listed between 1909 and 1989.

http://www.coppercoins.com/diesearch.php

 

Thank you for all your answers and thanks furryfrog02 for the photo. I just received John Wexlers book on 1958D mint mark RPM's and will do my due diligence on reading cover to cover. All your comments are appreciated.

 

Thanks very much!

 

I guess that is the naming term used, but I would call those Rotated mm rather than a tilted ( which I see as vertical)mm.Sorry Tommy if I confused

 

No, I'm somewhat confused at the moment as I delve into this new type of collecting/identifying. They are rotated. And that's why I need to read the book, and thanks.

 

I think JAllengomez is right as that is how he saw it in CopperCoins, but I think I have seen it as rotated in another guide?? As long as we know what we mean

 

You'll see the terms tilted and rotated basically used synonymously. Wexler uses "tilted" exclusively. Some others will use rotated if there is enough of a rotation to tell that it was rotated counterclockwise or clockwise and then it will usually have that qualification added to it, such as rotated CW or Rotated CCW. Often with split-serifs there is no clear indication as to which direction it was rotated and the general term tilted is used.