1949 D/S ?

My son and I were pickin through some old nickel rolls and came across this one. Can't quite tell if it's a d/s or not but it looks like it to me.
Thoughts appreciated!

 

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Here's another one we just found:

 

I just posted one of these last week in an contest thread. You need to soak it in some acetone and then take a clearer Image of the mm, to determine if it is an 49D/S

 

To get a clearer picture do as Paddy54 stated. From the picture posted it looks like one, but a cleaner coin will tell you for sure.

 

After looking at your specimen mm and compared to other mm styles as well as other rpm's and placement I be more willing to bet on an rpm 002/003 more so then the omm.

 

I'll soak in acetone (how long?) then repost images. Then I'll ask Paddy to translate all this 002/003 business

 

Soak it over night in a glass jar with enough acetone to cover the coin. About an 1/2 inch in a baby food size jar. Acetone is very Flammable and will also evaporate if left open. So use caution .
The 002 /003 are 2 rpm numbers you can go to varietyvista.com and look at other examples with your coin in hand .

 

The examples st varietyvista make me skeptical that it's a d/s
The photos there have the S inclusive of the D while mine appears to have remnants of an S to the left of the D as shown in the photo below.

 

Here is what NGC has on it. You can use this to make your determination.

 

Actually there two stages A & C and they do look different That said you can't always believe what you read or see....I put very little faith in PCGS or NGC when it comes to varieties. As both pick and choose and varieties at times can be different . Look at vams 1 item missing or there can change the marriage ,and the rarity.



Mine happens to be stage C see image

 

I only choose 1 of three pics.

 

The coins I have are so worn that it's almost as if a decent amount of the left and top portions of the D have worn off and have revealed even more presence of the preexisting S.

 

The font of the mm should be the same size, D or S, I believe, and neither example seems to be. The S appears larger than the D.

 

Here's another image to consider. From lady to right are the following:
Regular D
Regular S
Two coins in question (having spent a few hours in acetone)
The acetone seems to have removed what was thought to be an S on one of them but I'm also just about cross eyed at this point.

 

After a soak overnight in acetone:
Coin 1

Coin 2