Here's a recent pickup--found on eBay without any other bidders. I was lucky, probably because the pics were lousy. It's a solid VF in deep brown with a few little dings, but no real issues: Here's the date area showing the RPD on the 9 and the MPDs. There are at least 3 digits in the denticles, perhaps more...but hard to tell for sure in this grade. More info here. I lucked out this time because the seller's pics were sorta lousy--some cameras pick up all the chatter on a coin and hide other (important) details:
Yes...there is some PMD in the date area, and the 9/9 is unusual looking for IHC RPDs, which makes seeing it difficult--unless you know where to look. It doesn't take much wear to obscure some markers. Here's a pic from another example compared to my coin. And I have another example coming in high AU that really shows the RPD well--better pics coming. More pics for 1889 MPD-001, RPD-008 (S-4)
