1945 D over another D

I found this in a proof set and was wondering the term for when the mint mark is doubled.

 

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What proof set did you find this in? Thats a 1945-D war nickel...

 

Great question abe.. That was my first thought as well.

 

I would like to know too?

 

I agree.
1945 there was not a Proof set made in Denver 4 sure ,but maybe a mint set.:kewl:

 

I think it was a mint set, my bad, didn't mean proof set, it contains all of the war-time nickels

 

It is not even a Mint Set.

If it contains only the war-time nickels, it is a privately produced set of coins. It may have been in a small plastic case but the packaging and the set itself was not put together at the Mint. Actually Mint Sets as we know them were not produced by the Mint until 1947. Proof sets are a different matter where some were specially put together for collectors in the very early years but packaged proof sets were not sold directly to the public, by the Mint until 1936.

Thanks,
Bill

 

Anyways, to the Point... I think its called a rpm, , first of all, what does that stand for? (not rate per minute .) , how rare is this for this date? And how does it occur? Is it like the double die where the doubling is on the die itself? Or did the person stamping stamp it twice?

 

Most likely

 

RPM =repunched mintmark
mintmarks used to be stamped into each working die by hand so there was a lot of room for operator error.

 

Nice RPM

 

But Wait~There's MORE


But Wait~There's MORE.

Looks like a little doubling elsewhere, too!

 

I don't think it's a RPM unless a picture of the whole mintmark can be seen. The rest is MD.

 

I would definitely go with RPM on that one. Nicely split upper serif with extra thickness on the upper portion of the vertical column of the "D".
Nice find!

 

I agree the split serif is a good indicator of a RPM.

 

I agree! :thumb:
but some may say it just a coin hit.:kewl:
***but by the the photo I still think it is a RPM

 

I would say an Rpm.
FRED

 

nice find.

 

I'm thinking that if it was a RPM it would show signs of it on the south end of the 'D' as well and with what might look like a split serif I feel it's post mint damage. Never seen a RPM with the letter remaining it's original size.

 

RPM and Machine/strike doubling.

Rock:
I don't understand what you are saying.

Sure the RPM could be the same size.